Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Sask Party rejects NDP’s request to expedite ‘ER Closure Right-to-Know’ amendment act
Bill 606, The Provincial Health Authority (ER Closure Right-to-Know) Amendment Act, still needs to pass through committee and third reading to become law in Saskatchewan.The legislation introduced by ...
Apr 20, 2026 Sask. NDP Associate Shadow Health Minister Keith Jorgenson was in Prince Albert Monday to talk about the benefits of making Bill 606 law. (Image Credit: paNOW Staff)
PAGC Fine Arts Festival celebrates 33 years
The Prince Albert Grand Council has been hosting a fine arts festival for 33 years and it shows no sign of slowing down. Shona Tretiak, the festival co-ordinator, said about 1,000 students attend the ...
Apr 20, 2026 The PAGC kicked off the 33rd year of their Fine Arts Festival with a Grand Entry at the Prince Albert Exhibition hall on April 20. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
SIRT clears RCMP officer in 2025 shooting near Canwood
The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has concluded no charges will be laid against an RCMP officer following a 2025 police shooting near Canwood.SIRT deployed six investigators after...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 67094459 © Prathan Keawkhum | Dreamstime.com)
Major investment in pediatric health care renewed in Saskatchewan
The Mosaic Company has announced a $2 million donation to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation, supporting the province's only maternal and children's hospital.The foundation raises money f...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: JPCHF/Facebook)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon addresses United Nations forum on Indigenous rights
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon told the opening of the United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous issues Monday that Canada is making progress on improving the lives of Indigenous Peoples, even if that progre...
Apr 20, 2026 Gov. Gen. Mary Simon speaks during Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)
From lake to plate: Wild rice harvesting draws Indigenous people to the land
Northern Saskatchewan is known for its vast landscape of boreal forest and tens of thousands of lakes, but it is also home to Canada's largest crop of wild rice. Every year, hundreds of people take to...
Apr 20, 2026 Jenna Roberts, like other wild rice harvesters, uses a propeller-driven airboat to collect the grain. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
High water level warning stretches from Meadow Lake to La Ronge, Nipawin, Melfort and P.A.
Warm temperatures early this week could lead to high water levels on rivers across northern and central Saskatchewan; the Water Security Agency (WSA) is warning. From Buffalo Narrows to Yorkton and Ll...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo/paNOW Staff)
Inflation jumps to 2.4% in March driven by Iran war oil shock, StatCan says
The annual rate of inflation accelerated to 2.4 per cent in March as the war in Iran sent fuel costs soaring, Statistics Canada said Monday.That's a jump of more than half a percentage point from the ...
Apr 20, 2026 A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
Province introduces amendments to increase powers for Sask. medical regulatory organization
The Government of Saskatchewan is trying to make changes to a provincial piece of legislation in order to "protect Saskatchewan patients."Amendments to The Medical Profession Act - "an act respecting ...
Apr 19, 2026 The Government of Saskatchewan has proposed amendments to a provincial Act governing the medical profession. (Image Credit: Céline Grimard/CKOM)
Missing 82-year old Alberta senior found dead near Kindersley
A woman who was previously reported missing in Alberta has been found deceased in Saskatchewan.Diane Cooper, 82, was from Calgary and had been missing since April 6.On Sun, April 19, Consort RCMP in A...
Apr 19, 2026 Alberta's Consort RCMP have reported that Diane Cooper has been found dead near Kindersley, Sask. (Image Credit: Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)