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Lloydminster nurses share world junior 50/50 jackpot

After a long stressful year on the frontlines battling COVID-19, a group of nurses in Lloydminster is ending 2020 on a high note.The eight women from the maternity unit are sharing $241,850 after winn...

Dec 31, 2020

Two week lockdown starts tonight at Montreal Lake Cree Nation

In response to band members not complying with COVID-19 restrictions, and a continual rise in positive cases, a two week lockdown begins Thursday night at Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN).According to...

Dec 31, 2020

'After a week we thought gosh she's gonna make it': 106-year-old Prince Albert woman beats COVID-19

In her lifetime, Prince Albert's Rubena Wenzel has lived through world wars and now survived two pandemics, the Spanish flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020.Roughly two and a half weeks after her initial ...

Dec 31, 2020

Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas.In a media release Wednesday, the government announced i...

Dec 30, 2020

Seventy-year-old aircraft to be reinvented as roadside landmark

A Prince Albert area pilot has just bought his thirteenth aircraft, but he has no plans to fly it. Instead, the 2,000-pound plane will be hoisted 30 to 40 feet in the air and mounted on a pole overloo...

Dec 29, 2020

Local communities approved for road safety projects

The latest list of communities to receive funding from the provincial government for road safety projects includes the Rural Municipalities (R.M.s) of Tisdale, Bjorkdale, and Foam Lake.In total, 66 co...

Dec 29, 2020

‘We were missing them:’ Saskatoon woman creates ‘hugging station’ for family

For the first time since March, Becky Scharfstein-McGettigan's family was able to hug her grandmother.With the COVID-19 restrictions keeping everyone at a distance and families looking to keep their l...

Dec 29, 2020

Staying safe on frozen bodies of water: Water Security Agency

As we continue through the winter months in Saskatchewan, many are looking for things to keep busy.If your winter activities include heading out to the lake or any other frozen body of water, it's imp...

Dec 28, 2020

Why credit scores matter

How to gain more control over your financial future.Many aspects of the economy are affected by forces well beyond our reach but being attentive to the economic factors that you can influence directly...

Dec 28, 2020

Hope and the Future: Wellness centre set to open in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Challenging times pull peo...

Dec 28, 2020