Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation begins building fire department
In February 2015, a fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation killed two-year-old Harley and 18-month-old Haley Cheenanow.Three years later, a 32-year-old woman was reported unaccounted for after a h...
Oct 09, 2019 The Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation has started to build its own fire department from the ground up. Chief and council are seen in front of a newly purchased fire truck. (supplied/Barry Mitsuing-Chalifoux)
New website provides immediate lab test results for Sask. patients
There is no longer a need to visit the doctor for the sole purpose of learning the results of a laboratory test in Saskatchewan.To save time and provide better access to patients, the province has lau...
Oct 09, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)
Work continues on Humboldt Broncos crash site
Motorists will experience delays if they're travelling through the intersection of Highways 35 and 335, otherwise known as the Armley Corner.The province is continuing work on the intersection after r...
Oct 08, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
A walk against gang violence in Big Island Lake Cree Territory later this month
A walk against gang violence to promote a unified community will happen in Big Island Lake Cree Territory later this month.Similar to an event that happened in Loon Lake last week, Big Island Lake Cre...
Oct 08, 2019 An anti-gang walk in Loon Lake is the inspiration behind the event in Big Island Lake Cree Territory. (supplied/Ryan How)
Unifor workers at SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy not returning to work
As job action continues at the province's Crown corporations, the one thing that's for certain is SaskTel employees represented by Unifor will not be returning to their jobs.On Monday, Unifor said its...
Oct 08, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Singh fields questions in Saskatoon West town hall
Downtown Saskatoon was flooded with enthusiastic New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters on Friday morning.Party leader Jagmeet Singh took questions at the Saskatoon Francophone Federation's Le Relais C...
Oct 05, 2019 Jagmeet Singh with NDP Supporters at Le Relais rental hall on October 4, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
‘I want to be No. 1’: Hughes climbing all-time sacks list
Charleston Hughes finds himself at No. 8 on the all-time CFL sacks list, but he's not satisfied with his current position."It feels good to be top 10, but when it's all said and done, I want to be No....
Oct 04, 2019 Charleston Hughes. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Crowns initiate contingency plans for Unifor strike
The heads of Crown corporations hit by strikes Friday morning are confident in their contingency plans to maintain a level of essential services.That said, they admitted that customers can expect issu...
Oct 04, 2019 The CEOs of Saskatchewan Crown Corporations affected by the strike speak to media about their contingency plans (L to R, Doug Matthies with SaskWater, Susan Ross with the Water Security Agency, Mike Marsh with SaskPower, Ken From with SaskEnergy, Doug Burnett with SaskTel, Blair Swystun with Crown Investments Corp). Oct. 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Indie pot shops seek cooperative wholesale, distribution
Some of Saskatchewan's private independent cannabis shops are forming a co-operative to thwart what they see as the challenges from the already dominant corporate sector in the new legal cannabis mark...
Oct 04, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Premier promotes trade in important Asian markets
Saskatchewan's premier will lead an 11-day trade mission to Japan and South Korea starting Oct. 7.Scott Moe will also stop in Hong Kong to meet with investors. A key focus of the mission will be promo...
Oct 04, 2019 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)