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The trend of rising gas prices is expected to continue
If you compare this year to last year around this time, gas prices are up and the head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy dot com, believes that trend will continue in 2025. Patrick De Haan says the a...
Newsroom Jan 03, 2025
New Year starts off with a cold snap
Environment Canada has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for a large swath of central Saskatchewan to the west and heading diagonally to the southeast corner of the province, as you can see on the map. I...
Carol Thomson Jan 03, 2025

Escaped prisoner faces more charges after fleeing from police
The search continues for 29-year-old Glenn Halkett who escaped from the Prince Albert Penitentiary on New Year's Eve. Halkett was spotted by officers on patrol in the community of Little Red River aro...
Neil Billinger Jan 02, 2025

Shooting in Saskatoon just before midnight New Year’s Eve
Saskatoon Police say a 20-year-old man is recovering from his injuries after being shot while attending to a home in the 100 block of Avenue V South. Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, offi...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2025

Top earning Canadian CEOs paid on average $13.2 million in 2023
By just before 11 this morning (Thurs), Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs had already made, on average, $62,661, which would take the average Canadian worker all year long to earn. A report from th...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2025

Uranium production suspended at Kazakhstan mine co-owned by Cameco and Kazakh entities
Cameco is reporting that uranium production has been suspended at JV Inkai in Kazakhstan. Cameco owns a 40 per cent share in the mining company, with the other 60 per cent owned by Kazatomprom, which ...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2025

Saskatoon’s New Year’s baby is a boy!!
It did not take very long for Saskatoon to have its first baby of 2025. At 12:19 this morning, Atticus Marcien Harper Vandale was born at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital. Atticus weighs 6 pound...
Neil Billinger Jan 01, 2025

Prisoner escapes from Prince Albert Penitentiary
Twenty-nine-year old Glen Frederick Richard Halkett was not accounted for during a 9:30pm count on Tuesday evening. A warrant has been issued for Halkett’s arrest. He is five foot eight, 168 pou...
Neil Billinger Jan 01, 2025

Pelly loses its only grocery store in New Year’s Eve fire
Crews battled the blaze in the early morning hours of December 31st—managing to save a nearby building. Pelly is a village of about 300 people located an hour northeast of Yorkton. The mayor of ...
Neil Billinger Jan 01, 2025

City of Saskatoon list of rates and fees for 2025
The following rates and fees for City of Saskatoon services take effect on January 1, 2025. SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS Animal Services - Pet Licenses There are various rate and fee changes effective Janua...
Neil Billinger Jan 01, 2025














