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The StarPhoenix obtained the internal investigation report in the 2017 death of Chris Van Camp through an access to information request.

The StarPhoenix obtained the internal investigation report in the 2017 death of Chris Van Camp through an access to information request.

Joey Toutsaint claimed that a nurse breached her ethical duty when she filed a report against him.

Joey Toutsaint claimed that a nurse breached her ethical duty when she filed a report against him.

The man responsible for instigating a fight at Prince Albert's South Hill Mall parking lot, and subsequently c...

An inquest into the death of an inmate in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 2020 will happen next month in Prin...

A shooting incident last summer at Sturgeon Lake First Nation, was the result in part of an effort to collect ...

A former inmate of Saskatchewan Penitentiary is considering legal action against Correctional Service Canada due to what she claims is disregard for her health and welfare while incarcerated.

Prince Albert Daily Herald (File photo/Jayda Taylor) Even as the province announces a return to family visits at some long-term care homes, the situation in the province’s intensive care units continues to deteriorate. Saskatchewan currently has 96 patients in ICU. Pre-pandemic, the province had a total ICU capacity of 79. Not all of those patients have COVID-19. According to Thursday’s statistics, 48 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, or about half of the province’s total ICU popul...

“As of last night when I received a call from a prisoner there were men who have prepared their rope to hang themselves. They have not indicated when but this suicide pact has been mentioned for two days now,” prisoner advocate Sherri Maier wrote. She alleged that guards are being unprofessional towards the inmates. She also alleged that in one instance, a guard assaulted a prisoner with his food tray. The allegations of guard misconduct are unproven. The union that represents penitentia...