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The Water Security Agency is reminding the public that winter river flows can result in thin ice and create unsafe crossing conditions. Warmer temperatures are also creating some very hazardous conditions across the province.

The Canadian Red Cross in Saskatchewan is once again asking the public for nominations for the prestigious Young Humanitarian of the Year Award and the Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Businesses that don’t have strong privacy controls risk losing their competitive advantage in today’s increasingly privacy conscious marketplace, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien warns as countries around the world mark Data Privacy Day

The Yorkton Film Festival has announced the first film in the continuation of its 2014-2015 Open Cinema series. The festival will screen Still Rowdy After All These Years on February 3 at the Yorkton Public Library. Discussion will follow.

The Town of Ituna will benefit from upgraded water supply infrastructure thanks to joint federal and provincial funding announced by Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Michelle Rempel, and Last Mountain-Touchwood MLA Glen Hart on

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in Saskatchewan and Lone Tree community pasture shareholders have signed a pilot partnership agreement to work together to develop a guide for future management and long term conservation of community pastures.

The search for the next President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland College is expanding.

A western is like an old pair of cowboy boots, familiar and comfortable to get into, at least for this reader. So when a new western comes out, one with a strong Saskatchewan element, I immediately put it on the personal ‘must read’ list.

Two Yorkton men remain in custody following a drug bust on January 16. Robert Friesen, 30, and Michael Winter, 38, made their first court appearances January 19 facing multiple marijuana and cannabis resin trafficking and possession charges.

A 40-year-old Yorkton man accused of uttering threats to harm RCMP officers and blow up the local detachment will undergo psychiatric testing following a court appearance in Yorkton January 19.