Nov 15 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer is not recommending masks as the province deals with a trifecta of respiratory viruses. Dr. Saqib Shahab said coughs and colds are returning after a two-year hiatus, and that people can expect to get...
Nov 8 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Jordan McGillicky says she was devoted to sports and her studies at a private Saskatchewan college but eventually felt driven away from the school because of her sexuality. She enrolled two years ago at Briercrest College and Seminary, an eva...
Nov 8 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Jordan McGillicky says she was devoted to sports and her studies at a private Saskatchewan college but eventually felt driven away from the school because of her sexuality. She enrolled two years ago at Briercrest College and Seminary, an eva...
Oct 26 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan kicked off its fall legislative session Wednesday with a tough-on-crime throne speech presented while a former cabinet minister turned notorious convicted killer sat in the chamber. Colin Thatcher, 84, said he was happy to accept ...
Oct 26 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — A symbol that has been associated with white nationalist movements was recently worn by a Saskatchewan Mountie while escorting an inmate who had just been sentenced for hate speech. The officer displayed a "thin blue line" patch on the left s...
Oct 20 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — ESTEVAN, Sask. — The former leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party was handed a one-year sentence Thursday on a hate speech charge after he called for the genocide of Jewish people in a video posted on the party's website and social media accounts. T...
Oct 11 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say. Residents put themselves at risk and in some cases paid with their lives for simply tryin...
Oct 6 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Joyce and Earl Burns were childhood sweethearts. They grew up together on James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, first as neighbours, then as husband and wife. "It was childhood love," said Victor Sanderson, a younger brother of Joyce Burns. He bab...
Sep 21 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Tire tracks worn into the gravel roads that lead into James Smith Cree Nation are deeper than they were two weeks ago, remnants of the heavy police presence and the numerous funeral processions that followed. Locals have retur...
Sep 20 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a series of deadly stabbings earlier this month is heading to Toronto for a meeting with federal cabinet ministers. Chief Wally Burns of James Smith Cree Nation say...
Aug 27 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — REGINA — "Moe money" could add to inflation woes in Saskatchewan, but it comes down to how people spend it, some economists say. This week, Premier Scott Moe announced his Saskatchewan Party government would be giving $500 cheques to 900,000 residents in October as a way to offset rising costs from decades-high inflation. "It smacks […]
Aug 23 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — A Saskatoon woman who has said she was the victim of domestic abuse is to be returned to Canada after she was arrested in Oregon for allegedly using false identification to cross the border with her seven-year-old son. Judge Stacie F. Beckerman of the U.S. district court in Oregon ordered that Dawn Marie Walker, 48, […]
Aug 23 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan is flush with cash and out of the red after it brought innearly $2-billion during the first three months of the year, mostly from rising oil and potash prices. With excess cash in hand, and what is projected to be first balanced budget in about seven years, the Saskatchewan Party government said […]
Aug 22 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government says it wants an explanation from Ottawa after federal employees allegedly took water samples from farmers' lands without permission. Jeremy Cockrill, the minister responsible for the province's Water Security Agency, said three landowners in southern Saskatchewan had recent unannounced visits from federal employees. He said during each separate instance, […]
Aug 11 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders for alleged abuse of students. Education Minister Dustin Duncan said Thursday he will appoint supervisors to oversee three schools linked to the allegations, which include paddling children and an exorcism. […]