First we picked off wood ticks and now we’re slapping mosquitoes. Welcome to summer in Saskatoon.

REGINA -- A former high-ranking government employee, devoted volunteer and well-respected member of the community was led out of a Regina courtroom in handcuffs on Friday after being sentenced to 15 months in jail for fraud.

Final approval has been given for construction of a new $40-million hospital in Humboldt.

Four days after blazing forest fires began forcing residents of northern Saskatchewan communities from their homes, another 650 people are being evacuated due to the heavy smoke threat.

River Landing has the most expensive concrete walkways in the city, fancy landscaping and now an elaborate interpretive spraypark. But who can relax without food? The first food outlet in Phase 1 of River Landing opens at 3 p.m. today. Prairie Fare won the tender for the pavilion building in the Riverfront at River Landing.

Chinese Canadians and supporters will gather at the University of Saskatchewan tonight for a benefit concert to raise money for earthquake relief efforts.

It took fire crews less than five minutes and about 100 gallons of water to bring a house fire under control in a Saskatoon core neighbourhood Friday.

REGINA (SNN) -- A 58-year-old Fort Qu'Appelle woman has died after a motorcycle she was travelling on collided into a guard rail near the town.

Overheated preschoolers are the latest victims of the labour shortage. The city is reducing the number of paddling pools open weekends because of too-few summer staff.

REGINA (SNN) -- Melville RCMP are investigating a different kind of theft in their city.

Two Saskatoon men are facing numerous charges after a police chase Thursday that ended with a head-on collision on the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge.

A sex offender with multiple past convictions for assaults on women and children avoided an indefinite prison term Thursday when a provincial court judge rejected an application to declare him a dangerous offender.

The embattled chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation who suspended two band councillors and is under investigation for allegedly punching another one, and who has been served with a petition demanding his resignation, has vowed to "win this war."

Frustrated in their efforts to meet with government officials in a dispute over gaming revenues, chiefs of the Battlefords Tribal Council (BTC) are demanding action from the premier.

A contingent of local students will be joining 165 of their cohorts from across Canada for a week of history-focused education.

After a travel nightmare that stranded her in Ottawa, a teenage quadriplegic finally boarded a flight home to Regina on Thursday night.

REGINA -- When Bob and June Hoffart celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, they'll simply be upholding a long-standing family tradition.

Three teens have been charged in a police standoff in Riversdale on Wednesday.

In the wake of Canada Day festivities, Saskatoon's fire marshal has a warning for the public about the safe use of fireworks.

REGINA (SNN) -- Health officials are hoping Saskatchewan will soon have labour stability with nurses.