Local Arts

Saskatchewan is marking World Hepatitis Day, July 28, joining efforts to raise awareness of the disease and support people living with hepatitis.

With temperatures reaching into the late 20s over the long weekend, locals made their way into water parks to stay cool. Gwen Oliva anticipates the cool spray of water at the park in Silver Heights.

This month, SGI has teamed up with the Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) for its monthly traffic safety blitz. During August police will focus on commercial drivers to ensure they are following the rules of the road to keep all road users safe.

A group of cyclists is proving you can teach an old dog new tricks. It started out basically as a dare eight years ago.

The 60th annual Threshermen’s Show and Senior’s Festival was held at the Western Development Museum Aug. 1 and 2.

The Government of Saskatchewan was pleased to join the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) recently to unveil two newly wrapped Job Connections buses that will deliver career services to First Nations communities across the province.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart committed $10 million in funding under Growing Forward 2 for a new Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence at the University of Saskatchewan.

Creative Saskatchewan is excited to announce increased funding flexibility for grant applicants. Regulation changes enable the agency to commit funding up to $600,000 per applicant each year.

The first-quarter report on losses of public money within Saskatchewan health organizations has been tabled with the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

For the past few weeks the games of choice have been on an 8X8 board using checkers. The reasons have been threefold.