Major safety improvements are continuing on Highway 7 this summer. By the end of the month, work on the third and final phase of a 35 kilometre twinning project between Saskatoon and Delisle is set to begin. The final phase of twinning between Saskatoon and Delisle is 12 kilometres long. Design work also continues on […]
SGI is continuing to preach the message of “buckle up”. SGI says while most people do buckle up, there are still too many who don’t. In last year’s Traffic Safety Spotlights, police reported more than 47-hundred offences for failing to wear a seatbelt or not using the appropriate booster seat or car seat for kids. […]
RCMP remain at the scene of a collision between a semi and a train 3 miles west of Foam Lake. One lane is open on Highway 16 and Mounties will be helping drivers through the area until both lanes re-open. The collision was reported around 10:40 a.m. yesterday (Fri) on a grid road that intersects […]
The Commissioners of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls say colonialism is one of the deep root causes of violence against Indigenous women following the evidence they have gathered. Commissioner Brian Eyolfson says educating Canadians about their local Indigenous communities and accepting the findings of the inquiry are good places […]
A Whitewood business owner facing drug-related charges, has had another court appearance. The matters for 47-year-old Jerry Martin were heard in Yorkton Court of Queen’s Bench today (Fri), and were adjourned until August 16th. In November of 2016, Mounties raided a home and a business in Whitewood, and they seized cash, marijuana, hash oil, cell phones, computers, and three vehicles. Martin […]
An HIV outbreak has been declared for North Battleford and it is primarily among people who inject drugs and share needles and other injection drug-use equipment. The Saskatchewan Health Authority also says it can be spread from person to person through unprotected sexual activity. A syphilis outbreak has been declared for the areas of the […]
Two people in custody after a drug bust near Yorkton in December, have appeared in court again. The matters for 36-year-old Crystal Ford and 51-year-old Clark Protz will return to court next Friday, so Ford can find a court-appointed lawyer. In the early morning hours of December 10th, Mounties pulled over a vehicle travelling eastbound on Highway 16, west of Yorkton. They seized 134 grams of […]
A man accused of taking the lead role in a violent home invasion in Yorkton, has appeared in court again. Louie Pelletier was in Yorkton today (Fri), where he was remanded in custody for a Preliminary Inquiry, starting July 17th. On February 7th, a man allegedly kicked in a door on Ashwood Place, and was brandishing a knife. The same suspect stole jewelry from a number […]
A Melville man, charged with numerous offences, after a standoff with Mounties last month, has made another court appearance. On April 16th, Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP responded to a complaint of a break and enter, into outbuildings just south of Balcarres. A vehicle was located near the community, and a man was seen walking in a field near […]
A boil water advisory for the Town of Calder has been lifted. It was implemented last Friday (June 7) due to a power outage the previous day.
