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City of Prince Albert fined after worker is injured
The City of Prince Albert has been fined $95,000 for a workplace injury. On April 25th the City of Prince Albert pleaded guilty in Prince Albert Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on September 22, 2022, in Prince ...
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Delayed spring creates more potholes than usual in Saskatoon
Saskatoon City crews have begun patrolling the streets for potholes, targeting areas flagged through the city's pothole reporting app, and using hot mix asphalt for more permanent repairs. Cam LeClaire, Acting Roadways Manager, says if you see, or feel, a pothole while driving around, you can report it to the City to g...
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SIRT investigates in custody death
The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team is investigating an in-custody death in Swift Current. SIRT says on Sunday Swift Current RCMP were asked to conduct a wellness check on a family member. Officers located the individual in question at 11:15 a.m. at a local hotel but the 55-year-old woman refused assistance...
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Saskatoon may be donated acres of riverbank land
The City of Saskatoon has the opportunity to acquire just over 78 acres of riverbank land, thanks to a donation from P.R. Developments. A report to the Finance Committee tomorrow afternoon (Wed) says the majority of the land would be donated to the City with the requirement that it would be open for walking, biking and...
May 07, 2024
Using comedy to evoke discussion about body image
A new production hitting the stage at Saskatoon's Emery Jones Theatre unites the flavourful world of French cuisine and the touchy topic of body image. Elizabeth Nepjuk, who plays main character Blanche, says the play, titled 'The Art of French Cooking' uses comedy to break the ice into deeper conversations about beaut...
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Saskatchewan government says uranium exports jump more than 300 per cent
The Government of Saskatchewan says Uranium exports of Saskatchewan produced uranium to the EU increased 306 per cent to almost $1 billion in 2023. The province says total exports to the EU increased 12 per cent which includes export of uranium, lentils, chickpeas, non-durum wheat, mustard seed and several agricultural...
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Motorcycle helmet exemption granted for upcoming parades
If you see motorcycles being driven in parades in Saskatoon and Regina this month with drivers not sporting a helmet, it is likely the participants in the Regina Nagar Kirtan Parade on May 11, and the Saskatoon Nagar Kirtan Parade on May 19. SGI says a temporary exemption has been made to Sikh motorcyclists participati...
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NDP freedom of information request only generates more redacted documents
On Monday, the Official Opposition raised the relationship the provincial government has with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's company, after their freedom of information request only generated a heavily redacted contract. Tuesday the NDP told MLAs in question period that the contracts they requested regarding an...
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This is an alert that there will be a safety alert on Wednesday
The provincial government has proclaimed this week as Emergency Preparedness Week, and one of the actions as part of that is a SaskAlert test tomorrow (Wed, May8th). A test of the provincial emergency alert system is scheduled for 11:55 a.m., and will be distributed through SaskAlert via the federal public alerting sys...
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Generous donation supports new Saskatoon campus for Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic's School of Nursing is being renamed the Leslie and Irene Dubé School of Nursing, in recognition of their $7.5 million donation to the $100 million Time to Rise campaign. The campaign supports the construction of the new Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon campus at Innovation Place. Sask Polytech...
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Surviving Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school brought to life in short film
The community of Île-à-la-Crosse had a special screening Monday of a short film about the survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school who are trying to be officially recognized by both the federal and provincial governments and compensated for what happened, just like at Indian Residentia...
May 07, 2024
Regina police officer accidentally shot by a fellow officer suffered "life changing" injuries
The Regina Police Service has provided an update on one of their officers who was accidentally shot by a fellow officer during the execution of a search warrant describing his injuries as serious and life changing. Eight people were charged in Regina with forcible confinement and assault in connection to the incident. ...
May 07, 2024
Record number of surgeries performed in Saskatchewan, plan to increase includes more private partner involvement
There were about 95,700 surgeries performed in the last fiscal year in Saskatchewan, which is almost 6,000 more than the previous record set in 2022-23. That's according to report from the province on surgical performance and wait times, which also indicates that the number of people waiting more than a year is down by...
May 07, 2024
Food drive is on to help families in preparation for summer break
One of two major food drives that take place at the Saskatoon Food Bank and learning Centre is underway for the month of May. SFB Executive Director Laurie O'Connor says the food bank is seeing increased usage and will see even more as school food programs start to wrap up for the summer. O'Connor says the food drive i...
May 07, 2024
Rainfall warnings persist
Additional moisture for seeding started falling Monday with the heaviest amounts in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan where Cypress Hills can expect 50 plus millimetres, 20 to 40 millimetres in the Kindersley area and around 20 millimetres expected in the Saskatoon region. A trough of low pressure stalled over south...
May 07, 2024
Assault charges after officers respond to domestic disturbance
Saskatoon Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance just before midnight on Sunday. When officers arrived to the 1000 block of Baltzan Boulevard in Evergreen, officers report there was a woman on a balcony which was located above the door. Following several unsuccessful attempts to get inside, police breac...
May 06, 2024
Man charged in woman's death was in custody hours prior to her death
The Prince Albert man arrested after officers found 51-year-old Beverly Constant dead had been in police custody a few hours prior to her death. Prince Albert Police say on Friday afternoon, just before 1:30, officers responded to a home in the Unit Block of 28th Street West to assist Parkland Ambulance. Twenty-nine-ye...
May 06, 2024
Another large donation to build a new helipad at Nipawin hospital
SaskPower is donating $50,000 for the project, which was announced following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Fundraising started last year with $600,000 of the $800,000 required already committed. There have been several large donations for the helipad over the past month, including $50,000 from the Town of Nip...
May 06, 2024
Drug trafficking investigation in Sandy Bay leads to four people facing charges
Four people have been arrested, two from Calgary and two from Sandy Bay in connection to an RCMP drug trafficking investigation in Sandy Bay. Police say a search warrant was executed at a home and officers seized about 16 grams of crack cocaine which had been divided into small packages, two air guns, a machete, traffi...
May 06, 2024