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Reports Released on Use of Force and Police Pursuits
The Saskatoon Police Service made 13,713 arrests in 2019, with only 271 incidents of use of force. Inspector Cam Drever says that works out to 1.97 per cent of the time that force was needed. A use of...
Carol Thomson May 22, 2020

Road Notes
The intersection of Central Avenue and 105th Street closes at 8:00 am Friday to replace a catch basin. The city says the work is expected to take a day to complete. That’s if everything goes as ...
Gord Wiebe May 22, 2020

Onion Lake RCMP Looking for Help Locating Man With Multiple Arrest Warrants
Public assistance is being sought by Onion Lake R-C-M-P in order to locate Robert Lee Plourde-Dillon (pictured). The 24-year-old has several outstanding warrants for his arrest on charges ranging from...
Les Lazaruk May 21, 2020

Date Has Been Set for Phase 3 of Reopen Saskatchewan
Aim for June 8th. The Province of Saskatchewan has set that as the date for Phase 3 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan. Phase two of the plan began this week. In Phase 3 restaurants and licensed establi...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 21, 2020

Testing is Key to Fighting a Second Wave of COVID-19
The Chief Medical Health Officer of Canada says it is time to address quarantine fatigue. Theresa Tam says many Canadians are feeling trepidation, wondering if the time is right for reopening the econ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 21, 2020

Recoveries Outnumber New Cases of Covid-19
After a double digit increase Wednesday, Saskatchewan saw just two new cases of COVID-19 Thursday bringing the provincial total to 622. Both those new cases are in the far north. Eighty-eight per cent...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 21, 2020

Trial Adjourned To September For Man Charged With Killing Spouse
A man charged with the first degree murder of his former spouse was scheduled for a continuation of his trial Thursday and Friday, but it has been rescheduled to September 8th. On January 29th of last...
Carol Thomson May 21, 2020

Women-Led Businesses Make Significant Contribution To Economy
An entrepreneurial support group says women-led businesses tend to be smaller, but they have a big impact on the province’s economy. A report released this week by Women Entrepreneurship in Sask...
Carol Thomson May 21, 2020

NDP Calling For Legislature To Resume And Budget Presented
The provincial NDP has been requesting that Legislature resume so a budget can be passed for awhile, and would like to know from the government why it can’t be done. NDP Leader Ryan Meili says h...
Carol Thomson May 21, 2020

Walk for Lupus This Sunday
The annual Walk for Lupus will look a little different this year. On Sunday, 10 people will be taking part, all physically distancing. They will walk on behalf of Lupus families and friends who are co...
Gord Wiebe May 21, 2020
















