Saskatoon’s Adam Beckman (pictured) is one of four players invited by Hockey Canada to the National Junior Team summer development camp which will be held virtually at the end of July. Beckman, who won the league’s MVP and top scorer award as a member of the Spokane Chiefs last season, will be joined by fellow […]
The search is on for an inmate who is missing from the Saskatchewan penitentiary in Prince Albert. 28-year-old Carey Henry was declared missing Wednesday after staff members could not account for him following an evening-count in the minimum-security unit according to the Correctional Services of Canada. Henry, who was in the midst of serving a […]
The Saskatchewan government has announced around $6.3 million will be going to upgrades at correctional facilities around the province. The Ministry of Corrections and Policing and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General say the are projects are part of the $7.5 billion two-year capital plan announced by the government this spring. Funding will be […]
The Esso Cup will be presented in Prince Albert after all. The 2020 national under-18 female hockey championship was to have been played in the city in April, but was cancelled due to COVID-19. On Wednesday, Hockey Canada announced the 2021 event will go at the Art Hauser Centre with the 2022 event going to […]
The English Fire, a wildfire east of Prince Albert and west of Nipawin, continues to grow since it first began on May 8 near the Fort à la Corne forest. On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency announced they have mapped the fire at 40,000 hectares – about the size of Saskatoon and Regina combined. […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is ending its outbreak declaration at the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital, made after an inpatient tested positive for COVID-19 April 30. Dr. Khami Chokani, Medical Health Officer, has declared the outbreak over after not a single case was discovered either in patients or HCW related to the 10-day exposure period. Dr. […]
One day after the University of Regina announced no tuition increases for next year, Saskatchewan Polytechnic is doing the same. In a release, President and CEO Larry Rosia says they won’t be raising tuition during this challenging time and the he is confident if Sask Polytech approaches their final situation with the same rigour, flexibility […]
The province is expanding testing efforts as the battle against COVID19 continues. The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Saturday morning that long-term care and personal care home residents will now be tested for the virus upon either admission or re-admission and that residents and staff will also be tested if there are any positive tests. In […]
The Government of Saskatchewan has confirmed 26 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 415. Nineteen of the new cases are from La Loche and surrounding area, four are from the north (including three in Lloydminster) and three in the Saskatoon area. While there is only one positive case of COVID-19 involving a patient […]
A COVID-19 outbreak at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert has been announced after a patient that’s been at the facility since April 21st tested positive for the virus. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there’s no evidence of transmission within the facility at this time, but the patient tested negative before entering the facility for […]
