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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin is calling for accountability after a panel of experts assigned to look into the use of Structured Intervention Units (SIUs), in Canadian prisons released a scathing report on 19 Aug.

There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 13, bringing the total to 1,726 reported cases.

USask Research Profile and Impact Daily moments made potentially risky by COVID-19, such as cramming into a crowded bus or elevator, sitting in a packed classroom, and visiting a vulnerable relative in long-term care, may be rendered safer again than

Two University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty members — internationally renowned artist and sculptor Alison Norlen and historian Valerie Korinek — have been named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, a national academy of distinguished scholars,

There are 21 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 12. Of the 1,709 reported cases, 83 are considered active. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (5), Central East (14) and South West (2) zones.

Saskatchewan’s “gateway to the north” has no more working child psychiatrists, a fact which raises concerns about patient care in a region that already struggles to access mental health services.

As a data and numbers guy, Jim Halford never intended to get into the blunt, greasy work of farm machinery; his graduate research in the 1960s at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) focused on the economics of farming.

There are thirteen new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 11, bringing the total to 1,688 reported cases. Of the 1,688 reported cases, 66 are considered active.

It's been six months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Since then, millions of people across the world have caught SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the disease.

Drilling rig activity has started to slowly pick up in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, but the numbers are still low compared to any point over the last decade. On Sept. 11, Rig Locator (riglocator.ca) showed nine rigs working in Saskatchewan.