Early indicators are showing 2020 was the second-best year on Saskatchewan’s roads when it comes to road fatalities in the last 60 years. SGI is indicating 87 people died on Saskatchewan’s roads and highways in 2020, which is well below the 10 year average of 131.5. It’s second only to 2019’s mark of 71. SGI […]
Residents will start seeing snowplows clearing Regina’s residential roads of snow and ice buildup over the next couple weeks. Contractor crews will begin plowing on Tuesday for the next 12 days, weather permitting. Plowing will happen between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day until the project is complete. The city has […]
One of the province’s top doctors is strongly denouncing a small protest that happened outside of Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab’s home over the weekend. Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, shared in a statement on Monday that Saturday’s incident was an attempt to intimidate Dr. Shahab and his family. […]
Kamloops Blazers forward Kyrell Sopotyk has been paralyzed in a snowboarding accident over the weekend. The 19-year-old Aberdeen, Saskatchewan product was drafted by the Blazers in 2016. Kamloops Blazers Statement on Kyrell Sopotyk: https://t.co/w0HA9987BZ — Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) January 25, 2021 The WHL also released a statement saying they are deeply saddened by the news. […]
A $18 million construction project is set to begin near Swift Current. Construction will start up on two overpasses on the Trans-Canada Highway over the CP Rail tracks above five kilometres east of the city. The project will include the full replacement of the existing overpass structure on the eastbound lanes and the rehabilitation of […]
The City of Regina says residents have until Sunday to recycle their real Christmas tree through the Treecycle program. Trees can be dropped off at the Yard Waste Depot next to the landfill between 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. All decorations need to be removed from the tree, as well as any disposal bag before […]
A good stretching routine is the latest recommendation to help reduce high blood pressure. That from a new study at the University of Saskatchewan that shows stretching is a superior way to reduce blood pressure, when compared to brisk walking. Kinesiology professor Dr. Phil Chilibeck says their study recruited a group of people with high […]
The two airlines that service northern Saskatchewan have merged together to become one airline. West Wind Aviation and Transwest Air have consolidated to become Rise Air. Spokesperson Tracy Young-McLean says everyone is excited about the merger. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Young-McLean. “We’ve had two companies with very different cultures, very different ways […]
Weyburn’s Tenille Arts took home three 2020 Saskatchewan Music Awards this weekend. Arts won Country Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, with her song “Somebody Like That” which reached #9 in Canada on the Billboard Hot Country charts. Arts also won Album of the Year with “Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between”. The […]
Extreme Cold Warnings remain in effect for all of Saskatchewan, other than the southern parts of the province Monday morning. This includes Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Yorkton and the Battlefords, but does not include Regina and Moose Jaw. Environment Canada says temperatures in the minus thirties along with winds of 10 to 15 km/h will produce […]
