Category Archives: Saskatchewan

‘Lucky’ impaired driver reflects on crime
A person convicted of driving impaired has shared the consequences of their actions, and the decisions that led to them driving impaired, in an exclusive interview with paNOW.Through an arrangement wi...
Mar 22, 2019 (File photo/paNOW)
What'sHappeningNOW March 22, 2019
Reporter Charlene Tebbutt speaks with northeastNOW reporter Angie Rolheiser about the sentencing of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
Mar 22, 2019

Families, victims of Broncos crash react to trucker's sentence
Judge Inez Cardinal told court in Melfort she approached Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's sentence knowing "nothing can turn back the clock."In handing down an eight-year prison term to the 30-year-old man, she...
Mar 22, 2019 The family of Adam Herold, one of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, attend the sentencing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu in Melfort. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Impact will 'reverberate across Canada for years to come': Judge who sentenced Sidhu to 8 years
It's been nearly one year since the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash, and the court proceedings have now concluded with an eight-year prison sentence for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.Judge Inez Cardinal handed d...
Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will spend the next 8 years in jail for causing the Humboldt Broncos bus collision in April. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Judge to sentence driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash today
It's been nearly one year since the fatal Humboldt Broncos crash, and today semi-truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to learn his fate. Judge Inez Cardinal is set to deliver her sentencing a...
Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to be sentenced Friday morning in Melfort. (file photo/Canadian Press)

Bill to make Orange Shirt Day a federal holiday passes third reading
A new statutory holiday could be announced soon as Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Georgina Jolibois's private member bill passed a third and final reading.That means the bill is now headed ...
Mar 21, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois' bill to create new holiday passes final reading. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Excerpts from the Humboldt Broncos victim impact statements submitted to court
MELFORT, Sask. - The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus will be sentenced Friday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous dri...
Mar 21, 2019

Saskatoon MRI clinic to be a hub for research and education
When Saskatoon's first privately-owned and operated MRI and CT facility opens this fall it will fill a training gap in Saskatchewan.The James Smith Cree Nation and Siemens Healthineers Canada finalize...
Mar 21, 2019 A Siemens Healthineers 3T MRI machine. (Siemens Healthineers)

Saskatchewan budget projects $34M surplus
The Saskatchewan government is projecting a surplus of $34.4 million in 2019-20, with increasing positive balances in the three fiscal years to follow. The province tabled its budget Wednesday afterno...
Mar 20, 2019 The 2019-20 Saskatchewan budget is balanced with a small surplus of $34 million. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

STARS to use federal budget cash to replace fleet
STARS air ambulance got some good news in the 2019 federal budget.Ottawa committed $65 million to the air ambulance service in Tuesday's budget.Mike Lamacchia, STARS vice-president of operations in Al...
Mar 20, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)