Its a beautiful new home in the “Creeks” neighbourhood in Regina. Built by Ripplinger Homes, its the top prize in this year’s Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery. The prize-home has four bedrooms, 3 and 1/2 baths, a dream kitchen, and more. The winner of the house, also gets $100,000 in cash. The house isn’t […]
A 36-year-old Nova Scotia man who calls himself the Sardonic Emperor of Diagalon has been charged with four criminal counts in Saskatchewan. Jeremy Mackenzie was charged on July 18th with one count of assault, one count of pointing a firearm, one count of using a restricted weapon in a careless manner, and one count of […]
The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital has received a generous donation of nearly $2 million dollars from a local Saskatchewan farmer which will go towards purchasing urgently needed equipment and will help provide the latest technology and cutting-edge equipment that is required for specialized healthcare at JPCH. Gene Pidwerbesky and his family farm near Borden and […]
It’s the season for wildfires, and there are a number of them burning in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and the North West Territories. That smoke is being pulled south, and the closer to the north you are essentially, the lower the air quality. Terri Lang at Environment and Climate Change Canada says air quality in southern […]
One of Canada’s best known defence lawyers says she will be representing a Saskatoon woman who allegedly faked her own death and that of her son before the pair was found in the Oregon earlier this month. Marie Henein confirms she is representing Dawn Walker on her Canadian charges, which include public mischief and child […]
The federal government has responded to demands from Premier Scott Moe, to explain why its employees were taking water samples at some dugouts on private farm land. The federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault accused the Sask Party government of mis-representing the facts. “I believe that we, and Canadians, are best served when we engage on […]
The Conference Board of Canada says the Prairie provinces will likely be the top economic performers this year, even as the Bank of Canada’s inflation-fighting measures quell the country’s overall economic output. In a new report looking at factors that will drive Canada’s provincial economies between 2022 and 2024, the not-for-profit think tank says Saskatchewan will lead […]
Family and friends of an Indigenous woman arrested in the United States say she will have her community’s support upon her return to Canada. Dawn Walker, 48, was to be handed to Canadian authorities Wednesday after spending two weeks in U.S. federal custody. “It’s the best news ever really,” said Kathy Walker, who is Dawn […]
Saskatchewan is flush with cash and out of the red. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says the province is raking in more money largely due to natural resource prices. As a result, Harpauer says her Saskatchewan Party government is reversing its plan to add provincial sales tax to gym memberships and some recreational activities, which was […]
Four in five Canadians say they are cutting back on spending, delaying big purchases, driving less, and putting fewer dollars away for a “rainy day” . According to the poll released today by Angus Reid more than half of Canadians says they couldn’t handle a sudden expense of more than one thousand dollars. 38 percent […]
