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Family mourns loss of Boden Umpherville after alleged police abuse

Family mourns loss of Boden Umpherville after alleged police abuse

Umpherville was tasered and was physically struck several times by PA police officers.
City provides grant to North Stars to prepare for Centennial Cup

City provides grant to North Stars to prepare for Centennial Cup

Grant of $3,000 to North Stars will allow them to practice on larger ice surface in preparation for Jr. A championships in Portage la Prairie.
Commentary: Praying for resource booms not prudent budgeting

Commentary: Praying for resource booms not prudent budgeting

Saskatchewan needs a heritage fund.
March stats: 509 seatbelt offences, 4,709 speeding offences

March stats: 509 seatbelt offences, 4,709 speeding offences

450 impaired driving offences reported by police.
Politicians at Leg react to La Loche stabbing incident

Politicians at Leg react to La Loche stabbing incident

Daily Leg Update - Minister Don McMorris said he met Mayor Georgina Jolibois Tuesday on last week’s stabbing incident at La Loche’s high school.
Saskatchewan honours a century of the Naval Reserve

Saskatchewan honours a century of the Naval Reserve

100 years of service by the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve honoured at the Legislature building.
8 families from MGBHLM displaced after April 24 multi-plex fire

8 families from MGBHLM displaced after April 24 multi-plex fire

Following an April 24 fire on MGBHLM First Nation that displaced eight families, BATC is accepting donations of food, clothes, and household items at the Tropical Inn until Thursday, April 27.
Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force charge two with trafficking cocaine

Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force charge two with trafficking cocaine

Jake Mason-Lank and Annaka Pooyak ’s arrest are part of an investigation dubbed Project Falter that dismantled an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring.
Lawsuit aims to stop SaskPower gas fired generation expansion

Lawsuit aims to stop SaskPower gas fired generation expansion

Several Saskatchewan residents along with Climate Justice Saskatoon file King’s Bench application claiming expanded gas-fired electricity generation violates Charter.
Prairie Wool: One true friend exceeds all

Prairie Wool: One true friend exceeds all

Rich is a person who has a friend.
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