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Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports.

Seventeen per cent of more than 800 Canadian pediatric specialists surveyed say they saw adolescents who needed medical attention due to dietary supplements or performance drugs over the previous year.

The majority of cases were boys and more than half of them were between 13 and 15 years old.

Almost a third of the patients were even younger — between 10 and 12 years old.

Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children’s cardiac hospital in Kyiv.

Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction supplies sit atop a tree-covered garbage heap. Windows of some surrounding buildings are still boarded up with plywood.

One year after a devastating rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital that killed four and injured a dozen, the century-old facility is getting ready to reopen — with help from the Canadian Red Cross.

Saskatchewan’s export sector is facing new pressures after China imposed steep tariffs on Canadian canola products, prompting the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) to step up advocacy and market development efforts.

Incoming STEP CEO Chris Lane said Friday that the combination of a new 75 per cent tariff on canola seed and an existing 100 per cent tariff on canola oil and meal has effectively shut Saskatchewan producers out of one of their key international markets.

The Government of Saskatchewan has received national recognition for its efforts to make provincial buildings more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable.

The Saskatchewan Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) presented the province with multiple awards and certifications this year, including 11 BOMA BEST (Building Environmental Standards) certifications, four ENERGY STAR ratings and three BOMAEarth Awards.

The issue of trade and tariffs is on the mind of everyone involved in agriculture.

President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Keith Currie says there was a lot of uneasiness - especially in the agriculture sector -  back in January when President Trump first started talking about tariffs, but then we didn't know exactly what that would involve.  

The Saskatoon Hilltops and Regina Thunder each took a win on their home turf this past weekend, now set for a collision course as the Canadian Junior Football League's best rivalry returns to action on September 6 when the Thunder welcome in the Hilltops to Mosaic Stadium.

Back to Sunday, the Hilltops welcomed in the Winnipeg Rifles for a rematch after Winnipeg handed Saskatoon a season opening loss back in Week 1. With home field advantage this time around, the Hilltops held Winnipeg scoreless in the first half on route to a 42-15 final score. 

District #7 finished in seventh at the 2025 U13 District Showcase in Regina this past weekend, taking the second last spot after downing the only other group with a local connection, Team Southwest with Leader native Colby Tiringer, in their final game on Sunday. 

Harvest seems to be moving at a snail's pace around West Central in comparison to the rest of the province.

After years of planning, fundraising and construction, Wilkie residents finally dove into their new community swimming pool earlier this month.

The facility officially opened Aug. 6, a milestone Parks and Recreation Director Lori Fenrich says was long-awaited.

“Construction started last August, and they built much up into the fall,” Fenrich said. “They came back around February and continued on and completed the build for the actual pool, and the pool building was being worked on through the winter months.”

As meteorological summer wraps up this weekend, the heat is far from finished in much of western and northern Canada.

Forecasters say a ridge of high pressure building over the Prairies will keep temperatures well above normal through the final week of August, with daytime highs in parts of west-central Saskatchewan expected to hover around 30 C