Langham man arrested after armed stand-off
Members of the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) Patrol, Tactical Support Unit, Crisis Negotiation Team and Canine Unit worked together to peacefully resolve a five-hour stand-off with a barricaded person on…
SaskEnergy reports $59M net income
SaskEnergy achieved strong financial and operational results in 2020-21 while maintaining its lowest commodity rate in more than 20 years. The corporation reported net income from operations of $59 million…
Wheatland Library readers top initial goal, reach for new target
When Wheatland Regional Library officials challenged communities to read 150,000 minutes over the summer, they didn’t expect readers to respond to enthusiastically. The challenge started on June 14 and the…
Province invests $3M in early childhood education
Saskatchewan’s Early Learning Intensive Support (ELIS) Program has enhanced the learning and development of more than 500 Prekindergarten-aged children since it was piloted in 2018. Serving children who require intensive…
New website focuses on emergency information
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is introducing a new website, saskpublicsafety.ca, which will increase the ability of Saskatchewan residents to receive timely emergency information on multiple devices. “The site…
New pipeline project a first under investment program
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the first completed, in-service pipeline project under the provincial Oil Infrastructure Investment Program (OIIP). Husky Midstream’s Saskatchewan Gathering System Expansion project will accommodate new…
Improvement in provincial finances came at public service workers’ expense says union
Public sector workers have paid a big price for Saskatchewan’s optimistic financial outlook, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). In a news release July 7, CUPE Saskatchewan…
Arson determined to be cause of Saskatoon shed fire
At 6:16 a.m., on Wednesday, July 7, the Saskatoon Fire Department Communications Center received a report of a shed on fire in the 100 block of Arrand Crescent in Saskatoon.…
Over half a million Sask residents now fully vaccinated
An additional 8,348 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,233,534. Over half a million Saskatchewan residents…