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Sask. drug task force sets out priorities aimed at reducing overdoses

With drug overdose deaths reaching record highs, the Saskatchewan Drug Task Force continues to search for answers.The task force recently sought input from communities and their leaders, and ended up ...

Mar 03, 2022

Canadians tentatively re-embrace travel as COVID-19 border measures loosen

Lisa Zeltzer watched COVID-19 case numbers rise through the winter and worried the March trip she'd booked to New York City - a vacation her theatre-loving son has been waiting to take for two years -...

Mar 03, 2022

Canada expedites temporary visas for Ukrainians, imposes new sanctions on Russia

OTTAWA -- Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression can find a safe haven in Canada using expedited temporary visas for emergency travel, the federal government announced Thursday while it also ratcheted ...

Mar 03, 2022

‘A human rights atrocity’: Sask. NDP looking to help Ukraine

The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping politicians in the province can band together to help end the war between Ukraine and Russia.On Tuesday, NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon came out with strong words ...

Mar 01, 2022

Sask. Party breaks through with byelection win in northern Sask.

It appears that voters in northern Saskatchewan are sending former RCMP officer, Jim Lemaigre to the provincial legislature.Preliminary results of Tuesday's byelection in the constituency of Athabasca...

Feb 16, 2022

Melfort Minor Softball registration deadline set for Feb. 14

The Melfort Minor Softball Association (MMSA) is gearing up for their Spirits Summer Softball program as registration is now open.U11, U13, U15, U17 and U19 Girls, both A and B levels, are all open fo...

Feb 12, 2022

Doell commits to career after Mustangs

The Melfort Mustangs have announced that 2001-born forward Nolan Doell has committed to the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings for post-secondary hockey.Doell is a veteran of over 100 Junior A games between t...

Feb 10, 2022

Fath, Belton commit to Mustangs for 2022/23 SJHL season

The Melfort Mustangs are already gearing up for the future of their club. In the past week they have announced their first two commitments to their team for next season.Today, it was 2003-born forward...

Feb 08, 2022

Don McMorris beaming with pride at son’s podium joy

The Olympic experience is different for the McMorris family this time around.Usually members of the family are at the bottom of the slope filled with nerves as Canadian snowboarding star Mark McMorris...

Feb 07, 2022

Sask. tattoo studio owner eyes international magazine cover and $25,000 prize

Porcupine Plain's Sasha Janzen can fondly remember getting her first tattoo at the age of 16, and still laughs at the thought of how her parents let her do that.Around 15 years later, she now has arou...

Jan 29, 2022