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With warmer weather pulling kids outdoors, the RCMP is encouraging families to have important safety conversations to help children recognize risks, build confidence, and stay safe.

As children walk to friends' houses, visit parks or play outside more frequently, officers say it’s a critical time for parents and caregivers to discuss boundaries, online safety and what to do when something doesn’t feel right.

Saskatchewan’s delay in signing the federal government’s extension to the $10-a-day childcare agreement is raising concerns among parents, childcare providers, and community leaders, who warn of potential closures and economic setbacks unless the province commits to the plan. 

Nestled in southwest Saskatchewan is the Town of Gravelbourg, a bilingual community with a rich cultural history and home to a pair of massive, ecclesiastical buildings that are each more than a century old.

An immense cathedral and a looming convent, both crafted from Claybank brick and Tyndall Stone, are a part of a series of national treasures considered a slice of Europe in the heart of the prairies.

A southeast farm is asking people to keep their eyes open after a number of their cattle have recently gone missing.

Amy Mutton posted on Facebook Tuesday that 41 cows of theirs had gone missing from their field, located off a grid road near North Portal, south of Highway 18.

Mutton believes that those cattle may have been gone missing sometime in the past couple of weeks.

The cattle are all a mixture of red and black, branded with S-M. Mutton asks that people report any suspicious activities they witness to the RCMP.

Battlefords RCMP handed out charges to a pair of individuals from North Battleford after an all-day investigation on Tuesday.

Officers immediately responded to a residence on Moosomin First Nation following a reported assault, where it was determined that the individuals in question used a firearm and bear-spray to forcibly rob the victim before escaping shortly after in a truck. 

An increased number of break-ins at businesses and community facilities are under active investigation here in the southeast to determine whether or not they are connected.

In the meantime, the RCMP has provided some tips to help the public keep their buildings safe.

Consider installing an alarm system that covers both the interior and exterior of the building, ensuring it is always up-to-date and functional, and also consider installing video surveillance equipment.

Among the tour groups converging on Parliament Hill under umbrellas this week, new and newly re-elected members of Parliament are getting acquainted with their offices and colleagues ahead of the opening of the House of Commons this week. 

The first order of business for MPs is the selection of a new House Speaker on Monday morning, and at least six returning members are asking their colleagues to support their bid to take the chair. 

Area residents who visited three businesses in Regina and two businesses in Swift Current over the last week should monitor themselves for symptoms of measles.

The warning was issued Saturday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Health Authority, which said in a prepared release that “individuals who were at any of the following locations during these time periods should monitor themselves closely for up to 21 days after the exposure.”

Swift Current

Emergency services were on the scene of a single vehicle collision with a business along the 0 block of Caribou Street W Saturday afternoon.

At this time it’s unclear if there were any injuries.

The article will be updated when more information becomes available.

A new group of amendments has been passed as the province of Saskatchewan is looking to bolster provisions in The Workers' Compensation Act, 2013.

One part of these amendments is making sure that wildland fire fighters have better access to presumptive cancer coverage.