Category Archives: Saskatchewan

LLRIB, federal government reach agricultural benefits deal worth $601.5 million
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) has approved a historic settlement agreement with the federal government. The agreement, worth $601.5 million, both addresses the long-standing 'cows-and-plows' cl...
Aug 24, 2024

One Arrow, Saskatoon men charged in string of ATM, vehicle thefts
A 49-year-old man from One Arrow First Nation has been charged along with a Saskatoon man following a string of thefts of ATMs and vehicles across Saskatchewan. Kelly Almightyvoice from One Arrow and ...
Aug 23, 2024

SUMA offering 'Candidate School' for prospective municipal election candidates
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is offering some information for people thinking of running in the civic elections this fall. The organization is holding a virtual Candidate S...
Aug 23, 2024
Sask resource industry relieved to avert rail labor dispute
Canada's two largest railroads will roll their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute. After Canadian National and CPKC failed to reach new agre...
Aug 22, 2024

UPDATE: Services restored to La Ronge internet, phone, cell services
UPDATE: Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, SaskTel reported that all services had been restored in La Ronge, Weyakwin, Brabant Lake, Cigar Lake, Collins Bay, English Bay, Far Indian Reserve, Grandmother's...
Aug 22, 2024

Northern Sask. gold mine evacuated due to approaching wildfire
A gold mine in Northern Saskatchewan has evacuated most of its workers as an approaching wildfire is threatening the site. The Seabee Gold Mine, located roughly 125 km northeast of La Ronge, evacuated...
Aug 22, 2024
‘We don’t want to be here’: Sask. CPKC workers frustrated by rail lockout
Just hours after Canadian Pacific Kansas City locked them out of their workplaces, many rail workers were out on the picket lines early on Thursday morning in Saskatoon, pleading for the union and com...
Aug 22, 2024
Former Sask. Roughriders head coach Ken Miller passes away at 82
Former Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Ken Miller has passed away at the age of 82.The product of The Dalles, Ore., was hired as the Roughriders' offensive co-ordinator in the Grey Cup-winning sea...
Aug 21, 2024

Tornado warning for parts of central Saskatchewan
All eyes are on the sky as forecasters try to predict whether a storm capable of producing a tornado will materialize. Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that was loc...
Aug 21, 2024
Sask. is addressing health-care issues, Premier Scott Moe says
A Saskatchewan family doctor quitting the province over problems with the health-care system has appealed to the government to "build the bottom of the pyramid."In a column submitted to the Saskatoon ...
Aug 21, 2024