A MacGregor, Manitoba man has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole for 13 years for the death of another man from that community five years ago. Last October, 59-year-old Martin Sutherland was found guilty of Second Degree Murder in connection with the May 2014 death of 96-year-old Niels “Arne” Nielsen, at his […]
Saskatchewan municipalities want a piece of the Cannabis action. The President of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association feels the province should be sharing its cut from the Cannabis Excise Tax. Gordon Barnhart points out the province’s share increased from 50-to-75-percent in the 2018 budget and it was hoped municipalities would get the extra 25-percent. He […]
Premier Scott Moe says there will be a new hospital in Prince Albert. It’s just a matter of going through the assessments first as to whether it would be in a new location or on the present site, or as he calls it “brownfield versus greenfield”. The annual Sask Party caucus retreat is being held […]
A work shop in the R.M. of Orkney was allegedly broken into. Yorkton RCMP say between last Thursday and Monday, tools and a .22 calibre rifle were stolen. If you saw any suspicious vehicles in the area at the time, contact the Yorkton RCMP.
Harvest operations have started in some isolated areas of the Saskatchewan grain belt. Saskatchewan Agriculture crop specialist Cory Jacob says early maturing pulse crops and fall-planted cereals have been combined. Jacob says most crops harvested so far are in the southwest part of the province. Jacob expects harvest to be underway across the province in […]
Work will start this fall on passing lanes between Melville and Yorkton, and Yorkton and Canora on highways 10 and 9. The cost of the project is about $34.9 million with a scheduled completion date of October 15, 2020. It will see 6 passing lanes built, along with intersection improvements and realignments, access consolidation, 55 km of […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority’s annual report includes a consolidated deficit of $28.7-million and a net debt at the end of the 2018-19 year at just over $453.1-million. Chief Operating Officer Suann Laurent says you can’t really compare this past year to the previous one, because that was the year that the 12 Health Authorities amalgamated into […]
President Donald Trump visited the sites of last weekend’s two deadly mass shootings that killed 31 people. Visiting Dayton, Ohio where 9 people died, and El Paso, Texas where 22 were killed, Trump was greeted by supporters and protesters. Some of the later blame his rhetoric for inflaming political and racial tensions in the country. […]
The Yorkton RCMP continue to search for a suspect in last week’s firearm incident. On Thursday (Aug. 1) RCMP were called to the intersection of Duncan Street and Wellington Avenue around 6 p.m. They found a man with a gunshot wound who was then taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The suspect is described […]
The two national railways have increased their grain car supply target for the crop year. CP Rail has added 200 grain cars per week and CN Rail has increased its weekly rail target by 150. In winter, CP has added 250 cars and CN 150 cars per week. CN vice president Sean Finn says the […]
