Shawn Slaght

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation announced on Friday afternoon that teachers province-wide will be going on work-to-rule sanctions starting on Monday. 

Work-to-rule means that teachers will restrict their hours to 15 minutes before school starts and 15 minutes after school while withdrawing all voluntary services including noon-hour supervision and extracurriculars such as sports. 

Assiniboia’s Southland Co-op Centre was recognized as the Top Urban Municipal Initiative earlier this month at the Saskatchewan Municipal Awards. 

The Southland Co-op Centre opened its doors in September of 2022 after 10 years of fundraising by the Assiniboia Civic Improvement Association to replace the old rink. 

A former Assiniboia daycare worker who is accused of sexually assaulting three boys under the age of 12 was back in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on Tuesday. 

The man, who cannot be named under a publication ban that could identify victims or witnesses, appeared via telephone and was represented by Legal Aid lawyer Suzanne Lalonde. 

An 18-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle on Highway 1 near the Manitoba Expressway in Moose Jaw on Thursday has succumbed to her injuries.

The woman was pronounced dead on Monday morning in a Regina hospital.

According to the Moose Jaw Police Service, the woman was working in the area when she was struck by her co-worker in a work vehicle at a low rate of speed and then trapped under the vehicle. 

She was taken to the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw before being transferred to Regina.

Education was front and centre as the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly opened its spring session. 

Overshadowing the session is the ongoing job action by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) as collective bargaining negotiations have stalled between the teachers’ union and the provincial government. 

Thousands of educators came to the Legislative Building to demonstrate as the session got underway. 

Overshadowing the session is the ongoing job action by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) as collective bargaining negotiations have stalled between the teachers’ union and the provincial government. 

Thousands of educators came to the Legislative Building to demonstrate as the session got underway. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement for Swift Current and the surrounding area as an Alberta clipper moves into the area. 

The mild weather we have been experiencing is making way for more active winter weather early next week. 

The clipper system is expected to develop on Sunday night and work its way across the prairies on Monday.  

Five people have died after a house fire in Davidson over the weekend.

Craik RCMP and the Davidson Fire Department were called to a house fire at about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday on Ottawa Street in Davidson.

An 80-year-old man and 81-year-old woman were removed from the building and sent to the Davidson Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

Emergency crews found the remains of three children after the fire was put out.

Autopsies for all five victims are expected to take place in Saskatoon this week.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic, along with the Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery and the Quick Train Canada Program, are offering a number of tuition-free micro-credential courses. 

The courses provided focus on supporting a clean, low-carbon economy.  

Some areas of Moose Jaw will be without power for eight hours on Wednesday, February 7th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The outage will affect all residents on the 0 block of Brigham Road, odd numbers on the 100 block of Wellington Drive, odd numbers on the 1200 to 1500 blocks of Spadina Street and the odd numbers on the 1600 block of Spadina Drive.