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Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third...
Jan 07, 2022
Father of Quebec girl murdered by stepmother sentenced to four years in prison
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Quebec Superior Court judge today sentenced the father of a girl who was murdered by her stepmother in April 2019 to four years in prison for his role in events leading to her ...
Jan 07, 2022
27 out of 130 passengers on Sunwing party flight to Mexico back in Canada: Duclos
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says about 27 of the 130 passengers on the Sunwing party flight to Mexico have returned to Canada. Duclos told reporters today the returning traveller...
Jan 07, 2022
Advocates push for awareness of anti-Asian racism as new surveys highlight toll
OTTAWA - At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy Go knew Canada was about to repeat history. The president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice said she braced herself for t...
Jan 07, 2022
Saskatchewan Winter Games in Regina cancelled due to COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Winter Games that were set to take place in Regina in late February will not go ahead due to COVID-19. The annual event was scheduled for Feb. 20 to 26.The Saskatchewan Games Council ...
Jan 07, 2022
Nipawin's Chamber of Commerce has a new president
Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce kicked off the year with a change to the board of directors.Gregory Sproat became the new president of the chamber on Jan 5.As a business owner/practice manage...
Jan 07, 2022
P.A. and northern Saskatchewan saw positive job growth throughout 2021
Prince Albert and northern Saskatchewan saw some of the best job growth in 2021 the region has had in the past 15 years.According to Statistics Canada, around 1,800 positions were created in communiti...
Jan 07, 2022
Bomb squad completes removal of unstable chemicals from U of R labs
The Regina Police Service's bomb squad and other first responders began the process Friday of removing unstable chemicals from some labs on the University of Regina campus.The operation was completed ...
Jan 07, 2022
Province confirms 1,170 new cases of COVID-19, first time daily cases have exceeded a thousand
For the first time since the pandemic began, the new daily case numbers of COVID-19 in the province has exceeded 1,000 in a single day's count.Another 1,170 new cases of COVID-19, including 119 new ca...
Jan 07, 2022
Moe gov’t says it hasn’t ruled out more public health measures
The Saskatchewan government has reiterated it hasn't dismissed the idea of new public health measures as case numbers of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise in the province.In a statement Friday, Premie...
Jan 07, 2022