A 22-year-old man from the Kelvington area is wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant. The Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers say John Alfonso Anasarias may be attempting to travel back to the Philippines or may already be there. He is facing 3 counts of sexual assault, 2 counts of sexual interference, 2 counts of invitation to sexual touching […]
It’s day 3 of the Yorkton Exhibition and Summer Fair. Exhibition President Penny Sandercock says today (Fri) is the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton Family Day. Petting zoos, blacksmith demonstrations, Global FMX shows, chuckwagon and chariot races, a reptile show and extreme dogs agility show are some events to check out. The fair runs until tomorrow (Sat), with […]
More people in Saskatchewan are working than ever before. Stats Canada’s job numbers for June were released today (Friday) and it shows almost 593-thousand people drawing a paycheque whether it be full or part-time. That’s up 92-hundred since June of last year. While the numbers are encouraging, Jobs minister Jeremy Harrison says challenges remain but […]
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have been treating children with severe epilepsy with medicinal cannabis oil and it is working. But pediatric neurologist Dr. Richard Huntsman cautions it isn’t for every child with epilepsy. “These products seem to be very effective in controlling seizures in some kids with Refractory Epilepsy. This isn’t for everybody […]
SaskPower recognizes the frustration that people across the province are feeling with constant outages and are taking the steps to try and improve the situation. In releasing its year-end report today (Fri), the Crown Corporation says it will invest 400 million dollars in repairing aging infrastructure. “We target areas of the province where we’re seeing […]
A new court date, for the last of four people charged in August of 2015, following a year-long drug trafficking investigation in the Carlyle area. Mounties eventually seized 100 grams of powdered and crack cocaine, along with 25-hundred dollars in cash. In October, Codie Cardinal, of Regina, pled guilty to a pair of Trafficking charges. He was to be sentenced […]
A B.C. resident has had another court appearance, following his arrest in Yorkton last spring on drug and weapon charges. The matters for 24-year-old Jason Ford were heard in Yorkton this (FRI) morning, where his trial, that had originally been set for early November, was rescheduled to run from October 2nd to the 4th. Ford and his co-accused, 19-year-old Emma Loverin, were apprehended last May, […]
A State memorial service will be held next weekend for Saskatchewan’s 22nd Lt. Governor, Thomas Molloy. He passed away Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 78. The service will be held in Saskatoon July 13th at Merlis Belsher Place on College Avenue at 1:00. Molloy was installed March 31st last year.
It was on this night 15 years ago that Tamra Keepness was last seen. The five-year-old girl simply vanished from her Regina home where she lived with her mother, stepfather, twin sister and four other siblings. It sparked one of the largest searches if not the largest search in the city’s history, but to this day her whereabouts […]
On average every year in Saskatchewan, 69 children and youth under the age of 20 die from injuries, and for each child who dies there are over 15-hundred injury-related hospitalizations. Those Saskatchewan Prevention Institute statistics from 2004 to 2013 are being highlighted for National Injury Prevention Day, today. SPI spokesperson, Cara Zukewich, says whether jumping on a […]
