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Tornado at Scarth, south of Virden, claims two lives

Tornado at Scarth, south of Virden, claims two lives

A tornado that ripped through Scarth area claimed two lives and injured a third person. Two vehicles travelling Highway 83 at the time the tornado swept through, were lifted off the highway and thrown into the nearby field.
McMurray Métis preserving culture, fighting food poverty with cultural centre's greenhouse

McMurray Métis preserving culture, fighting food poverty with cultural centre's greenhouse

The planned McMurray Metis cultural centre at MacDonald Island Park will include a rooftop greenhouse garden, offering a solution to Indigenous food poverty in the Wood Buffalo area while preserving Métis culture.
Resilience theme of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Resilience theme of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Due to health and other inequalities, Indigenous communities throughout the world are especially vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, and what they are doing about it is the theme of this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Summer interns given chance to blog for forestry

Summer interns given chance to blog for forestry

Three summer interns in Northern Saskatchewan’s forestry industry have received a dream opportunity to blog about their involvement through the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) annual summer internships contest.
Bear encounters up 14 per cent in Saskatchewan

Bear encounters up 14 per cent in Saskatchewan

The number of bear inquiries received by Saskatchewan Environment between the months of April and July are up 14% from last year’s 525 inquiries to this year’s just over 600 inquiries.
Conserving Rita Letendre’s famous artworks

Conserving Rita Letendre’s famous artworks

Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan was key

Neepawa junior team’s name change small but important part of hockey anti-racism efforts

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Neepawa team has announced that the word “Natives” will be removed from its name and logo, which bears a strong resemblance to the logo of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
Sask. reports 20th COVID-19-related death

Sask. reports 20th COVID-19-related death

Twenty-three new cases Friday
Kamsack RCMP: Fatal collision involving pedestrian

Kamsack RCMP: Fatal collision involving pedestrian

At 3:24 a.m. August 6, 2020, Kamsack RCMP were called to a complaint of a motor vehicle collision involving an SUV and a pedestrian on Highway #8 near the Keeseekoose First Nation (north of Kamsack).
Job numbers strengthen in Sask.

Job numbers strengthen in Sask.

Post re-opening
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