Town hall draws 300 producers over CFIA traceability concerns
Last Thursday, there was a point when the line of cars turning into Wawota stretched down the highway, almost to the town limits. Approximately...
Livestock industry still braces for traceability rules
The expanded traceability regulations recently proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is something that Jeff Yorga (President of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association)...
NDP slams EMS dismissal; says it sends chilling message
The dismissal of a longtime emergency medical services chief following a candid discussion with Whitewood town council has raised concerns about transparency, whistleblower protections...
Mayor says firing of EMS Director sends troubling message
In a rather ironic move, the Saskatchewan Health Authority recently fired a longtime paramedic for speaking up about the challenges and current shortage of...
Sask. on brink as EMS staffing crisis deepens
Concerns over local ambulance availability and staffing shortages dominated a recent meeting between the Town of Whitewood and representatives from the Saskatchewan Health Authority,...
First-degree murder charges laid against youth following death in Whitewood
Around 4:00 p.m. November 6, Saskatchewan RCMP received a report of an injured adult male at a residence in Whitewood, SK. Broadview RCMP responded...
Arrest made in shooting death of vehicle passenger near Weyburn
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes has arrested and charged a male in relation to the death of 44-year-old Tanya Myers.
Tanya Myers was a passenger in...
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Man dies in rollover after fleeing from RCMP
A British Columbia man is dead following a single-vehicle rollover near the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 675, west of Unity, on Saturday,...
Standing Buffalo First Nation charts its own course
Chief Rodger Redman is in Mexico City this week for a high stakes meeting with the Commission for Environmental Co-operation that he hopes will...
