Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Driver Stabbed By Passenger, Then Collides With Police Car
Saskatoon Police say the driver of a vehicle in the area of 20th Street and Avenue W West was stabbed by his passenger, which led him to hitting the passenger side of a patrol car with an officer insi...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Avenue W Stabbing Incident Now a Homicide, Police Have Suspect Under Arrest
An early Thursday morning stabbing in Saskatoon has turned into a homicide investigation for the police’s Major Crime Section. A 34-year-old Saskatoon male was arrested and is in police custody ...
Les Lazaruk Sep 10, 2020

Chief Medical Health Officer Says COVID-19 Transmission Mostly From Social Gatherings
Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer says the risk of transmission at a business or service where someone was later found to have COVID-19 is extremely low. In the past few weeks, there h...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Public Alert for Several Regina Businesses Visited by Positive COVID-19 Individual
The public is being alerted by the Saskatchewan Health Authority about a person who visited several Regina businesses earlier this week while likely infected with COVID-19. The person, who has tested ...
Les Lazaruk Sep 10, 2020

Latest Report of Six COVID-19 Cases Spread Out Through Saskatchewan
Five different regions of Saskatchewan each reported a single new, confirmed case of COVID-19 in Thursday’s update with a sixth case said to be pending. That boosts the provincial total to 1,676...
Les Lazaruk Sep 10, 2020

Mental Health Funding To Address Racism Barriers
On World Suicide Prevention Day, the federal government has announced $11.5-million for community based organizations to promote mental health and wellbeing and to tackle the systemic challenges and b...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Sticking with Older Vehicles
People are driving older vehicles, longer in Canada. Statistics Canada says the number of motor vehicles registered in the country increased 1.8 per cent in 2019. At 35.7 million, it is the largest nu...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Staff and Customers Get Out as Man with Gun Enters Business
Just before four o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Saskatoon Police were told that a man with a firearm entered a business on the 400 block of 42nd A Street East and threatened to harm himself. Staff...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Increased Mental Health Challenges During Pandemic
There have been 134,294 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,155 deaths. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says 47,806 people have been tested over the past week, with 1...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Introduces Health Food Program
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan has introduced a pilot project that helps with the cost of healthy food. It’s for eligible cancer patients who are away for medical appointments. The six-month pilot pr...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020
















