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Singh, O'Toole plan Sask. stops as federal election campaign rolls along
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh plans visits Friday to Regina and Cowessess First Nation. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is scheduled to stop at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon. → Read More
'We lost everything that doesn't matter': 21 people from Saskatoon escape boat fire in B.C.
Twenty-one people from four Saskatoon families — parents, teens, pre-teens and infants — barely fled from a burning houseboat on British Columbia's famed Shuswap Lake. → Read More
Saskatoon Police Service condemns actions of officers in death of George Floyd
The SPS in a statement on Monday said it was joining its police colleagues across the country in speaking out against the recent incident in which George Floyd died after being physically detained by police officer Derek Chauvin. → Read More
The Helpers: U of S engineering team using 3D printer in work on N95 mask designs
"It's not really important whose design it is in the end, just that it works," project coordinator and engineering professor James Johnston said. → Read More
Sask. teachers plan first job action as contract talks remain at standstill
The STF said that, beginning Thursday, teachers will not provide any voluntary or extracurricular services, and will be at the school only 15 minutes before the start of the school day and 15 minutes after the school day. → Read More
UFC returns to Saskatoon: Ultimate Fighting Championship card set for June at Sasktel Centre
In addition to the Saturday night fight card on June 20, the week will also include workouts open to the public on June 18 and a ceremonial weigh-in on June 19 at Sasktel Centre. → Read More
Countdown to the Junos: Fun Facts — 23 days to go
"Not to put down Vancouver or Toronto, but there's a huge buzz when the Junos are held in smaller cities like Regina" — Michael Buble → Read More
Former Saskatchewan teacher facing sex charges dating back to 1990s
Gerard Loehr, who taught in Wynyard and Foam Lake schools in the 1990s, has been charged by Wynyard RCMP with five counts of sexual assault and six counts of sexual interference in connection with incidents alleged to have happened between 1990 and 1996. → Read More
Countdown to the Junos: Fun Facts — 25 days to go
Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie helped push the Junos to introduce a category honouring Indigenous artists in 1994. → Read More
Kiss and tell: Valentine's Day stories from long-time servers
From married couples to break-ups, slippery floors to sold-out bookings, restaurants chefs and servers share some stories from their experiences on Valentine's Day. → Read More
Junos 2020 in Saskatoon: Shawn Mendes among nominees, Alessia Cara named host
The 2020 Juno Awards are scheduled for March 15 at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. Juno Week — with performances and festivities leading up to the 49th annual awards show — runs from March 9-15. → Read More
RCMP officer, suspect hospitalized after member involved shooting near Turtleford
Officers from the Turtleford detachment responded Tuesday to reports "of a dangerous, possibly impaired driver." As two officers approached the vehicle, one officer suffered what RCMP described as "a serious, but believed to be non-life threatening injury." → Read More
Justin Trudeau plans election campaign stop in Saskatoon
Justin Trudeau’s last visits to Saskatchewan came this past January, when he attended an event La Loche and also a town hall on the University of Regina campus. → Read More
Assault of RCMP officers by group in La Ronge captured on phone
While police were placing a man in custody and attempting to handcuff him, "several unknown people began to physically assault the officers," RCMP said. → Read More
Children's hospital 'a grassroots made-in-Saskatchewan success story'
The province on Thursday confirmed Sept. 29 as the day when all pediatric and maternal inpatients will move from Royal University Hospital and new admissions will be accepted at the new children's hospital. → Read More
Cineplex theatres in Saskatoon, Regina to screen controversial anti-abortion film Unplanned
Unplanned is set to be shown on Cineplex screens in Saskatoon (Scotiabank Theatre) and Regina (Normanview Cinemas) from July 12-18. After being released in the United States in March, the film is now being shown in select theatres across Canada. → Read More
Saskatchewan to provide universal coverage of abortion pill Mifegymiso
The decision is effective immediately. Mifegymiso is the first oral product approved by Health Canada for medical termination of an early pregnancy. → Read More
Saskatoon homicide: City's second of 2019, 31-year-old man dead
Patrol officers responded Tuesday around 7 p.m. to an alleyway in the 100 block of Avenue Q South after a report of an injured man. He was later declared dead at a Saskatoon hospital. → Read More
Saskatoon to host 2020 Juno Awards
More than a decade after rolling out the red carpet for Canada’s preeminent music awards ceremony, Saskatoon will again serve as host city for the Junos. → Read More
Manslaughter charges laid against trio after fatal drug overdoses last March in Saskatoon
Three men are each facing 11 new charges, including four counts each of manslaughter, in connection with a string of fatal overdoses last March in Saskatoon. → Read More