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After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, only behind box office triumphs “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Michael Keaton returns as the titular spirit and Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder also […]

PORCUPINE PLAIN – It was a week full of activities, from canoeing, learning birch bark biting and beading to plant identification and healing knowledge. It brought over 250 people to gather, and it all revolved around learning Métis culture.  Brent Digness, Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Minister for Economic Development and Tourism said this was the first camp in […]

It took a team effort from farmers and volunteer firefighters from Davidson and Craik to put out a field fire south of Davidson on Friday. The fire departments were called out to the blaze at 2:25 p.m. wrote the Davidson Volunteer Fire Department on its Facebook page, and upon arrival “found a large fire burning […]

SASKATOON — A relative of the 15-year-old girl who was set on fire in their school has started a GoFundMe page to help the family with expenses, which could reach tens of thousands of dollars. The incident happened on Thursday at Evan Hardy Collegiate, where a 14-year-old female poured liquid on the victim and set her on […]

REGINA – A chance to win a prize package worth $1.4 million is on the line this fall as the Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery is under way. A number of top prizes are being offered in the fall home lottery. The $1.4 million grand prize package includes a show home located at 4147 […]

A Saskatoon high school student remembers the pungent smell of burned hair going up her nose, and something like the strong scent from a Sharpie marker, moments after she watched a schoolmate being set on fire. She had just stepped out of her Grade 9 social studies class for lunch on Thursday, she says, when […]

Crop yields in Saskatchewan are better than last year, but the decline in prices will mean lower overall returns. Using Statistics Canada estimated yields and comparing them to the estimated yields from one year ago, all crops are showing a significant increase. It should be noted that the Statistics Canada yields do vary from those […]

GRAVELBOURG — Teamwork, stewardship, commitment and generosity are just some of the words to describe those who have committed to the Wiwa Growing Project, near Gravelbourg. Operating since 2003 as a local community growing project, each year’s harvest is dedicated the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. For 11 years, the quarter being farmed was donated by the […]

The former chief of the Prince Albert police service that was subject to an independent inquiry was paid nearly $430,000 after he retired, public documents show. The documents say Jonathan Bergen received $429,241 in 2023, roughly double the $200,626 he earned in 2022 and his $219,044 salary in 2021, while chief of police in Prince Albert. […]

Harvest in the province remains ahead of schedule, as progress is at 42 per cent complete, up from 25 per cent last week. It’s also ahead of the 5-year average of 34 per cent and the 10-year average of 31 per cent for this time of year. Meghan Rosso, Crops Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan […]