Category Archives: Saskatchewan
UPDATE: RCMP officer shot at near Osler, suspect still at large
UPDATE: RCMP said they wish to speak with anyone who was travelling on Hwy 11 between Rosthern and Saskatoon this morning between 3 and 5 a.m. who may be able to help investigators. Police said the su...
Oct 27, 2017
Sask. Party leadership hopefuls square-off in Melfort
The five candidates vying to replace outgoing Premier Brad Wall pleaded their cases on a variety of issues in front of Saskatchewan Party faithful in Melfort for the second time. As has become common ...
Oct 27, 2017
First snowfall for parts of Sask. as south still waits for winter
The first brush with winter came for many parts of Saskatchewan overnight Wednesday. While Environment Canada had called for snowfall throughout most of the province, areas to the south were mainly sp...
Oct 26, 2017
Wall outlines Uber, business tax as priorities this fall
Premier Brad Wall is taking on an ambitious agenda for his last session of provincial politics. The Saskatchewan legislature opened Wednesday afternoon with the speech from the throne, written by Wall...
Oct 25, 2017
Police searching for escaped inmate
RCMP are on the lookout after an inmate escaped from a funeral at Little Red River First Nation this afternoon. Frederick Frank Frenchman, born 1993, escaped from custody while on escort from the Sask...
Oct 24, 2017
Fatal collision near St. Walburg kills Lloydminster man
Mounties from the St. Walburg detachment are still investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash which left one man dead on Oct. 21. The crash occurred on Highway 3 around 7:30 p.m. The 57-year-old driver...
Oct 24, 2017
Historic Taylor Field grandstand set for demolition Friday
People are invited to watch the west grandstand at Taylor Field come down Friday. A controlled collapse of the grandstand is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., weather permitting. Wind direction and speed have ...
Oct 23, 2017
FSIN chief reacts to North Battleford police shooting
The head of the organization representing 74 Saskatchewan First Nations is expressing serious concerns following the shooting death of a 22-year-old man. Brydon Whitstone, of the Onion Lake ...
Oct 23, 2017
Sask. government changing corporate tax plan
Premier Brad Wall is indicating the planned changes to the corporate income tax rate won't go ahead. Talking to reporters at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday, Wall said the change wasn't necessar...
Oct 20, 2017
La Loche shooter: brain deficiencies determined youth's FASD diagnosis
Lawyers are still determining the weight a recently disclosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagosis carries in the sentencing of a La Loche youth who murdered four people in January 2016. Th...
Oct 20, 2017