Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Recoveries Out-Number New Cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan…Again!
Once again, recoveries out-numbered new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Since Wednesday, just one new, confirmed case of the novel coronavirus was reported in the province while Thursday...
Les Lazaruk Apr 16, 2020

Federal Government Says We Must Stay the Course
Federal officials say more equipment is flowing to Canada. At their daily briefing in Ottawa, public service and procurement minister Anita Anand says several chartered flights are coming in from Chin...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 16, 2020

Food Banks in Dire Need; Some Seeing 50% Increase in Usage
Saskatchewan’s NDP is calling on the province to match federal support for food banks to meet what the Opposition describes as unparalleled need. The Food Banks of Saskatchewan have written a le...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 16, 2020

Prince Albert Robbery Suspect Sought
Prince Albert Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a business robbery on the 27 hundred block of 15th Avenue East last Sunday night. Around eight o’clock, police were told that...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

Prime Minister Says More Help for Small Business
Justin Trudeau says more federal help is coming for small businesses hit economically by the pandemic. In his COVID-19 update, the Prime Minister says they’ll introduce the Canada Emergency Comm...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

Sentencing Date Set in Child Porn Case
A Loon Lake man will be in Saskatoon Provincial Court on July 8th for sentencing related to charges from the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit. Police say a concerned grandparent made a co...
Carol Thomson Apr 16, 2020

“Awesome Dawson” Returning to the Rattlers
A fan favourite, who didn’t finish the first Canadian Elite Basketball League season with Saskatchewan, has signed to return to the Rattlers in 2020. Forward Tavrion Dawson started the 2019 camp...
Les Lazaruk Apr 16, 2020

Supreme Court Will Not Hear La Loche Sentencing Appeal
The sentencing of the La Loche shooter stands. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear the sentencing appeal. In 2016, four people died and seven were wounded when a 17 year old boy killed...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

Despite COVID-19 Manufacturing Sales Increased in February
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales in Saskatchewan increased 6.4 per cent January to February. Only Prince Edward Island could beat that at 8.5 per cent. The national average was an increase o...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

UPDATE: Basement Bathroom Fire
Investigators have determined that a basement fire in a Pleasant Hill home early Thursday morning was incendiary. The 911 call came in at 3:07 a.m. and the person on the other end was told to evacuate...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 16, 2020














