RCMP’s man hunt suspects believed to be in Regina

The RCMP have received reports that the two suspects wanted for multiple stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon are believed to Regina.

They say the two may have been travelling in the Arcola Ave area around 11:45 a.m. in Regina, in a black Nissan Rogue with SK license 119 MPI.

The suspects are Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson. Damien is 5-foot-7, 155 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Myles is 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Environment Canada explains heat illness prevention tips

As temperatures are expected to reach highs in the low to mid-30-degree mark this weekend, Environment Canada is reminding people of the risks associated with the various heat-related illnesses.  

Natalie Hasell, an Environment Canada Meteorologist says heat affects everyone, with some populations at a greater risk of heatstroke.   

How does the Sask. Medical Association retain physicians?

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of pressure on the health care system within Saskatchewan and across the country, forcing workers to leave the industry or move elsewhere.  

Those pressures are being seen for residents within Swift Current and the province as some are facing difficulties finding a family or personal physician due to doctors leaving or the inability to take in new patients.  

RCMP details criminal history of Amber Alert abductor

The Saskatchewan RCMP addressed the public on Tuesday, providing more information regarding an Amber Alert issued on Monday evening at the request of the Shaunavon detachment.  

Chief Superintendent Tyler Bates, Officer in Charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP’s South District Management Team provided a statement regarding Benjamin Martin Moore who is accused of abducting two small children and their mother. 

What is behind the rapidly-evolving prairie weather?

Another Saskatchewan summer has been full of volatile weather conditions, from thunderstorms to heavy rainfall, tornado warnings, brief heat waves, and more.

As it has for many years in the area, weather patterns this summer have been very scattered, where your residence could get heavy rainfall, and your neighbour down the road doesn’t get a single drop. Or another example would be a storm literally splitting around your area and completely missing. Saskatchewan's weather is unique, to say the least, but why?

[VIDEO] City encouraging people to ‘Get A Life’ in Moose Jaw

Get A Life! That is the new slogan a part of a marketing campaign that the City of Moose Jaw unveiled at the Regina International Airport on Thursday morning with the hope to attract more people to the city.

The city’s Economic Development team has been hard at work with the “Get A Life” campaign over the last few months exposing all the advantages moving to Moose Jaw has.

Moose Jaw Mayor Clive Tolley was in attendance for the big announcement and explained some of the advantages of the city.

Wholesale lumber drops 50 per cent, retailers to see prices change soon

Consumers may see the price of lumber at retail stores drop considerably in the coming months after wholesale prices declined around 50 per cent in June.

Paul Jannke, Principle of Lumber for Forest Economic Advisors says that in March wholesale prices peaked at around $1,400 per thousand board feet (the standard unit of measure for Western Spruce-Fir-Pine lumber), but about a month ago took a nose dive.

Why is Saskatchewan a tornado hotspot?

The definition of a tornado is a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground surface, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often visible as a funnel cloud.  

Environment Canada has confirmed that 15 of these violently rotating columns of the air have touched down in the province so far this summer.