Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Sask. company fears closure after government regulation change
A Saskatchewan wood preservation company is supposed to be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Instead, the family-owned business might be shutting down.Perry Vermette, the CEO and president o...
May 30, 2023

Pierceland RCMP charge man for allegedly robbing business while armed with knife
RCMP have arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly robbed a business at knifepoint. Around 9 p.m. on May 25th, police in Pierceland received a report about a potential robbery near Highway 21. They de...
May 29, 2023

Made-in-Saskatchewan satellite heading to orbit on SpaceX rocket
Saskatchewan engineering students will have their eyes on the sky as the province's first homegrown satellite is to be launched on board a SpaceX rocket headed for the International Space Station. "I ...
May 29, 2023

Rosthern woman wins $100,000
A Rosthern resident is $100,000 richer after checking her Lotto 6/49 ticket. Jennifer Roth checked the ticket after learning another Saskatchewan resident won a lottery prize. She found out she won th...
May 29, 2023

Saskatoon student recognized at national science fair for AI hearing device
A Saskatoon high school student was recognized earlier this month at the Canada-Wide Science Fair for an invention to help the hearing impaired.Yurui Qin, a 15-year-old Centennial Collegiate student, ...
May 29, 2023

Wildfire smoke and your health; what are you breathing?
Poor air quality is still affecting thousands of residents in northern Saskatchewan but just how bad is the air they're breathing?As wildfires continue to burn in that region of the province, the smok...
May 29, 2023

Tornado touched down south of Regina on Saturday
The Northern Tornadoes Project says Canada's first twister of 2023 touched down south of Regina.The project, which operates out of Western University in London, Ont., said the tornado was part of the ...
May 29, 2023

Olymel plant in Humboldt among several in western Canada to close
A sow unit in Humboldt is one of many in western Canada that will soon close, leaving dozens of workers without a job.Last week, pork producer Olymel Canada announced the closure of several sow units ...
May 29, 2023

Saskatchewan entrepreneur says government thwarted his ag-plastics recycling business
Dallon Leger thought he was part of the solution. The entrepreneur from Yorkton, Sask., about 190 kilometres northeast of Regina, says he collected more than 1.8 million kilograms of used grain bags o...
May 29, 2023

Three years in, is the Pillars for Life suicide prevention strategy doing any good?
For once, it's a subject Saskatchewan would not want to be leading the pack in - suicide rates - but the province has consistently been either at the top or among the top for suicide rates among the p...
May 29, 2023