Public assistance requested with locating man missing for six weeks
It's been six weeks since he was last seen, then reported missing, but Aaron Quewezance is now the subject of a public appeal from Kamsack RCMP for help with locating him. The 39-year-old Quewezance was last seen on April 1 on the Keeseekoose First Nation. He was reported missing Monday morning with Kamsack RCMP having...
May 14, 2024
Tentative agreement between Government of Saskatchewan and SGEU
A news release from the provincial government says a tentative agreement has been reached with the SGEU. The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union is taking the tentative agreement to members for a ratification vote to be held over the next few weeks. Negotiations have been taking place since the last agr...
May 14, 2024
Forest fire air quality alerts in regions across the western provinces
Environment Canada has issued air quality alerts for areas in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba because of wildfires. More specifically in Saskatchewan, the air quality alert is for Prince Albert National Park, La Ronge and further north including Pelican Narrows, Cumberlan...
May 14, 2024
Saskatchewan children now have access to the province's first portable pediatric MRI
Children who need an MRI, now have the opportunity to have a scan that is less daunting and more child-friendly. Jim Pattison Children's Hospital is now home to the province's first portable pediatric MRI. A news release from the province says the portable Medical Resonance Imaging Machine will be used in the Pediatri...
May 14, 2024
FOUND: Missing 11-year-old
Update: On May 16, 2024 the Saskatoon Police Service reports Tahnea Fiddler has been located and is safe. -- Original Story -- Saskatoon Police are asking for the public's help in finding 11-year-old Tahnea Fiddler. Tahnea is described as 4'4", 100 lbs, shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen ...
May 14, 2024
Focus of conference is keeping the Cree language alive
In an effort to make sure the Cree language isn't lost, over 200 educators, community leaders, youths and policy makers are gathering for this week's two-day Keep Our Language Alive conference at Dakota Dunes Resort. Milton Tootoosis, founder of the conference, says attendees will get to participate in a full slate of ...
May 14, 2024
Co-ordinated approach to deal with Saskatoon's rise in violent crime and homelessness
Saskatoon's Mayor says a rise in violent crime, a rapidly growing number of people on the streets and a reduction in services to help the most vulnerable are challenges the City is facing right now. Charlie Clark says, "In the first four months of this year, there have already been more than half the annual record...
May 13, 2024
Two Regina men arrested after RCMP traffic stop near Kenaston
An RCMP traffic stop near Kenaston resulted in two men being arrested, one of whom was unlawfully at large. The traffic stop was conducted by Saskatoon RCMP at about 10:50 p.m. on May 6 with officers determining an occupant of the vehicle was wanted on warrant by Corrections Services Canada and provided a false name to...
May 13, 2024
Man arrested and in court following North Battleford serious assault
A 29-year-old man from Thunderchild First Nation was arrested and appeared in court Monday following an early Saturday morning serious assault incident in North Battleford. Donnie Okanee was charged with one count of aggravated assault after Battlefords RCMP responded to a report of a serious assault outside of a busin...
May 13, 2024
Fatal pedestrian-vehicle accident in Yorkton
A 41-year-old Manitoba man died in a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Yorkton on May 8. The incident occurred just after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Queen Street and Highway #10 in Yorkton. The man, from Waywayseecappo, Manitoba, was the pedestrian and was declared deceased at the scene by E-M-S and his family has be...
May 13, 2024