SaskTel says it will continue to make strides improving high speed internet access to the north. It tabled its 2017-18 annual report Wednesday, indicating that nearly 2,700 homes in northern Saskatchewan now have high speed internet. SaskTel employees plowed 500...
Battlefords RCMP are searching for a male suspect after a stabbing on the Red Pheasant First Nation early Wednesday morning. Police were called to a residence on the reserve shortly after midnight after receiving a report of a man suffering a stab wound. The victim...
Three Indigenous Saskatchewan volleyball players will be taking their talents to Olds College in the ACAC ranks this upcoming season. Thundersky Walkingbear, Tyler Donnally and River Thomas will play for the men’s volleyball team in Olds. Walkingbear is from...
Battlefords RCMP are investigating a robbery involving bear spray Tuesday night. Police say two males approached a parked vehicle around 10:30 p.m. in the area of 17th Avenue and 96th Street in North Battleford. They proceeded to threaten a male occupant of the...
An autopsy has confirmed a Prince Albert man who died last month was the result of a homicide. Twenty-eight-year-old Tyrell Bird was shot in the face in the alley of the 200 block 9th Street East around 9 p.m. on June 28. He was first transported to the local Victoria...
Regina police say they responded to an incident at the Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp at Wascana Park Saturday afternoon. A member of the protest group called police reporting that an unidentified man entered the camp and was behaving in an intimidating manner....
A 37-year-old man is dead following a collision involving a quad and a horse on the Kawacatoose First Nation. RCMP say the incident took place 10 kilometres northwest of Punnichy. It was reported Monday evening shortly after 10:30 p.m. Investigators say a westbound...
Two people appeared in La Ronge court Monday, facing numerous charges after a weekend theft of firearms and ammunition. The incident in the 300 block of Husky Avenue in Air Ronge was reported Saturday morning. Police say an undisclosed amount of firearms and...
About 2,000 homes in northern Saskatchewan were forced to go without power this weekend after a summer storm swept through the province on Friday night. SaskPower says the storm caused outages in Meadow Lake, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Big River First Nation, Emma...
SaskPower is putting a major hydro project in the north on hold, citing a downturn in the region’s economy. The Tazi Twé hydroelectric project near Black Lake is being deferred. The utility’s 2017-18 annual report says SaskPower was projecting a growth of four to five...
