Saskatchewan News

Advocates for people with intellectual disabilities are banding together so they have a united voice in their call for the provincial government to close Valley View Centre in Moose Jaw.

Wed Jul 8, 2009 5:44am EDT - Afghans look at Afghanistan's only known pig in Kabul Zoo July 4, 2009.

April Dawn Halkett was acquitted of child abandonment on June 24. The Crown is appealing the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who left her newborn baby in a toilet in a Wal-Mart store two years ago.

The province's quest for a research nuclear reactor that would produce medical isotopes in Saskatoon isn't necessarily a competition with other jurisdictions, said the government official co-chairing the working group on the issue.

SASKATOON a ' The case of a crack addict who stole a cash register from a drugstore while on a six-day binge in January reflects the problem associated with a sudden explosion in the availability of crack cocaine, a Saskatoon police drug investigator says.

" The provincial government and the University of Saskatchewan have struck a partnership on a plan to bring to Saskatoon a nuclear reactor that will produce medical isotopes, Premier Brad Wall said Wednesday.

SASKATOON a ' A 16-year-old male is charged with assault with a weapon and intimidation after three 14-year-olds were allegedly beaten with a paddle in the north end of Saskatoon last week.

It may be the heartland of the a ita TMs Adam-and-Eve not Adam-and-Stevea TM crowd, but Saskatoon still hosted a Pride Festival last month featuring family walks, a pub crawl, the obligatory gay parade and a prom night drag queen show.

Saskatoon and area has experienced some wacky weather recently, including in late-June near Maymont, roughly 90 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon Photograph by: Haylee deStrake, Reader photo SASKATOON a ' A tornado watch has been lifted for Saskatoon and surrounding communities.

A new, never before seen flu virus has been found in Saskatchewan, but health officials were quick point out Tuesday that it's not connected to the current H1N1 pandemic.

File photo: Environment Canada has issued severe thunderstorm watches and one warning for southeastern Saskatchewan.

A police investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by officers in Prince Albert, Sask., has ended, but details have not been made public.

Saskatoon police are investigating after two men were assaulted with broken bottles on Monday.

REGINA a ' Building permits in Saskatchewan recorded the highest increase among the provinces in May, according to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday.

A Conservative MP is telling reporters in his Saskatchewan riding that cabinet colleague Diane Ablonczy has been relieved of the tourism portfolio for signing off on a $400,000 grant for Toronto's Gay Pride parade.

REGINA a ' A man accused of causing a serious collision that injured, among others, a three-year-old child made his first appearance at Regina Provincial Court on Monday.

Capt. Shawn McCaughey, 31, of Candiac, Que., died on May 18, 2007, when the CT-114 Tutor jet he was piloting crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow.

The Saskatchewan Party government's plan to introduce legislation allowing provincial marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex marriages for religious reasons was both praised as a defence of religious freedoms and condemned as the institutionalizing of discrimination against gays and lesbians.

Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., and Jim Rutledge of Victoria both shot their second straight 5-under 67 Friday to move into a three-way tie for the lead lead at the TELUS Edmonton Open.

Saskatchewan's labour force will need an additional 120,000 workers by 2020 -- an average of 10,000 per year -- or there will be little population growth and a stagnant provincial economy, says the Saskatchewan Labour Market Commission .