Vanese M. Ferguson

The first week of April is Global Asbestos Awareness Week and Saskatchewan has the first mandatory Asbestos registry in the country, often referred to as Howard’s Law.

Howard Willems who was dying of mesothelioma pushed for the creation of the registry of public sector buildings that contain asbestos. That came to fruition in 2013, a year after Willem’s died at age 59.

Leduc, Alberta RCMP say one of the victims who died in a motor vehicle accident on Wednesday night was from North Battleford.

At 8:34 p.m. RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 21 in Leduc County.

When officers arrived both people in the car were deceased while the driver and sole occupant of an SUV was taken to hospital seriously injured.

A 33-year-old resident of North Battleford and a 73-year-old resident from Camrose died in the accident and police are determining whether alcohol was involved in the crash.

The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety says in 2020 Pinehouse Lake conservation officers became aware of an unlawful outfitting operation on the southwest shore of Cree Lake.

In a news release the ministry says Cree Lake is 81 kilometers long and is located approximately 220 kilometers north of Pinehouse Lake. With no highway access, most summer anglers and outfitting services can only access this area by float plane. The investigation included visits by boat and multiple float plane inspections.

If you receive a cheque from the Ministry of Social Services, you need to pick it up in person.

The Ministry issued a statement indicating that although Canada Post has resumed service, due to the backlog of mail, the government has made the decision to continue with in-person pick-up of benefit cheques at local service centres across the province. They say this is to ensure there is no delay for ministry clients.

Saskatchewan has made the top five in a list released Thursday of the 10 worst health care stories in Canada in 2024.

Think tank SecondStreet.org released the list after combing through news stories throughout the year, filing information requests with governments and talking with patients. The Saskatchewan story, in fifth place, features Cherise Trott of Yorkton who, since having an operation for a hiatal hernia and her gallbladder removed, has continued to suffer pain and inability to eat but was told it could be up to a year to see a gastroenterologist.

SunFed Produce, LLC is recalling all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers sold between October 12th and November 26th due to possible Salmonella contamination.

They were packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that provides the implicated grower’s name, (Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.)

The produce was shipped across the United States and Canada, including to Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, and Ontario.

The RCMP say November is the month of online shopping and cyber deals with Black Friday and Cyber Monday and they are cautioning residents to practice cyber safety when shopping online.

Premier Scott Moe has set a date for the start of a new Legislative Assembly. Monday November 25th will be the beginning of the fall sitting which is expected to last two weeks allowing for debate and passage of the Throne Speech. The government says it will also include introducing bills required to fulfill promises made on the campaign trail.

Over the course of three days, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Saskatoon Warrant Enforcement and Response Team (WEST) arrested five people in the Lloydminster area who were wanted on multiple outstanding warrants.

Last Tuesday police located and arrested 23-year-old Shania Heathen of Lloydminster at a business in Lloydminster. She was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Maidstone RCMP for possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose, as well as for breaching her conditional sentence order. She is also facing a new charge of possession of schedule I substance (fentanyl).

The second preliminary count of ballots in the Saskatchewan election is took place Tuesday,  and it appears Saskatoon Westview has gone to the NDP with April Chiefcalf the new MLA representing the constituency in the Legislature. She beat out David Buckingham by 37 votes.

In Saskatoon Willowgrove, Ken Cheveldayoff will keep his seat representing the Saskatchewan Party with 178 more votes than his NDP opponent. And in Prince Albert Northcote the Saskatchewan Party’s Alana Ross has garnered 133 more votes than Nicole Rancourt with the NDP.