Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan government said it performed a record number of surgeries over six months last year and is closing in on reaching its pre-pandemic waitlist of 25,000 patients.

New data is highlighting the difficulty of retaining healthcare workers in rural Saskatchewan as more doctors and nurses continue to leave the province.

Droughts are nothing new for southern Alberta, but experts say it is becoming more common to see similar conditions appear in northern parts of the province. While drought conditions might not be felt by most people living in northern Alberta, conditions hint to potentially worse conditions in years to come.

A pathologist has told a Saskatchewan coroner's inquest that a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others died from a cocaine overdose after he was taken into police custody.

A judge in Prince Albert, Sask., has sentenced Kaij Brass to 16 years for manslaughter in the beating death of his 13-month-old son.

The court challenge of the Saskatchewan government’s school naming and pronoun policy will not be heard this week as the government seeks leave to appeal a judge's decision and a stay of proceedings.

Traditionally viewed as one of the cheapest places in town to find things like clothing, the prices at thrift stores are on the rise.

It's an attempt to bury this mess on budget day because going from a billion-dollar surplus to a billion-dollar deficit is unexplainable.

An Alberta clipper is bringing heavy snow and strong wind gusts across central Saskatchewan Monday, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang. She recommends avoiding travel if you can.

Rotating teacher strikes, the withdrawal of noon-hour supervision and pulling extracurricular activities have been announced for a number of school divisions in Saskatchewan.

Amid an increasingly complex addictions fight, a new tool launched by the province last month has only been used once so far.

Gary Grewal has come under recent scrutiny for how much money his hotels have charged the Ministry of Social Services.

Water levels are being kept higher at Lake Diefenbaker in anticipation of lower mountain runoff this year.

Saskatchewan’s NDP opposition is accusing the provincial government of trying to secretly pass an extra $757 million of additional spending one month before the release of the next provincial budget.

Mubarik Syed is currently seeking the Sask. Party nomination for the Saskatoon Southeast riding.

The lights are up, the stage is built and soon the phones will be ringing for the 48th installment of the Kinsmen TeleMiracle.

The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation said the union will not head back to the bargaining table if provincial negotiators are unable to address class complexity.

Drivers in Saskatchewan can now see if a road has been recently plowed, salted or sanded thanks to a new Highway Hotline feature.

Saskatchewan manufacturers say funding for workplace safety programs has been cut off by the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB). The Manufacturers’ Safety Group believes it’s in retribution for not fully cooperating with a WCB audit.

Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, has previously said he’s willing to go to “carbon jail” for not remitting the carbon tax.

The Canada Revenue Agency has agreed to a request from the Saskatchewan government, naming the government as the province's natural gas distributor rather than SaskEnergy, a provincial Crown Corporation.

Streetcars were the primary way to move around Saskatoon and Regina for the first part of the 20th century. The cars were attached to overhead electric lines and ran along a rail system through downtown in both cities.

Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan cabinet ministers have made a total of seven trips to India since 2018. The previous six have cost more than $230,000 combined.

The first provincial Diagnostic Medical Synography, also known as ultrasound, Advanced Diploma program has been launched in Yorkton.

On Thursday, the SHA said they have hired 90 positions in Saskatoon, with 190 other positions open across the province, most of them in Saskatoon and Regina.

In an open letter directed to the premier of Saskatchewan, a Saskatoon pastor is calling for a shelter near his church to be shut down.