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The Weather Network's 2020-2021 Winter Forecast - Blizzards, record cold and record heat have all grabbed headlines across Canada during the fall of 2020.

USask-led study sequences genomes of 15 wheat varieties around the world

There are 351 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 29, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 8,239 cases.

“There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”‑‑ Minnie Aurmonier. It is the trees in the landscape that make the garden.

Canadian Light Source key to research

Glaslyn/Turtleford RCMP, the RCMP Major Crime Unit and the RCMP Forensic Identification Section are investigating a suspicious death in the RM of Medstead. On Friday, Nov. 27, around 12:30 p.m.

Less than 48 hours after public health orders decreed that movie theatres could still sell food and drink, but it couldn’t be consumed in the auditoriums, theatre operators received word from the provincial Business Response Team that particular orde

The Capitol Theatre is back open for movies again after the province relented on some of its latest restrictions imposed on cinemas.

University of Saskatchewan researchers will play a lead role in a $1.6-million Urban Public Health Network-led national research project to help eliminate cervical cancer in Canada by 2040.

One resident in the 80+ age group who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The person was from the North West zone.