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Grasshopper infestation adds to farmers’ woes

Grasshopper infestation adds to farmers’ woes

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Suspicious fires flare up along riverbank - Saskatoon

Suspicious fires flare up along riverbank - Saskatoon

At approximately 7:20 p.m. on July 26, members of the Saskatoon Police Service and Saskatoon Fire Department responded to several fires along the lower path of the riverbank, in the 700 block of 25th St. E.
Simon begins job as 30th Governor General

Simon begins job as 30th Governor General

Governor General Mary Simon was formally installed on Monday morning at the Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa that incorporated traditional Inuktitut in the two-hour long ceremony.
Fifth Generation

Fifth Generation

Harold Shire of Battleford is a great-great-grandfather again (see the related story). Here he is in a five generation photo with Patricia Beeching, great-grandmother, of St. Albert, Alta., Wade Beeching, grandfather, of Beaumont, Alta.
Saskatoon's Clark renews challenge with Regina mayor

Saskatoon's Clark renews challenge with Regina mayor

The friendly rivalry between Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark and his counterpart in Regina, Mayor Sandra Masters, resumed Monday with the former losing the first bet.
Stick it to Covid: clinics coming up

Stick it to Covid: clinics coming up

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is offering a wide array of opportunities to access COVID-19 vaccines comig up. All clinics are offering the Pfizer vaccine. Drive thru: Finning Cat 391 Yellowhead Highway 16 west of Battlefords 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Defence seeks 'not criminally responsible' ruling in Hornick-Schmidt murder

Defence seeks 'not criminally responsible' ruling in Hornick-Schmidt murder

A lawyer for a man accused of murder is filing an application to have his client deemed Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) by reason of a mental disorder.
FSIN calls for support for Buffalo River

FSIN calls for support for Buffalo River

COVID-19 outbreak causing concern
Sask. woman who says she was wrongfully convicted of murder captured in B.C.

Sask. woman who says she was wrongfully convicted of murder captured in B.C.

A Saskatchewan woman who stole back her freedom after being convicted for a murder she says she didn’t commit has been arrested in B.C. Nerissa Quewezance was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant since spring 2020 for parole violations.
N.B. man dies in rollover

N.B. man dies in rollover

On July 24, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Big River RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 942, 2.5 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 55.
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