Author Archives: Syndicated Content

New MRI Contract Awarded in Saskatoon
Central and northern Saskatchewan residents will have improved access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services this Summer. Announced Wednesday afternoon (February 19th, 2020), Mayfair Diagnostics...
Brad Jennings Feb 19, 2020

Half Dozen of U of S Hockey Athletes Named to Canada West All-Star Teams
A six-pack of Huskies were named to Canada West Conference hockey all-star teams Wednesday. Leah Bohlken is on the women’s first team on defence while Kailee Bourassa is a second-team forward. M...
Les Lazaruk Feb 19, 2020

Federated Cooperatives Limited Helps Truckers Affected By Labour Dispute
Federated Cooperatives Limited announced today that it will provide special cash payments to help independent lease operators – truckers – who they say have lost income because of blockade...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 19, 2020

Several Children Among Those in Hospital with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Nine people were taken to hospital Wednesday morning, and four of them were children, after fire fighters were called to a home where one person was already unconscious and the carbon monoxide detecto...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 19, 2020

Saskatoon Official Community Plan Getting an Update
The City of Saskatoon has a Strategic Plan, a City Centre Plan, an Active Transportation Plan, among others, and the plan that is the umbrella for all of these is under way right now. Saskatoon’...
Carol Thomson Feb 19, 2020

Nutrien Positive on 2020
Nutrien has announced a net loss of $48 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Despite that, President and CEO Chuck Magro says, “Nutrien’s earnings held up well in 2019 and we generated s...
Gord Wiebe Feb 19, 2020

Wednesday Schedule
SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women's Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Moose Jaw. Sixteen teams are taking ...
Les Lazaruk Feb 19, 2020
Scotties Enters Final Day of Preliminary Play With Saskatchewan in Good Shape
Teams from Manitoba, Ontario and the wild-card squad skipped by Jennifer Jones are already guaranteed a spot in the championship round at the Canadian women’s curling championship in Moose Jaw. ...
Les Lazaruk Feb 19, 2020

Statistics Canada Looks at the Numbers a Year After Legalizing Cannabis
We have had a full year of marijuana legalization in Canada and Statistics Canada says, from 2018 to 2019, cannabis use increased from 15 per cent to 17 per cent. According to its survey, more Canadia...
Gord Wiebe Feb 19, 2020

Saskatchewan Inflation Slightly Less than National Rate
Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in January; an increase of 0.3 per cent from the month before. Statistic Canada says inflation in Saskatchewan was 2.3 per cent; an increase of 0....
Gord Wiebe Feb 19, 2020














