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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the potential for a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all the while, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee still has to […]

Barry Sawchuk is not alone in the space junk universe.  The Saskatchewan farmer who made headlines earlier this month when he reported a giant piece of space debris had slammed into his field now says his neighbours are also reporting close encounters with orbital debris. “There’s other pieces here,” said Sawchuk, who farms near Ituna, northeast of […]

After a two day ratification vote, teachers in Saskatchewan have voted to reject the latest deal worked out with the provincial government. The STF says with 88 percent of eligible teachers voting, 55 percent voted to reject the offer. “We take our direction from the membership, and members have spoken.” STF President Samantha Becotte said […]

A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says families of the victims have no standing to seek compensation in an ongoing lawsuit. Court arguments are being heard this week in Regina over whether the truck driver and Saskatchewan government can be removed as defendants in the suit. The claim also […]

Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on the Speaker to set the wheels in motion for a third-party investigation into gun-carrying and bullying behaviour inside the legislature. NDP democracy critic Meara Conway told reporters Tuesday that Speaker Randy Weekes chairs the all-party house services committee and could call for that panel to vote on whether to launch […]

Lawyers for several Humboldt Broncos families were in court Tuesday fighting a bid by the government of Saskatchewan to have it removed as a defendant in a lawsuit over the deadly bus crash in 2018.  The five hockey families are suing over the crash, alleging the province knew the rural intersection where the crash happened had problems […]

Get ready to feel the heat, Canada. The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer. The weather broadcaster’s annual summer forecast released Wednesday indicates Canada will be blanketed in heat over the next three months as the country sees fewer rainy days and several regions experience humid conditions. “We’d be […]

On Monday at 7:45 p.m., Ponteix RCMP responded to a single vehicle rollover on a grid road six miles north of Vanguard.  The driver, a 65-year-old male from Vanguard, was declared deceased at the scene by EMS.  His family has been notified. The investigation continues with the help of an RCMP collision reconstructionist.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments to the jury Tuesday, each side looking to score final points with the panel before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president to be charged with felony crimes. The arguments, expected to last the entire […]

REGINA – Ward Three councillor Andrew Stevens has made it known he is planning to move on following this fall’s municipal election.  Stevens has confirmed he will not run again for council in the Nov. 13 municipal election. He announced his intentions in his spring/summer Ward 3 Report sent to residents in the ward. “Finally, […]