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New flight options coming to Saskatoon Airport
The Saskatoon Airport Authority's annual report states that there was just over a 22 per cent increase in passengers last year and an almost 12 per cent increase in flights, which includes all aircraft, not just commercial flights. President and CEO Stephen Maybury says that's due to increased service by Air Canada int...
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Phase two of College Drive construction project begins Monday, plus work on Warman road
There is construction to watch out for on a couple of main roadways in Saskatoon this coming week. The second phase of the College Drive water main maintenance project starts Monday. While two-way traffic on College Drive will be maintained, there will be lane reductions on both sides between Clarence and Cumberland av...
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New mammography equipment Saskatoon City Hospital to provide better imaging
The Executive Director of Medical Imaging for the Saskatoon Health Region says it wouldn't have been possible to get new equipment at the Breast Health Centre, certainly not as quickly as they did, without the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation and its donors. The SHA and the Foundation partnered to bring in a new mamm...
Apr 27, 2024
Saskatoon to mark National Day of Mourning for workers injured on the job with ceremony
April 28 is the National Day of Mourning for workers injured on the job. The Saskatoon & District Labour Council says 29 workers died in Saskatchewan in 2023 because of their work. As well, the SDLC says in Canada, almost 1,000 workers die each year because of unsafe work. The Labour Council says 2024 is the 20th a...
Apr 27, 2024
Sask. health ministry reminds public to protect against hantavirus while spring cleaning
If spring cleaning is part of your weekend plans, experts are reminding the public to take precautions against Hantavirus. Saskatchewan's Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Julie Kryzanowski says exposure to hantavirus commonly occurs when cleaning enclosed buildings, or equipment and vehicles after winter. Hantav...
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Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association welcomes Andrew Wagner as board of directors chair
The Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association has a new board of directors chair. Andrew Wagner is the founder and director of construction at Maison Design+Build. A news release from the SRHBA says Wagner has over 24 years of experience in the construction and project management industry. CEO of the Associatio...
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Lemsford ferry reopened
Highway Hotline is reporting that the Lemsford ferry, located 100km south of Kindersley, has reopened after being closed for repair.
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Several brands of prepackaged meat recalled due to Listeria
Three brands of prepackaged meat and vegetable products are being recalled due to contamination with Listeria. T&T Kitchen, Kingwuu, and Juewei are recalling nearly all of their packaged duck, beef, pork, chicken and tofu products. The units affected are those sold from April 19 up to and including April 23. Food c...
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Regina boy faces five charges after Friday morning robbery
A 16-year-old Regina boy is facing five charges following a robbery on Friday morning. At 10:30am., police were dispatched to a robbery in progress complaint at a business in the 2300 block of Victoria Avenue East. It was reported a male entered the business, pointed a bear spray canister at an employee and left with i...
Apr 27, 2024
Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation to raise money for senior transportation services
To help Saskatoon seniors access services and community events, the Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation is partnering with the Saskatoon Nutana Rotary Club to host an African Heritage Night fundraiser. Anthony Olusula, Executive Director of Alive Youth and Family Foundation, says the Black-serving charity has senio...
Apr 27, 2024
Leave Well Campaign raises awareness on benefits of organ donation
More than 4000 Canadians are sitting on an organ waitlist, and over 250 of them will die while waiting. That from Kirstin Theis Novak, an Organ Tissue Donor Coordinator with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. To raise awareness and educate the public about organ donation, several health organizations are promoting the ...
Apr 27, 2024
COVID and Influenza cases are on the decline as temperatures rise
The number of COVID and influenza cases are falling as the temperature begins to rise. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health reports 108 COVID positive lab tests in the two-week period ending last Saturday---well below the 156 over the previous two weeks. 37 patients were treated in hospital for COVID, including five who...
Apr 27, 2024
New job action to begin May 1st for Community Service Workers at LutherCare Communities
Community Service Workers who are members of SEIU-West at LutherCare Communities Group Homes have announced job action to begin May 1st. Earlier this week the union announced if there wasn't a new offer on the table by last Wednesday at 6 p.m. some services would be withdrawn. A news release from SEIU-West says the job...
Apr 26, 2024
Saskatchewan's ferries gradually opening for the season
As of Friday afternoon, six of Saskatchewan's ferries are open for the season. The Highway Hotline says Clarkboro, Estuary, Hague, Lemsford, Saint Laurent and Wingard Ferries are open while the rest remain closed. Typically, the ferries operate from April to November, but it depends on the weather and whether the cross...
Apr 26, 2024
Second man charged after body found in Moose Mountain RM
The woman whose body was discovered in a rural area in the RM of Moose Mountain on Thursday has been identified as 28-year-old Brianna Hayes of Oxbow. Carlyle RCMP received a report about a potential homicide on Wednesday, and then the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes investigation began at the Oxbow landfill, but when n...
Apr 26, 2024
Thirteen-year-old missing since April 23rd
The Prince Albert RCMP has released the picture of a 13-year-old girl, who was last seen on Tuesday evening on Wahpeton First Nation. Leeanne Waditaka is known to travel to Prince Albert, but her current whereabouts is unknown. She is about 4 feet tall and about 75 pounds with brown eyes, and has dark brown and red hai...
Apr 26, 2024
Prince Albert Grand Council and SPSA develop educational wildfire prevention campaign
In an effort to prevent human-caused fires in northern Saskatchewan this year, the Prince Albert Grand Council and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency have developed a new educational campaign. The initiative entails series of educational materials, including radio segments accessible in both English and the local la...
Apr 26, 2024
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation hopes federal government will help address urgent community safety issues
The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation engaged in discussions with Public Safety Canada regarding urgent community safety issues being experienced in the area. The meeting, which was also attended by Matt Mirasty from provincial Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, came after PBCN's urgent call to Ottawa ov...
Apr 26, 2024
Saskatoon man arrested after stealing property from several employees at a business
A 27-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges of robbery, assault, and mischief over $5000 following a disturbance yesterday morning. At 7:00 a.m., police were called to a commercial building in the 400 block of 3rd Avenue South for a report of a man who had entered the building and was acting erratically. The man assa...
Apr 26, 2024