Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Advocate calls for replacement of Sask. Penitentiary
In the wake of a highly critical report on the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, an advocate for the province’s inmatesrecommends the facility be replaced. Canada's Correctional Investig...
Nov 02, 2017
Indigenous registry, citizenship and membership to be addressed
On Oct. 31 Carolyn Bennett, the federal minister for Indigenous-Crown relations sent a letter to various Indigenous communities outlining the start of a new consultation process. The federal governmen...
Nov 02, 2017
MLA apologizes for remarks during question period
emarks made in the Oct. 31 question period by Prince Albert - Carlton MLA Joe Hargrave, the former minister of the Saskatchewan Transport Company, has drawn the criticism from the NDP. NDP MLA Doyle V...
Nov 02, 2017
Investigator blasts Sask. Penitentiary over fatal riot
The Saskatchewan Penitentiary has come under fire from the Office of the Correctional Investigator for the systemic problems which led to a fatal riot last December. In his annual report on ...
Nov 01, 2017
SUMA urging province to move on marijuana consultations
With provinces to the East and West already rolling out legal cannabis regulation regimes, the organization representing municipalities in Saskatchewan is wondering when theirs will arrive. Saskatchew...
Nov 01, 2017
Ranchers not getting provincial help on wildfire costs: SARM
The organization representing Saskatchewan's rural municipalities is challenging the province to do more to help those affected by Oct. 17 wildfires near Burstall, Empress and Tompkins. Sask...
Oct 31, 2017
Prince Albert man recalls daring rescue
A Prince Albert man, who helped save two lives Sunday night, says he is not the real hero in the story. Dale Peet and his wife were travelling home and were just west of Melfort, when Peet’s wif...
Oct 31, 2017
Moe promises provincial funding for P.A. hospital
Saskatchewan Party leadership hopeful Scott Moe has promised full provincial funding for a new hospital in Prince Albert, but only after a balanced provincial budget. Speaking at a Rotary Cl...
Oct 30, 2017
Man dies in highway accident near Lashburn
Maidstone RCMP are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Highway 684. A car and a semi collided on the roadway Oct. 27 just after 5 p.m. A 25-year-old man from St. Walburg, who was driving ...
Oct 30, 2017
Search continues for suspect who shot at police
Police are still looking for a man and a vehicle tied to an incident in which an RCMP officer was shot at on the side of a Saskatchewan highway. Police reported that the officer stopped on Highway 11 ...
Oct 30, 2017