Families now have access to a pediatric emergency doctor 24 hours a day through the Royal University Hospital’s children’s emergency department in Saskatoon. Before August 1st, the department was open from 8 a.m. to midnight and after hours, children would be seen through the adult emergency department with a pediatrician on-call. Vice President of Provincial […]
Although the Treaties were all signed years before the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement between the federal government and the provinces, First Nations were not included, and the First Nations from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are trying to rectify that. The Western Treaty Nations Summit is in Prince Albert today (Tues) through Thursday to discuss the […]
A man arrested in connection with the stabbing of a police officer on the Waywayseecappo First Nation, has appeared in court again. 21-year-old Matthew Benn was in Brandon yesterday (Mon), charged with Attempted Murder, and was remanded in custody to August 29th. The Manitoba First Nations Police officer was called to a business in the late evening of May 29th on a […]
One of two people charged in connection with a March 24th drug bust in The Pas, has made another court appearance. The search, at a home on Third Street East, turned up nine grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, cash, cellphones, and various weapons, including knives and brass knuckles. 34-year-old Savannah Cowley, of OCN, appeared in The Pas yesterday […]
One of four people charged, following a violent crime spree in the Punnichy area in May, remains in custody, after appearing in Regina Provincial Court yesterday (MON). 26-year-old Donnelly Nanaquetung, who faces numerous charges, including five counts of Attempted Murder, stemming from this incident, and separate incidents in Regina, will return to court on September 16th. On May 22nd, police […]
The Saskatchewan government is investing 1.2 million dollars to expand walk-in mental health services, to 23 communities across the province. Among those communities, are Yorkton, Kamsack, Kelvington, Wynyard, Southey, and Indian Head. Yorkton was previously one of five communities to be part of a pilot project featuring such services, which are operated through Family Services Saskatchewan. […]
Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbriet is no longer Saskatchewan’s minister of Rural and Remote Health. In a cabinet shuffle today, premier Scott More shifted him to the Highways and Infrastructure and Water Security Agency portfolios. Melville Saltcoats MLA Warren Kaeding becomes the new Rural and Remote Health minister, and Minister Responsible for Seniors, a new cabinet responsibility. The only other […]
Federal funding will flow to theatre and recreational projects the Saskatchewan government has said were in jeopardy. In promising the money, federal Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne referenced 13 of the province’s infrastructure projects, but also noted that additional projects are expected to be approved and that formal announcements would follow. The Saskatchewan government had […]
SaskTel technicians have repaired a service outage in the Rocanville and Welwyn areas. The Crown company says the outage was due to a vehicle accident, but gave no further details. Service was restored about 10:00 last night.
The Health Foundation has received a huge donation from the estate of a woman who called Yorkton and the Wroxton district home. The Health Foundation received over 282-thousand dollars, which came from the sale of three quarter sections of land in the Calder area Wasylina Lushney had owned before she passed away. Those funds also […]
