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City of Melfort staff conduct drive-by in support of fellow staff dealing with health issues

Residents in Melfort may have noticed a lot more city vehicles than normal driving down their street on Tuesday, June 1.According to Brent Lutz, the city's Director of Development, Planning, and Commu...

Jun 02, 2021

New program to teach Sask students more about local food and farms

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Students across Saskatchewan will be learning more about Saskatchewan farming and local food, later this week. On June 3, Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is leading a unique col...

Dawson Thompson Jun 02, 2021

Saskatchewan Updates Captive Wildlife Regulations

Saskatchewan has modernized and strengthened its rules related to the import and possession of native and exotic wildlife here in the province. This includes those that are kept as pets, or being care...

Jun 02, 2021

'We weep for our children' : PAGC wants Feds to compensate Timber Bay School survivors

The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council says the horrific discovery in B.C. last week, shows there can be no rest until the search for the children who never came home from residential scho...

Jun 02, 2021

Sask. First Nation Elder says increased funding and resources needed to help families recover from residential school experience

An Elder from Sturgeon Lake First Nation west of Prince Albert says he was not surprised when he heard the tragic and horrific news that the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school ...

Jun 01, 2021

Saskatchewan's Andrew Albers leads Canada to 7-0 no-hitter in Olympic qualifiers

Saskatchewan's Andrew Albers is turning heads on the international stage. Taking the mound for Team Canada in their opening game of the Olympic qualifiers in West Palm Beach, Fla. on Monday, the North...

Jun 01, 2021

Melfort's Miller Market expanding reach by setting up at northeast markets this summer

The Miller Market and Food Gallery is taking their store on the road this summer to markets in the northeast.The gallery carries several different local products and opened in June of last year. Stock...

Jun 01, 2021

New COVID cases drop below 100 for first time in almost three months

There are 86 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 1. This brings the provincial total to 46,834 cases; 45,022 recoveries and 1,272 cases considered active.This is the first time sin...

Jun 01, 2021

Some increases, some decreases in SGI’s proposed rate change

Starting in January, vehicle insurance rates in Saskatchewan could be going up ... and down.On Tuesday, SGI announced it had asked the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to examine a proposed zero per cen...

Jun 01, 2021

Temperatures expected in mid-30s as most of province under Special Weather Statement

As the calendar turns to June, Saskatchewan is heading into a bit of a heatwave with most of the province, including Prince Albert and the Northeast under a Special Weather Statement.Meteorologist wit...

Jun 01, 2021