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If midnight represents the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic — with dusk its beginning and dawn the reprieve — then it’s probably about 10 p.m. right now, recent graduate David Thibodeau says.

There are 22 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 9, bringing the total to 2,034 reported cases.

Avid canoe racers, enthusiasts, and hunters who are looking for a canoe that outshines that rest don’t need to travel too far.

Kelley Bird-Naytowhow is the leader of a group of youth research assistants who go by the name Story Catchers or Many Thunderbirds Feasting.

Suicide has been a problem in northern communities for a while now, but there hasn’t been much talk about it until recently when a young man from Buffalo Narrows decided to walk from La Ronge to Regina to raise awareness about suicide in the north an

Many people and organizations are creating programs to teach youth and even older people who may not have been taught their culture, about traditional ways of their ancestors.

Work Safe Saskatchewan says that asbestos exposure is the leading cause of work-related deaths in the province and is launching an awareness campaign called ‘Asbestos kills. It’s best to test.

SUMMERSIDE, PEI – Instead of floats passing by the residents of Summerside, this year's Santa Claus parade will have the residents passing by the floats. "It's the complete opposite of how a normal parade would go," Coun.

Sagar Grewal wants Canadian youth to know their insights matter, and there might be a trip to Europe in the offing for those willing to enter a policy development competition he is helping to judge.

The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit has charged a man from Redvers, SK with child pornography offences in relation to an investigation that began in August 2020 into the online accessing of child pornography through file sharing network