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British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre stage. Neither the Conservatives, led by John Rustad, nor the incumbent NDP of Premier David Eby reached the 47 seats needed to form a […]

WHITECAP—The Dakota Dunes Casino will soon have an additional 12,000 square feet of gaming, food, and beverage space, including a new high-limit table game area, on its existing property in Dakota Dunes Way. Representatives from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, and the Saskatoon Tribal Council participated in the sod-turning ceremony on Friday, […]

REGINA – The hot topics in education were up for discussion at an all-candidates forum for Regina Public School board candidates on Friday night. The event at the Artesian was put on by the Regina Public Schools’ Teachers Association, and invites were sent to all candidates running in the seven subdivisions. In the end only […]

BIENFAIT – A section of Highway 39 in southeast Saskatchewan is closed Sunday morning due to an accident. According to the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s Highway Hotline, the incident occurred near the Bienfait Mine Access Road, which is east of the junction of Highways 39 and 18. All lanes were closed. Drivers were asked […]

On Thursday the RCMP issued a provincewide “Amber Alert”, and just over 30 minutes later police were able to report a successful resolution. The Alert was issued just after five o’clock reporting a five day old baby had been abducted from the health centre in Montreal Lake just after one in the afternoon. Before six […]

Canola harvest is nearing completion and is estimated to be 98% complete across the province. Soybean harvest progressed rapidly throughout the week, with 93% estimated as complete across the province. Flax harvest is complete in the Central and Eastern regions, with 89% complete across the province. Corn harvest has started in the Central and Eastern […]

REGINA — Thousands of people in Regina are attending Career Fair Canada at the Queensbury Convention Centre on Wednesday. The fair sees major job corporations, including the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Suncrest College and the Ontario Provincial Police, looking to hire new applicants through representatives of the companies. Terry Buhay, media consultant at Career Fair Canada, […]

A Saskatchewan man driving a tractor has died after a collision near the province’s boundary with Manitoba that caused several train cars to derail. RCMP say they responded to the scene at a rail crossing north of Gerald, Sask., a village 250 kilometres east of Regina, where several train cars went off the tracks.  Mounties say no […]

More than 200 Air India passengers have landed in Chicago after a bomb threat forced their flight to be diverted to Nunavut. The airline issued an update overnight via social media, thanking the Royal Canadian Air Force for helping ferry the 211passengers of Flight 127 from India to their final destination. Since Iqaluit was not equipped […]

Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate continued to slow in September as drivers paid lower gasoline prices than they did last year. The agency said Tuesday its consumer price index for September was up 1.6 percent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of two per cent in August. It was the […]