Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Poundmaker, Plains Cree to be featured in popular video game
Canada's Plains Cree and Chief Poundmaker have been included in the newest edition of the popular Civilization video game series, but one elected official from the Poundmaker Cree Nation is ...
Jan 03, 2018

Keep your pot away from Spot: Sask. vets
The Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association (SVMA) is cautioning cannabis users to keep their pot away from pets, but said treating animals could actually become easier after the drug becomes...
Jan 03, 2018

New news source in the North
The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group is expanding its online news coverage and investing in northern Saskatchewan. Canada's largest private radio and television company recently launched larong...
Jan 03, 2018

Spiritwood Emergency Centre back to full time strength
The community of Spiritwood will see a return to fuller emergency health care as of Saturday. They'll have been without weekend service for twelve weeks because of a nurse shortage. Tracie Davies, the...
Jan 03, 2018

Province continues to break natural gas usage records
Even as the province begins it climb out from the grip of a polar vortex, daily natural gas consumption continues to set records. In the 24-hour period between 9 a.m. Dec. 29 and 9 a.m. Dec. 30, the p...
Jan 02, 2018

Two La Loche families homeless after duplex fire
Support is pouring in for two families in northwestern Saskatchewan, following a duplex fire just three days before Christmas. The fire happened in La Loche, shortly after 1 a.m. Bertrande Fonta...
Dec 29, 2017

PotashCorp, Agrium clear final regulatory hurdle for merger
Canada's two largest fertilizer companies are about to join forces after clearing a final regulatory hurdle for a merger. PotashCorp and Agrium Inc say they have received regulatory permission from th...
Dec 29, 2017

Fond du Lac man dies after suffering injuries in plane crash
19-year-old Fond du Lac man has died after suffering significant injuries in a plane crash two weeks ago. Arson Jr. Fern, who suffered from cerebral palsy, was travelling South for a medical appo...
Dec 27, 2017

Misty Ventures makes new acquisition
The community of Mistawasis is taking economic development seriously. In the last few years alone Misty Ventures, the business and economic development engine of the community, has acquired or created...
Dec 22, 2017

Restaurant prices getting upsized in 2018
The cost of going out to your favourite restaurant could be a bit more expensive in 2018. According to Canada’s Food Price Report, the average Canadian family is expected to spend $208 more next...
Dec 22, 2017