Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Roughriders sign RB William Powell
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are shoring up the run game, signing the league's second-best rusher in 2018.The club announced it has locked up former Ottawa Redblacks running back William Powell, signi...
Feb 12, 2019

Spot price spikes but no word on re-opening of mines
There is still no indication as to when the dormant Cameco operations at McArthur River/ Key Lake will re-open, despite a bounce back in immediate, or "spot" uranium prices.That was the message from C...
Feb 11, 2019

NDP calls for review of Sask. Party relationship with SNC-Lavalin
As a barrage of questions arise in Ottawa over the Globe and Mail's report last week that the prime minister's office pressured the former attorney general to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecuti...
Feb 11, 2019

Sam Hurl re-ups with Roughriders a day before free agency
Just a day before he was set to hit the free agent market Sam Hurl has signed a deal to stay in the green and white.The 28-year-old returned to the Saskatchewan Roughriders last season after spending ...
Feb 11, 2019

Muyres and Marsh brothers heading to 2019 Brier
There will be some local flair at this year's Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.St. Gregor, Saskatchewan's own Kirk Muyres won the SaskTel Tankard in Whitewood and will be joined by his brother D...
Feb 11, 2019

Youth charged with attempted murder after stabbing on Waterhen Lake First Nation
A 17-year-old from the Waterhen Lake First Nation has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing Saturday. Meadow Lake RCMP said in a media release a 21-year-old was stabbed a number of times...
Feb 10, 2019

Is your vaporizer safe?
A recent story out of Texas in which a vaporizer exploded in a man's hand, sending shrapnel into his body and later causing his death, has a local vape expert speaking out.Jesse Huber, manager at Vita...
Feb 08, 2019

‘It is far from over’: Push for reform continues one year after Stanley verdict
It was a bitterly cold February night when a jury, after deliberating for 13 hours, shuffled into a Queen's Bench courtroom in Battleford and acquitted Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of Colten B...
Feb 08, 2019

Despite gains, unemployment ticks up to 5.8 per cent as more look for work
Despite a flurry of new jobs in January, as the job market tightens and more people search for work, the nation's unemployment rate jumped from its 43-year low of 5.6 to 5.8 per cent.Canada added near...
Feb 08, 2019

Former STC rider frustrated over refusal of federal money
Some former STC riders are looking on in frustration after finding out the provincial government turned down about $2 million from the federal government for a public bus system last year.The offer wa...
Feb 07, 2019