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The Government of Saskatchewan is engaging the public to help create new accessibility legislation for the province and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.

A series of new and returning provincial income tax credits and other tax-reduction initiatives will help make life more affordable for Saskatchewan people in the new year.

SASKATOON – What makes a social media post racist and how does that hatred spread? These are some of the questions University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers are tackling, measuring how social media hatred directed at the Asian community has rise

A man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jamey Leroy Roberts pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 in La Ronge Provincial Court to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Kane Lenard Roberts, 26, has been in custody since he was arrested Sept. 27, 2020.

New outbreaks in the North West zone have been added to the COVID-19 dashboard maintained by the Government of Saskatchewan. For the Battlefords, they include: Connaught Elementary School, Feb. 12 River Heights Lodge, Feb.

North Battleford RCMP identified the remains found in a burned out rural house on Jan. 19 as that of a Saskatoon man. The victim was identified as Jordon Daniel Boire, 29. He was reported missing to Saskatoon Police on Jan. 20.

There were 2,099 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 38,710.

What a crime victim told an emergency 911 operator during a violent home invasion will be used as evidence at trial, a Saskatchewan Provincial Court judge ruled Jan. 29.

The Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey released today shows Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January 2021 was the lowest among the provinces at 7.2 per cent, and well below the national rate of 9.4 per cent.

The whole economy changed with the advent of COVID-19 in March 2020. But prior to that, things were, well, more normal. And that’s why year-over-year realty sales figures in Saskatchewan for January, 2021, stand out, because they are up – way up.