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The man who went on a stabbing rampage on a First Nation in Saskatchewan wasn’t on the radar of the province’s specialized enforcement team ahead of the massacre. Myles Sanderson was unlawfully at large when he killed 11 people and wounded 17 on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby community of Weldon, northeast […]

In Loreburn, Saskatchewan, a grain elevator fire kept firefighters from Loreburn, Elbow, and Davidson Volunteer Fire Departments busy on Sunday. The Davidson Volunteer Fire Department credited calm winds for preventing the fire from spreading beyond the elevator. The structure’s unique burning pattern, referred to as “candling,” allowed for better containment. Elbow Volunteer Fire Department joined […]

Parents were again making alternate arrangements for child care, as teachers in Saskatchewan are staging a province wide strike for one day only. Teachers held a one day strike last week. The biggest issue at the table is “class size and complexity”, an issue which the provincial government has absolutely refused to discuss in these […]

The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week.  The inquest is scheduled to hear information today about the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the province’s warrant suppression team. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith […]

Heavy snow earlier in the week is expected to turn into freezing rain today in parts of BC’s Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon. Environment Canada says the freezing rain could last into the afternoon and potentially later in some areas. Between 10 and 20 centimetres of snow is forecast on Vancouver Island, […]

As frigid temperatures scour the Midwest, the Republican presidential nominating process will officially start Monday with Iowa’s caucuses. The quadrennial contest has been unusually quiet this year, a mark of former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the race. An arctic blast dropping the state into subzero temperatures and dumping snow during the final days of the runup didn’t help, either. […]

A security camera has captured the more than seven hours a Regina man lay outside, waving for help from passing vehicles, before his death in freezing temperatures after he stumbled from a city bus.  “Why are we turning a blind eye to help people?” said Jeff Holt, whose courier business Flatlander Express caught it on […]

Lawyers for the provincial government argued for a judge to dismiss a challenge of a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. Deron Kuski told court the law doesn’t breach the Charter and is in the best interest of gender-diverse children. He said children could be […]

Victim impact statements have been read at the sentencing hearing for a man who ran over and killed a Saskatchewan RCMP officer more than two years ago.  Melanie Patton, the mother of Const. Shelby Patton, told court today she has been gutted after losing her only son. Alphonse Stanley Traverse pleaded guilty last year to […]

The new provincial “Drug Alert System” was launched today.Regina Mayor Sandra Masters was flanked by the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Tim McLeod, as well as representatives from the Coroner’s Service, Regina Fire, Saskatoon Fire as well as police from both cities. “The goal of drug alerts is to increase awareness of the dangers […]