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SaskTel reverses decision on charging for email accounts
SaskTel email users are getting a reprieve.On Thursday, the company announced it was going to start charging customers $1.95 per month for each sasktel.net email address they have. The change was to t...
Jan 20, 2023

Companies facing charges related to worker's death in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd...
Jan 20, 2023

Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps
OTTAWA - A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request...
Jan 20, 2023

Young hockey players bring the Original Six to Elk Ridge this weekend
Six teams from across the province are coming to Elk Ridge this weekend for a unique, spectacular pond hockey tournament.The first-ever Original Six Classic Pond Hockey Tournament takes over the resor...
Jan 20, 2023

Regional colleges plan to merge
Two of the province's regional colleges are planning to merge.Cumberland College covers the northeast, including Melfort and Nipawin, while Parkland College is based in the southeast, and includes Yor...
Jan 20, 2023

Star Diamond headed to mining show to spark interest
Star Diamond Corporation is sending a delegation to a major mining show in Toronto in March. The company is hoping to spark interest in the Fort a la Corne diamond project, about 60 kilometers east of...
Jan 20, 2023

Communication key for veteran Jets coach as Winnipeg gets Bowness bump
TORONTO - Rick Bowness made a promise when he turned his attention behind the bench. Having just retired, the journeyman centre would coach the way he wanted - the way he wished - he had been coached....
Jan 20, 2023

Juventus hit with 15-point penalty for false accounting
ROME (AP) - Juventus was hit with a massive 15-point penalty for false accounting Friday following an appeal hearing at the Italian soccer federation. The punishment could eliminate the club's chances...
Jan 20, 2023

South Africa scores 29 straight points in beating Canada at HSBC New Zealand Sevens
HAMILTON, New Zealand - Canada's men had a rough start at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Friday, beaten 34-5 by South Africa with Shilton van Wyk scoring three tries for the Blitzboks. South Africa re...
Jan 20, 2023

Police: Heroic actions kept shooter from doing more harm
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Police in Indiana said Friday that heroic actions by a Walmart employee and law enforcement officers kept a gunman who shot and injured one female employee from doing more harm...
Jan 20, 2023