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The Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police announced that police agencies in Saskatchewan will waive the fees associated with criminal record checks and fingerprints required for Indigenous people who wish to reclaim their Indigenous name. The decision comes “in recognition of not only the historical trauma but to acknowledge the living trauma of the […]

A $30-billion federal funding initiative launched in 2021 to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has created a fraction of the new spaces expected in the first year of operation in three provinces that were assessed, a new report said. An analysis by public-policy group Cardus said the roll out of child-care expansion programs in […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the air for Gaza […]

Ten people, including eight girls of a First Nations junior volleyball team, have been injured in a collision involving a truck and a multi-passenger van on Highway 1 east of Regina. RCMP say the crash happened near Sintaluta, Sask., at about 4 p.m. on Thursday. Megaen Reader, director of education at Chief Kahkewistahaw Community School, […]

A Saskatchewan-made whiskey will no longer be produced. Last Mountain Distillery announced on their Facebook Page this year “will be our last Cherry Whisky Season as we say goodbye to a classic, and one of our forever favourites.” Co-owner and General Manager of Last Mountain Distillery Braeden Raiwet says it was a tough decision. “We have […]

A 19-year-old has been charged in connection to a fatal collision last year. Almost a year ago, on November 2, 2022, at 1:18 a.m., police were dispatched to Ring Road, between Wascana Parkway and Albert Street, for a collision report. When police arrived, they found citizens attending to a female lying on the ground. She […]

Two separate accidents in Saskatchewan have left a pair of motorists dead. On October 12, at 6:00 a.m., the Indian Head RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision on the 800 block of Grand Avenue in Indian Head. The woman driver and vehicle’s sole occupant were declared deceased at the scene. She was identified as a […]

A traffic stop near Maidstone led to police seizing 155 kilograms of illicit drugs. As part of an ongoing investigation by the Alberta RCMP Serious and Organized Crime Unit, the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit conducted a traffic stop on Highway #16 near Maidstone on June 1. Police seized four large bags containing 90 kilograms […]

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled on portions of the federal government’s environmental policies, in this case the “Impact Assessment Act”. Five out of seven judges found most of it to be unconstitutional because it ultimately seeks to regulate activities within provincial jurisdiction. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the majority, said the law […]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the federal government’s impact assessment law on Friday, with five out of seven judges finding most of it to be unconstitutional because it ultimately seeks to regulate activities within provincial jurisdiction. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the majority, said the law as written is aimed at regulating […]