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Saskatchewan teachers have resumed job action in a bid to push the province back into bargaining on issues of classroom sizes and student supports.  The sanctions mean teachers won’t volunteer their time for lunchroom supervision and extracurricular activities.  Also, they will arrive to school only 15 minutes before the start of the day and will leave […]

Dogs and postal workers have been at odds since the the very first letter was sent. Its a safety problem for letter carriers because while you may believe your dog is the “friendliest” in town, the postal worker doesn’t know that. That’s why Canada Post is out with some tips for dog owners, and how […]

Saskatchewan has been seeing a steady increase in tourism visits, and spending. According to numbers from Statistics Canada travel spending hit 2.85 billion in 2023 an increase from 2.4 billion in 2022. More Americans are crossing the land border, with a 54 percent increase in traffic.  More Americans are visiting by air as well, with […]

Medical researchers at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine looked inward for their latest study — an attempt to capture the experiences of racism faced by Black medical school students. The resulting empirical study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, documents a litany of reported indignities that include a senior doctor defending her use […]

Premiers from across Western Canada are wrapping up meetings in Whitehorse today aimed at discussing common concerns in their region. The premiers of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon meet annually for the Western Premiers’ Conference. Prior to the conference, B.C. Premier David Eby said one of the top items […]

Riders Win: Someone is a SaskTel Pick the Score Winner and will have a nice prize from SaskTel. We play all over again when the Roughriders head to Hamilton this Sunday to take on the Tabbies. Pick the Score runs Wednesday to Friday. Canada’s Farm Show is next week, we will set you up with […]

Should Toronto’s home opener come down to a game-deciding field goal try, the Argonauts will have a say regarding what football kicker Lirim Hajrullahu uses. The CFL announced Friday that effective immediately, teams will determine before each game whether their punters and kickers will play with its chipped football or a non-chipped one. Whatever decision is made will […]

The year that has passed since a bus crash killed 17 seniors headed to a Manitoba casino on a bright late-spring day has been one of grief, community support, a slow return to normal and, for some, a long road to recovery. It has also left unanswered questions about the genesis of the horrific crash […]

Canada’s unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent in May as the job market continued to show signs of weakness. Statistics Canada’s latest labour force survey showed the economy added 27,000 jobs last month – too modest of a gain to keep the unemployment rate from rising by a tenth of a percentage point. The report suggests the […]

Assiniboia resident Richard Dyke, 47, will remain in police custody following his latest court hearing on the morning of June 4 at the Moose Jaw Provincial Courthouse. Dyke was not present for the June 4 hearing, and his defence lawyer, Estes Fonkalsrud, appeared on his behalf to review the 60 charges of sexual offences against […]