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Candidate Profile - The Battlefords: Amber Stewart, NDP

Candidate Profile - The Battlefords: Amber Stewart, NDP

Battlefords NDP candidate Amber Stewart has been patiently waiting a while for the election to get under way.
Candidate Profile - The Battlefords: Jeremy Cockrill, Sask Party

Candidate Profile - The Battlefords: Jeremy Cockrill, Sask Party

It’s been a different campaign than expected for the Saskatchewan Party nominee in the Battlefords, Jeremy Cockrill. He won a contested nomination in late February and expected to hit the campaign running by knocking on doors and meeting people.
Protecting Saskatchewan lakes from contamination

Protecting Saskatchewan lakes from contamination

Using the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, a University of Saskatchewan -led research team has developed a method for monitoring uranium contaminants in mine tailings using samples from McClean Lake.
Difference between urban and rural COVID-19 transmission events explained by Shahab

Difference between urban and rural COVID-19 transmission events explained by Shahab

After a week where the province saw 260 new cases of COVID-19, on Friday, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab broke down how there is a difference between urban and rural transmission events.
Oct. 24 COVID-19 update: Saskatoon socializing linked to 76 cases so far, 78 new cases today

Oct. 24 COVID-19 update: Saskatoon socializing linked to 76 cases so far, 78 new cases today

There are 78 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 24, 2020, bringing the total to 2,669 cases.

'The damage is done already'

Ron Spence looks back fondly on his nomadic childhood in northern Manitoba near Nelson House. The smooth walls of the canoe were his home; he and his grandparents would travel alongside other family members, moving from one community to the next.
App delays mean trespassing law not yet enforceable

App delays mean trespassing law not yet enforceable

Development delays for a mobile phone app geared to land owners is causing a legislative delay for a controversial Saskatchewan law regulating how people can access farmers’ privately-owned lands.
USask researcher and Métis partners collaborate to jig away cardiac woes

USask researcher and Métis partners collaborate to jig away cardiac woes

In a first-of-its-kind Canadian study, University of Saskatchewan researcher Heather Foulds will assess the physical, mental, cultural, and social benefits that result from performing traditional Métis social dances — something she says can narrow th
Hockey is finally back! North Stars open the preseason versus Kindersley

Hockey is finally back! North Stars open the preseason versus Kindersley

For the first time since early March, the Battlefords North Stars are back in action on home ice.
Individual at Viscount Central School diagnosed with COVID-19

Individual at Viscount Central School diagnosed with COVID-19

VISCOUNT — The Horizon School Division is reporting they have been made aware of a COVID-19 diagnosis in an individual at Viscount Central School on Oct. 23.
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