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North Star falling: Mid-air collision shattered ‘a lovely spring day’ in Moose Jaw

North Star falling: Mid-air collision shattered ‘a lovely spring day’ in Moose Jaw

Part 1 in an in-depth series looking at the mid-air collision between a passenger plane and airbase training plane on April 8, 1954.
North Star falling: Witnesses described seeing bodies ‘dropping like raindrops’ out of airliner

North Star falling: Witnesses described seeing bodies ‘dropping like raindrops’ out of airliner

Part 2 in an in-depth series looking into the mid-air plane collision that killed 37 people on April 8, 1954.
North Star falling: Young boxer, politician, respected pilots, national CEOs, local mother died in mid-air collision

North Star falling: Young boxer, politician, respected pilots, national CEOs, local mother died in mid-air collision

This is part 3 in an in-depth series looking at the mid-air collision between a Trans-Canada Airlines North Star passenger plane and a Harvard training plane from the Royal Canadian Air Force training base south of Moose Jaw.
North Star falling: Residents, dignitaries bowed heads in prayer to honour crash dead

North Star falling: Residents, dignitaries bowed heads in prayer to honour crash dead

Part 4 in an in-depth series looking at the mid-air collision that happened in Moose Jaw 70 years ago on April 8, 1954.
North Star falling: Newspaper photographer won national award for crash-site picture

North Star falling: Newspaper photographer won national award for crash-site picture

Part 5 in a series looking more more in-depth at the events surrounding the mid-air plane collision on April 8, 1954. This story features an award-winning photographer, a possibly missing Vancouver man, and money from donations and bequests.
North Star falling: Inquiries failed to find guilt for collision, but both sides blamed the other

North Star falling: Inquiries failed to find guilt for collision, but both sides blamed the other

The final part in a series taking an in-depth look at the mid-air collision between a Harvard training plane and a TCA passenger plane on April 8, 1954.
The Government of Saskatchewan is working on the nursing shortage

The Government of Saskatchewan is working on the nursing shortage

Saskatchewan Health Authority offers a look at efforts in Arcola, Oxbow and Redvers.
First Estevan Farmers' Market of the season greets customers

First Estevan Farmers' Market of the season greets customers

The next indoor sale will take place April 27, then the two following Saturdays, May 4 and 11, will see indoor and outdoor sales, weather permitting. After that, the Estevan Farmers Market will switch to an outdoor format and will run until Oct. 12. The event will occur every week from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the mall's parking lot.
'Dying for doctors': Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan

'Dying for doctors': Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan

REGINA — Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for years to keep family doctors because they retire or move elsewhere.
Experience climate change through art with new exhibit

Experience climate change through art with new exhibit

The 120-square metre silkscreened floor cloth was created in Sweden in the fall of 2022. The original format was developed for Estevan's space. So, the current exhibition marks the first time the work has been displayed in full.