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As Premier Brad Wall grapples with a slump in the oil industry, he was hoping Saskatchewan's school divisions would apply the same wage freeze being applied to senior government officials, MLAs and out-of-scope government, crown and health region emp

Facebook threats have lead to the arrest and charging of an 18-year-old male from Little Pine First Nation. Battlefords RCMP were advised of threats involving John Paul II Collegiate at about 3:40 p.m.

Wednesday, members from the Loon Lake Detachment of the RCMP noticed an unusual amount of smoke on the north side of the Village of Loon Lake and the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation.

A small grass fire just half a kilometer north of the North Battleford Golf and Country Club’s 19th Tee kept firefighters busy for about 20 minutes Monday.

Despite some letters expressing concerns about the new false alarm bylaw in North Battleford, third reading went ahead and the bylaw passed at Monday’s council meeting.

A new strip mall is on its way to the area around 114th Street and Territorial Drive.

There’s a single ceramic poppy sitting amongst the collection of war memorabilia at the Humboldt Legion Museum. Though it was crafted by hand, it is neither fancy nor pristine.

Since they challenged the Quebec government a year ago, the Saskatchewan government has finally won the appeal that will allow the sale and marketing of vegetable oil-based dairy products in the French-speaking province.

It almost feels like the end of an era. No more begging and scraping for quarters when you’re out with friends and have to call home. No more using payphones to make crank phone calls.

It’s not hard to see that women from the Prairies differ from women in places like Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, etc. They’re urban, whereas women in Saskatchewan are rural. It’s for them that the province celebrated March as Rural Women’s Month.