Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Provinces celebrates winter Olympic and Paralympic team members
A total of 27 athletes, coaches, officials and support staff with Saskatchewan ties represented the province at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. They were recogniz...
Apr 02, 2026 Kurt Oatway, who trains in Fort Qu'Appelle, competes in the Men’s Super G Sitting at the 2026 Paralympic Games in Cortina, Italy on March 9, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout – CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE, Angela Burger)
CPR training to be offered in Saskatchewan schools next year
Saskatchewan students could soon be learning how to save lives in the classroom.Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, school divisions across the province will have the option to offer CPR and automat...
Apr 02, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 20401255 © Brian T. Young | Dreamstime.com)
Canadians gather to watch Artemis II moon launch
Canadians across the country watched the launch of Artemis II with a mix of excitement and nervousness, erupting into loud applause at the sight of the fiery liftoff of the historic moon mission.Gathe...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
RCMP provide insight into highway shooting near Edmonton
More details have been released about the circumstances that led to an 18-year-old Lloydminster man being charged with second-degree murder, after a fatal shooting on a highway south of Edmonton last ...
Apr 01, 2026 Birinder Singh, 22, is shown in this undated photo. Singh was killed in a highway shooting near Leduc, Alta., on March 14, 2026. (Image Credit: GoFundMe.com/ Punarmeet Singh)
Saskatchewan wildfire season officially begins; experts warn next few weeks of weather are 'critical'
April 1 marks the official start of wildfire season in Saskatchewan, following an unprecedented event last year that saw nearly 3 million hectares of forest burnt and hundreds of homes and other build...
Apr 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 206411235 © Nikolay Zirov | Dreamstime.com)
New department to police animal welfare in Saskatchewan
Animal welfare enforcement services are now under the wing of a new organization. The program is being delivered by the Saskatchewan Animal Enforcement Agency (SAEA), following the transition of servi...
Apr 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 5843193 © Anthony Aneese Totah Jr Dreamstime.com)
Cook-Searson maintains grip on power after general election
Tammy Cook-Searson will serve another term as the chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. According to the official election results released Wednesday, Cook-Searson earned 2,089 votes out of 3,927 eli...
Apr 01, 2026 Tammy Cook-Searson has been chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band for more than 20 years. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Quantum computer at U of S could be ‘real game-changer’ for vaccines
The University of Saskatchewan is getting a quantum computer later this year and it could help fast-track vaccine development.The U of S will be home to the first university owned-and-operated, full-s...
Apr 01, 2026 Dr. Stephen Rayan held the quantum chip and jokingly described it as, ”the most expensive hockey puck in Canada,” estimating it's worth just shy of $1 million. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
‘Be in that moment’: Astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s wife prepares for his lunar mission
As Jeremy Hansen prepares to begin a historic mission to the moon aboard the Artemis II, his wife says his family will be trying to take in every single moment.If everything goes as planned, Catherine...
Apr 01, 2026 Artemis 2 crew member, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, of Canada, smiles after the crew's arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, March 27, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Space enthusiasts excited as Canadian set to circle the moon
Humans will be headed back to the moon on Wednesday as part of NASA's Artemis II mission if everything goes as planned. It will include Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, who wil...
Mar 31, 2026 The Artemis II mission will use NASA's new Space Launch System for liftoff. (Image Credit: YoutTube/NASA)