Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Skating Ice and Swimming Pools Close to Re-Opening in Prince Albert
Prince Albert and area residents will soon be able to do some skating and swimming at city-run facilities. In accordance with protocols set out by the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan, the Art Hauser Centre ...
Les Lazaruk Jul 15, 2020

Flooding Risk Causes Closure of Main Entrance to Little Red River Park
Little Red River Park, near Prince Albert, is still open…but it cannot be accessed through the main entrance to the park off Highway 55. With the Spruce River’s water levels continuing to ...
Les Lazaruk Jul 15, 2020

Canada West Conference Votes to Cancel Cross-Country Championship That Huskies Were to Host
The U of S cross-country running team will not host nor compete in the Canada West Conference Championship this fall. The event was scrubbed in a vote of all 17 Canada West member schools Wednesday, w...
Les Lazaruk Jul 15, 2020

Hospitalized COVID-19 Cases on the Rise This Week in Saskatchewan
The number of hospitalized patients, due to being infected with COVID-19, has more than doubled in the last couple of days. According to Wednesday’s provincial update, eight people are in hospit...
Les Lazaruk Jul 15, 2020

NDP Wants Copy of Communication regarding WE Charity
NDP Education Critic says Scott Moe and his family having involvement with the WE Foundation for many years isn’t an issue as much as what the NDP views as the Premier’s championing of pub...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 15, 2020

Bank of Canada Leaves Key Rate Unchanged
The Bank of Canada Governor says it will take a lot of time for economic activity to come back to levels at the end of 2019, before the pandemic and there are many reasons why the recuperation phase m...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 15, 2020

Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners Stands Behind Chief
The Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners is supporting Police Chief Jonathan Bergen after reports this week of questions of confidence in the Chief. There have been news reports in which unname...
Gord Wiebe Jul 15, 2020

Keeping Road Workers Safe
As you drive through the many areas of roadwork in Saskatoon, you may see some new additions to improve worker safety. Terry Schmidt, General Manager of Transportation & Construction, says the Cit...
Carol Thomson Jul 15, 2020

Statistics Canada Looks at Saskatoon’s Crime Rates
Statistics Canada has been crunching the numbers and says, in 2018, Saskatoon Police reported an overall crime rate of 8,795 incidents per 100 thousand population. That was 23 per cent lower than in S...
Gord Wiebe Jul 15, 2020

More Research Funding for USask
The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation is providing $715 thousand in funding to six health research projects underway at the University of Saskatchewan. Three involve health care for mental healt...
Gord Wiebe Jul 15, 2020
















