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On July 17, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Canora RCMP responded to the report of an attempted murder at a residence in Canora, SK. Police and EMS arrived at the residence rapidly.

A former Estevan resident has wrapped up his epic, 267-day global adventure at sea on a 13-metre sailboat. Bert ter Hart, who now resides on B.C.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Broncos Assistant Coach Curtis Toneff has been suspended from his duties following being charged by the RCMP, said a release from the team.

Among Saskatchewan’s wind-swept, rolling prairies in the far south near the United States border, a tiny Jewish cemetery is one of the last markers of the Sonnenfeld Colony, a poor, Jewish farm colony whose members the government barred from owning l

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 19, bringing the total to 943 cases. The new cases are located in the Central (4) and Saskatoon (1) regions.

The News-Optimist is saddened to hear of the death of a long time contributor, Inez B. Nordstrom, who passed away at St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon, on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the age of 95.

In a spring and summer dominated by anti-racism protests and public debates over controversial monuments, two antique dealers in Saskatchewan are quietly continuing to sell items that bear a symbol used for genocide, hatred and race-based politics.

High water levels around Cumberland House have flooded out local outfitters. “It’s pretty frustrating for me as an outfitter and as a trapper to see my livelihood go down like that,” said Barry Carriere, one of the affected residents.

SASKATOON – Researchers from Western University and the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to explore a promising drug carrier that could be used to deliv

The federal government announced that they will propose legislation that would make benefits available to more people with disabilities in Canada and expand a one-time payment that they announced last month.