Author Archives: Blake Friars
Saskatchewan Expands Health Recruitment Incentive to 16 More Communities
Saskatchewan has expanded its Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive program to include 16 additional communities, bringing the total number of eligible locations to 70. The program offers up to $50,0...
Apr 14, 2025 Photo by Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels
Esterhazy Town Council Denies CUPE 5428 Request to Speak
Members of CUPE 5428 were left frustrated after the Town of Esterhazy refused to allow their concerns to be heard at a council meeting on April 10. The union had submitted a formal request nearly a we...
Apr 11, 2025
Fort Qu'Appelle Mounties Continue to Search For Missing Man
Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP have shared more information as they continue their search for a missing man. 50-year-old Jason Backman was reported missing on April 4th after he was last seen the morning before...
Apr 10, 2025
Dauphin Mounties Arrest Male, Faces Weapon Charges
A man is in custody after a weapon offences investigation. This past Sunday at 3:15 PM, Dauphin RCMP recognized a man walking as being on an unendorsed warrant while doing patrols on Main Street. Offi...
Apr 08, 2025
Precision Weather Forecast April 5th 6AM
TODAY...Sunny. Wind W/NW 15-25. High 2 TONIGHT...Partly Cloudy Wind W 10-20. Low minus 9. TOMORROW... Mostly Cloudy . Wind E 10-20. High minus 3. Overnight low minus 12. MONDAY...Mainly Sunny. Wind SE...
Apr 05, 2025
Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP Searching For Missing Man
Fort Qu'Appelle Mounties are searching for a missing man. 37-year-old Jason Backman, has been missing since the morning of April 3rd. He is approximately 5'11" and weighs 154 lbs and was last seen dre...
Apr 05, 2025
Sports Scoreboard April 4th
SJHL Semi-Finals (2) Yorkton Terriers 1 Melfort Mustangs 6 (Melfort leads Best of 7 series, 1-0)Weyburn Red Wings 3 Flin Flon Bombers 1 (Weyburn leads Best of 7 series, 1-0) -- MJHL Playoffs (1) Dauph...
Apr 05, 2025
Dauphin RCMP Seize Liquor and Tabacco Following Investigation
Dauphin RCMP made an arrest early yesterday morning on Main Street as part of an ongoing investigation. Fifty-two-year-old Rashid Noor was taken into custody for the second time in four months and is ...
Apr 04, 2025
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation Signs New Contract
The wait is finally over.. Saskatchewan teachers have signed the dotted line penning a new Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement, ending nearly two years of negotiations and job action. The deal,...
Apr 03, 2025 DGLimages / Depositphotos.com
Humboldt RCMP Arrest Man Related to Armed Robbery
A man is in custody following an armed robbery on Highway 5 near Meacham, Saskatchewan, on April 1. At around 11:45 a.m., Humboldt RCMP responded to a report of a robbery where a suspect assaulted a m...
Apr 03, 2025