Provincial News

Saskatchewan’s real estate market continued its upward trend in July, with the province reporting 1,667 home sales according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association’s monthly report. This figure represents a seven per cent increase from last year and is over 20 per cent above the long-term, 10-year average. This marks the thirteenth consecutive month of above-average […]

KINDERSLEY – A Saskatoon man is facing several charges including assault a police officer with a weapon after two police vehicles were rammed in Kindersley. On Aug. 4, at approximately 5:40 p.m., RCMP received a report of a fuel theft from a Kindersley business. After investigating, police determined a truck filled up with diesel and left without […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn’t done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north. Debby was expected to restrengthen and turn north toward the South Carolina coastline for a second landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, weather officials said. The storm […]

Saskatoon police announced Tuesday they had found the remains of a missing woman in a city landfill three months after their search began. Police, dozens of searchers and a forensic anthropologist began combing through trash at the site in May in an attempt to find Mackenzie Lee Trottier. The 22-year-old Métis woman was last seen […]

The Saskatchewan government is following the lead of other provinces in announcing that students won’t be allowed to use cellphones in class in the upcoming school year, a move critics call a distraction from more pressing issues like funding. The announcement applies to all kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill said that too often, […]

REGINA — Work is now underway at the new joint-use elementary school in Regina’s southwest community of Harbour Landing. The facility will be built on 11 acres of land, located on the corner of Gordon Road and Campbell Street. The work underway includes underground and surface level work to roadways, sidewalks and utility connections. This work […]

Two separate collisions on separate days ended the lives of two people in Saskatchewan. On Sunday at 8:55 a.m., Prince Albert RCMP responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Whitfield Road in the RM of Buckland. An adult female passenger, a 32-year-old from Pelican Narrows, was declared deceased at the scene. Her family has been notified. […]

Saskatoon police say they have found the remains of a missing woman in a city landfill and that a suspect in her death has since died.Officers began searching the landfill in May for 22-year-old Mackenzie Lee Trottier, who was reported missing in December 2020. Police said at the time they had collected evidence from electronic […]

The Government of Saskatchewan is falling into lockstep with other provinces in terms of banning cell phone use in schools. They are taking significant steps to enhance “student focus and reduce distractions in classrooms”. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, cell phones will be banned during class time across all K-12 schools in the province. […]

Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, AP sources say Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday. That’s according to three people who spoke to The Associated Press. In choosing Walz, she’s turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran and union supporter who helped enact an […]