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Swift Current’s new council wants to send a clear message to residents with their decision on their own remuneration. They voted unanimously in support of a motion at a regular council meeting on Dec. 14 that will result in a greater cost saving on their remuneration than previously planned. Mayor Al Bridal felt there are several reasons why this change in remuneration makes sense for the new council. “We want to show citizens that were serious about controlling our taxation rate and ...

Try refreshing your browser. Robots and remote care: Search for rural health care solutions continues, bolstered by COVID-19 Back to video Stacey Strykowski says she’s concerned rural emergency rooms are not properly equipped to care for the community, like her hometown of Preeceville. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix “We’re told to rely on 911 … but there’s not always an ambulance here,” says Strykowski, a former provincial NDP candidate. “We don’t have that r...

Article content This is the story Huddy Bell never would have told. The Regina-born Bell, who died in 2009 at age 83, was as private as he was successful. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Huddy Bell enjoyed a colourful, rich, low-key life Back to video He led a colourful life despite resolutely eschewing the spotlight, often going to extraordinary lengths to ensure that he was neither photographed nor quoted. Bell’s daughter, Lisa Wolfe, recal...

Try refreshing your browser, or Robots and remote care: Search for rural health care solutions continues, bolstered by COVID-19 Back to video Stacey Strykowski says she’s concerned rural emergency rooms are not properly equipped to care for the community, like her hometown of Preeceville. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix “We’re told to rely on 911 … but there’s not always an ambulance here,” says Strykowski, a former provincial NDP candidate. “We don’t have tha...

No further information was immediately available. Officers arrested a 34-year-old man in the 1300-block of Third Street for failing to comply with his release order. He was lodged in cells and will be taken before a justice of the peace, to be released with further conditions. As a result of a report of a possible impaired driver, a 30-year-old woman from Regina was issued a 72-hour driver’s licence suspension and her vehicle was impounded. The EPS was also out on Friday to conduct check ...

Prince Albert Daily Herald Photo Courtesy of Hockey Canada Dylan Cozens, left, Kirby Dach and Bowen Byram were named as Canada’s leadership group for the 2021 World Juniors on Friday. Three first round picks from the Western Hockey League’s 2016 Bantam Draft are set to lead the way on the ice for Canada at this year’s World Juniors. Kirby Dach has been named as the captain for the squad, while Bowen Byram and Dylan Cozens will serve as assistant captains. “These three players are all le...

Environment Canada Canada is warming at nearly twice the global rate with parts of western and northern Canada warming three or four times the global average. Sea ice in the North is thinning and shrinking, and our unique ice shelves are crumbling into pieces. While Canada is still the snowiest country, less snow is falling across the south. White Christmases’ are less frequent and less white. Frost-free days are increasing, and our growing season is longer, but so too is the length and seve...

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 21, 2020 Jodi Robson said her go-to recipe is a simple sugar cookie. She said her children love cutting out the shapes and decorating it and its a bit of creative work. (Submitted by Jodi Robson)

Q2 Weather: Billings could see a warm but windy weekend Todays Weather Bobcast for Dec. 18, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-18 16:45:33-05 BILLINGS — On Friday afternoon in the Big Sky, Billings is enjoying mostly sunny skies in the early afternoon. The temperatures are still fairly comfortable for this time of year. It’s 39 degrees with a southwest wind at 10 mph, which gives us a wind chill factor of 32 degrees. Around the rest of the state, our current temps are mostly to the 30s and...

“Our top priority continues to be getting Saskatchewan oil and gas service workers back to work,” Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said. “The ASCP prioritizes Saskatchewan companies and is widely regarded as pragmatic, efficient and fair.” The Phase One allocation was $100 million in program funding ($400 million total), which was announced in May of 2020, as part of the federal COVID Economic Response Plan. In Saskatchewan, more than $94 million in work packages are current...