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A hospital room in Saskatoon has become a cheering section for perhaps the youngest and tiniest fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Baby Mark’s hospital bed at the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital is adorned with orange and blue memorabilia, including a hockey stick, pucks and a sign that reads Baby’s 1st Stanley Cup Playoff. The fourth-generation […]

NEW YORK (AP) — About half of U.S. adults approve of Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows some potential vulnerabilities, along with some signs of resilience in his support, as Trump tries to become the first American with a felony record to win the […]

Two men with SpaceX have descended on a Saskatchewan farm to retrieve cosmic junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecraft. They pulled up to the farm near Ituna in a moving truck then lugged the debris into the back. The men didn’t give their names but confirmed they work for SpaceX, a company […]

Nine school kids were on a bus home when it crashed with an SUV on a gravel road near Rockglen. RCMP report being called out to the intersection of two grid roads, six and a half kilometres south of Rockglen around 3:45 in the afternoon. Police say as a result of the crash, the school […]

Saskatchewan teachers have resumed job action in a bid to push the province back into bargaining on issues of classroom sizes and student supports.  The sanctions mean teachers won’t volunteer their time for lunchroom supervision and extracurricular activities.  Also, they will arrive to school only 15 minutes before the start of the day and will leave […]

The year that has passed since a bus crash killed 17 seniors headed to a Manitoba casino on a bright late-spring day has been one of grief, community support, a slow return to normal and, for some, a long road to recovery. It has also left unanswered questions about the genesis of the horrific crash […]

The Saskatchewan NDP is asking the speaker of the legislature to convene the Standing Committee on House Services, to probe allegations made by the speaker on the last day of the sitting last month. As the house was about to adjourn for the summer, and more than likely, until an election in October, Randy Weekes […]

A report into how Mounties responded to a mass killing and manhunt in Saskatchewan has found some communication problems but nothing that significantly impacted the outcome. Police captured Myles Sanderson three days after he killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon. Sanderson, […]

American Comedian Ron Schneider was asked to end his set early during a fundraiser for the Hospitals of Regina Foundation Saturday night at the Conexus Arts Centre. Schneider’s material “did not align” with the values of the Hospitals of Regina Foundation, or its team. Schneider is known as an alum of the NBC Comedy series […]

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for the first time in more than four years today, marking a major turning point in its fight against inflation. Governor Tiff Macklem says the Bank of Canada has more confidence inflation is moving closer to its two per cent target, citing various indicators that suggest […]