Saskatchewan

Latest job action by teachers forcing Central Sask. school divisions to get creative

School Divisions across Saskatchewan are coming up with plans to overcome the latest job action organized by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF).The union has announced teachers will not provi...

Feb 05, 2024

Police chief in London, Ont., apologizes to complainant in hockey case

Nearly six years after a woman alleged she had been sexually assaulted by five then-members of Canada's world junior hockey team, the police chief of a southwestern Ontario city offered an apology for...

Feb 05, 2024

King Charles III has cancer and is receiving treatment, Buckingham Palace says

LONDON (AP) - King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday.The palace says the cancer is not related to the king's recent treatment ...

Feb 05, 2024

Sask. Government wanting to take part in legal challenges against federal firearms ban

The Saskatchewan Government hopes to help overturn the federal firearms ban.Representatives plan on applying to intervene in the legal challenges currently before the Federal Court of Appeal.The origi...

Feb 05, 2024

Fraud results in loss of more than $330K for Creative Saskatchewan

Police are investigating after Creative Saskatchewan was defrauded of more than $330,000.That loss was one of two included in the report of public losses for Saskatchewan ministries and Crown corporat...

Feb 05, 2024

STARS celebrates its first neonatal helicopter transfer in Sask.

A Saskatchewan newborn needing critical care was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Regina in December, marking a first for STARS.The non-profit helicopter ambulance service called it "a major...

Feb 05, 2024

Doctors ratify four-year contract with Saskatchewan government

Saskatchewan's doctors have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with the provincial government.In a media release Monday, the government revealed that 93 per cent of physicians who...

Feb 05, 2024

Sask. Teachers announce one-day withdrawal of noon-hour supervision

One day after announcing the next round of rotating strikes, Saskatchewan teachers say noon-hour supervision will be the next to go.The Teachers Federation (STF) said on Thursday, they would withdraw ...

Feb 05, 2024

New AFN chief looks to turn page with Pierre Poilievre from Harper-era tensions

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party's last time in...

Feb 04, 2024

Second rotating teacher strike to involve Northern Sask. & Saskatoon area

The second round of rotating strikes has been announced by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF).On Wednesday, teachers in and around Saskatoon and Northern Saskatchewan will hit the picket line...

Feb 04, 2024