Soldiers from several Prairie reserve units gathered near Prince Albert for winter survival training after a long-closed military training area was restored and reopened, highlighting renewed local capacity for cold-weather operations and Arctic readiness.
Sask Polytech will lead the development of instructor training, along with the creation of educational resources, trainer handbooks and assessment tools focused on skills and entrepreneurship development.
Dating violence is driving Saskatchewan’s intimate partner crime, and young people are most at risk. New RCMP data shows more than 80% of intimate partner violence victims were harmed by a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, not a spouse.
Students at John Diefenbaker School taking part in the Cree language program now make up a significant part of the school's population.
In 2024, the Prince Albert vacancy rate was 5.6 per cent, up slightly from 5.4 in 2023 according to CMHC reporting. Regina has a vacancy rate of 2.7 per cent compared to 14 per cent in 2023, with Saskatoon posting a vacancy rate of 2.4 per cent in 2024, which is unchanged from the year prior.
Sask Polytech is providing two weeks of renewable energy training to six members of Frog Lake First Nation.
Beckett Sorenson has been growing his hair for three years, and before school ended this year he had it cut for charity. Sorenson said the idea really came from his mother, Ange Sorenson. Â
Dr. Evan Mah also took advantage of Prince Albert's Enhanced Surgical Skills program, which is one of a kind in Canada.
Since the beginning of 2024, Pine Grove Correctional Centre has reported two in-custody deaths, while the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has reported one. Police have charged multiple inmates with second degree murder in the Sask. Pen death.
