Twin Rivers Music Festival dates set
The Twin Rivers Music Festival (TRMF) has announced the dates and venues for its 2023 music festival. This year, the festival will take place in Dalmeny and Martensville. The Martensville…
Traffic safety grants benefit area municipalities
The Town of Hague, Village of Clavet, RM of Aberdeen and RM of Great Bend are among 62 municipalities across the province receiving funding for traffic safety measures. Speed display…
Clubroot continues to spread
The Government of Saskatchewan has released the 2022 Saskatchewan Clubroot Distribution Map, which outlines the rural municipalities (RMs) where clubroot has been identified. In 2022, visible clubroot symptoms were recorded…
Additional Covid-19 vaccination options available for children
Starting Monday, January 9, Saskatchewan families will have additional COVID-19 vaccination options for children and teens. For children five to eleven years, the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine will be available…
Paramedics respond to over 40,000 calls in 2022
Medavie Health Services West paramedics responded to 40,408 emergency medical calls in Saskatoon and the surrounding region during the 2022 calendar year. That’s an increase of 572 calls from the…
Excitement builds for Hockey Day in Saskatchewan
If you love hockey, Martensville is the place to be later this month. The community is hosting Hockey Day in Saskatchewan. Actually, it should be called Hockey Week in Saskatchewan,…
Civilian-led police oversight team becomes operational
On January 1, The Police (Serious Incident Response Team) Amendment Act, 2021 came into force, which formally establishes a serious incident response team (SIRT) in Saskatchewan. “These changes will allow…
Extrication training for first responders offered
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is now accepting applications from Saskatchewan fire departments for the Transportation Rescue Extrication (TREX) Program, which provides auto extraction training and equipment. The TREX…
Sask population over 1.2 million
Saskatchewan enjoyed record population growth of more than 10,000 people in the third quarter of 2022 and more than 22,000 people over the past year, boosting the province’s population to…
Province marks strong growth in retail trade
Statistics Canada released retail trade figures from October 2022, showing Saskatchewan’s ongoing strength in the retail trade sector. Compared to October 2021, the province has seen 9.0 per cent growth,…