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Canada’s grain farmers say a strike at Metro Vancouver terminals would cripple crop exports if it were allowed to take place. The Grain Growers of Canada say in a statement that it is “deeply concerned” about a potential strike of grain workers in Metro Vancouver, since about 52 per cent of all Canadian-grown grain went […]

From cellphone “hotels” to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recent bans and restrictions on the phones, little has changed. A number of provinces, including Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, introduced plans to limit cellphone usage beginning this […]

REGINA – The opposition New Democrats released another campaign pledge on Monday, pledging to hire more permanent doctors and nurses to the province. At their latest pre-election campaign announcement in Regina, NDP Leader Carla Beck pledged to invest $1.1 billion in critical frontline services to train and retain and hire doctors, nurses and specialists.  Beck […]

CANDLE LAKE – Despite fire damage to a significant portion of its main building, Candle Lake Golf Resort is still open to play. In a release issued Monday, golfers were invited to visit the resort and support the community reeling from the devastating fire. The 18-hole course is friendly to any skill level, according to […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have unveiled a new Indigenous logo which was designed by Chris Chipak from Red Pheasant Cree Nation — Treaty 6. The logo, commissioned in recognition of the team’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, will be showcased throughout Mosaic Stadium and on CTV, TSN, RDS and CBS. The logo will be on player helmets as part of the […]

Police in Moose Jaw are investigating the details around a weapons call Sunday. Police were called to a home in the 400 block of Manitoba Street just after four in the afternoon. Police were told someone inside the home had a gun. Police secured the area, and shortly after two people emerged peacefully from the […]

SASKATOON – Estevan business JS Truckmart won twice at the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce’s Achievement of Business Excellence Awards (ABEX) Saturday night in Saskatoon.   The company won the ABEX Business of the Year Award, and it took home the Growth and Expansion Award. It was also nominated for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.  In a […]

The RCMP are investigating after a fatal ATV crash in Meadow Lake. Saturday, officers saw two people on an ATV, and neither were wearing helmets.  When police activated their emergency equipment to stop the ATV, it continued at a high rate of speed on Highway 55 towards the Flying Dust First Nation.  Police say they […]

Police have charged one person with possession of a weapon after a lockdown at Miller Collegiate on Friday afternoon. Police add two others were released without charges. Police say they responded to a report Friday that two students were being chased by two or three suspects who were threatening to assault them with bear mace, […]

MOOSE JAW – Students have been back in class for almost a month, but in Holy Trinity Catholic School Division, there are nearly 50 fewer youths in desks than projected, data show. As of Sept. 6, there were 2,437 students enrolled in the division, which was 46 pupils — or 1.85 per cent — below […]