Preliminary numbers from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service indicate fewer suicides in 2020 when the pandemic began compared to the year prior. Not all investigations have been concluded, according to a statistics document from the Coroners Service, but at this point it seems there were 187 suicides in 2020 and 206 in 2019. From 2005 to […]
While a heat warning is still in effect for many parts of Saskatchewan including Regina, Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning Saturday afternoon for the Kindersley and Rosetown areas with severe thunderstorm watches also in effect as of 2:30 for other areas including Saskatoon, Prince Albert and the Battlefords. The weather office says […]
A new report shows that new housing starts in Saskatchewan more than doubled compared to last year. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Saskatchewan reported 4,958 annually adjusted housing starts in urban settings in April, an increase of 113.3 per cent from April of last year. Housing starts are up more than 101 […]
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a news conference Tuesday where a woman in a controversial video filmed at a Saskatoon grocery store a week ago, was present. Annette Custer was accompanied by her partner and did not speak during the news conference. Saskatoon Police reported last week that a 30 year old woman […]
The director and CEO of USask’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization was happy and relieved to hear that the federal government would be supporting the effort to become the National Centre for Pandemic Research with $59.2-million. Dr. Volker Gerdts says the funding will also go to the continued development of a COVID-19 which is currently […]
Well-known Saskatoon resident Frank Atchison plans to walk 5 kilometres per day down Highway 11 from Saskatoon to Regina to raise money for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Shriners Hospital for Children. His son, Don Atchison says they have dubbed this “Where’s Frank? Walking for Children” and they plan to arrive in […]
Reginans will be able to fly directly to Kelowna this summer with those in Saskatoon being able to go straight to Kelowna or Victoria. WestJet has announced that starting June 24, direct flights will be offered twice a week from Regina and Saskatoon to Kelowna with direct flights also being offered to Victoria out of […]
The Saskatoon Fire Department says one person is dead after a fire in an apartment building on Broadway Avenue. The call came in around 7 Saturday night as someone reported seeing smoke on the ground floor of the three-storey building. Upon arrival, crews found heavy smoke in a first-floor suite and an unresponsive person. The […]
Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili is calling on the Sask. Party government to take responsibility for the overdose crisis that is taking lives at an unprecedented rate in Saskatchewan. “The overdose crisis is spiraling out of control while Scott Moe and the Sask. Party ignore this public health emergency,” said Meili. “This is costing lives […]
A 31-year-old man faces a charge of second-degree murder in Saskatoon after an incident late Friday afternoon. Saskatoon Police say they were called to the 1400 block of 20th Street West after reports of a stabbing. Officers found a 23-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. He died a short time later. The name of the man […]
