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Its the largest country music festival in the country, and it happens every year in a valley just outside of the city. “Country Thunder” will be swinging its gates open this week for several days of country music and camping all under a huge prairie sky. It has such an impact on the city, the […]

Public safety is a concern for the RCMP as two men escaped the Yorkton correctional center July 7th, now the public is being warned to remain alert and avoid picking up hitchhikers. At around 1:00 a.m., Yorkton RCMP received a report that two adult males had escaped from the correctional center in Yorkton. The escapees, […]

HELENE LAKE – Update: On July 5 at approximately 5 p.m., the canoer who went missing on Helene Lake was located deceased by Saskatchewan RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team in the water near the area where he was last seen. RCMP say his family has been notified and their thoughts are with them during this difficult time. Unity RCMP and […]

A special air quality statement is now in effect for southeast Saskatchewan. According to the advisory, issued just before 7:30 p.m., smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility. The advisory includes the Estevan, Weyburn, Carlyle, Regina, Yorkton and Moosomin areas, among others, and it extends to much of the province.  Environment […]

RCMP say two separate crashes within a few hours of each other on highways in northwest Saskatchewan have claimed the lives of two women and three young children. Police say a 48-year-old woman who was driving a van, along with two boys aged 5 and 6, died when the vehicle collided with a truck early Friday afternoon […]

The City of Regina, and Tourism Regina are opening up to “Visitor Kiosks” to make sure tourists get the pointed in the right direction when visitng the Queen City. The kiosks will be staffed by “city ambassadors” who will give tips and travel advice. “The City of Regina is committed to supporting, growing and enhancing […]

The Canadian job market stalled in June as the economy lost 1,400 jobs and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in more than two years, bolstering the case for further interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada. Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate came in at 6.4 per cent for the month, up from 6.2 […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial returns indicated, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. As the sun rose, official results showed Labour had 326 of the 650 seats, as vote counting continued. British […]

Crop conditions are good but still behind development, according to the Saskatchewan Crop Report released Thursday. Rain during the reporting period of June 25 to July 1 was again widespread with some areas getting an excessive amount, resulting in crop yellowing, stunting and root rot development due to moisture stress, leaf diseases in cereal crops, […]

Changes have been made to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s (SCIC) Guardian Dog Rebate Program. Under the Wildlife Damage Compensation and Prevention Program, changes to the rebate will help to make it more affordable for producers to prevent wildlife damage to livestock, by upping the maximum rebate per dog from $100 to $400 per dog. […]