A countrywide campaign is underway to get more young people interested in agriculture to counter a rapid decline in the number of Canadian farmers over the past several years.

A coroner's jury in Saskatchewan says a man shot to death by RCMP officers responding to a domestic dispute was a form of suicide.

The organization representing First Nations in Saskatchewan opens a call centre to handle questions about the H1N1 vaccine.

The proposed domed stadium in Regina is still a $350 million project, not a $600 million one, the Saskatchewan government insists.

The Yorkton, Sask., doctor at the centre of a review of thousands of medical tests does not have the skills or knowledge to practise radiology, the College of Physicians and Surgeons announced Friday

On this day in 2010 — and on the first Saturday of November in each year thereafter — Saskatchewan air, army and sea cadets corps will be recognized for the contributions they make to communities across the province.

About half of Saskatchewan residents say Mosaic Stadium should be replaced with a new facility, according to a Sigma Analytics poll conducted for the Leader-Post.

The inequities of the Indian Act that discriminate against aboriginal women need to be rectified, said newly elected Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chief Guy Lonechild.

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations opened a temporary call centre in Saskatoon on Friday to deal with an increasing number of H1N1-related calls.

Following a brief hearing in Saskatoon Friday, the executive committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan concluded Yorkton radiologist Dr. Darius Tsatsi "lacks skill and knowledge," clearing the way for a future decision about what action the college will take in his case.

It was a week of high emotion and low comedy at the provincial legislature.

Wet conditions continue to slow harvest, with 80 per cent of the 2009 crop in the bin, up one per cent since last week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly crop report.

Few electoral battles were fought in RMs surrounding Saskatoon in Wednesday's rural government elections.

The Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert is likely to be locked down for the rest of the weekend after officials ordered a search of the facility on Friday.

Following a brief hearing in Saskatoon Friday, the executive committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan concluded Yorkton radiologist Dr. Darius Tsatsi "lacks skill and knowledge," clearing the way for a future decision about what action the college will take in his case.

Paul Dicks, manager of the La Ronge Hotel and Suites, knows what the painful results of H1N1 infl uenza can be; he initiated a H1N1 Infl uenza prevention plan that has been taken on by the staff.

Two Prince Albert men received fines for exceeding the limit of fish allowed under the Fisheries Regulations in Provincial Court Oct. 8 as a result of being caught with an over limit of walleye July 12, 2009.

“The glamour’s over; now the work starts,” La Ronge’s newly elected mayor, Thomas Sierzycki, said at celebrations following municipal elections Oct. 28, which resulted in the Town of La Ronge electing a new mayor with only one of the previous council returning - five new councillors out of six positions with Doreen Polischuk the only incumbent returning to Council.