Carol Thomson, Saskatoon Media Group

Justice Richard Danyliuk’s verdict in the first-degree murder of 51-year-old Sheree Fertuck in December of 2015 is guilty.

Justice Richard Danyliuk’s verdict in the first-degree murder of 51-year-old Sheree Fertuck in December of 2015 is guilty.

Although the province has seen some economic growth the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has a few suggestions to keep the ball rolling and has some priorities for political parties and candidates ahead of the provincial election.

There has been a fatality at the Nutrien mine in Rocanville. In a statement, Nutrien confirms a tragic fatality on Sunday at the mine about 250 kilometres east of Regina. Authorities have conducted investigations and Nutrien is carrying out its own. Production is expected to begin again sometime today, Wednesday, May 22.

United Steelworkers Union president of Local 7916, Derek Palmer, says, “Our union will be working with Nutrien to assist workers both on and off the mine sites. The Surface Occupational Health Committee and Mines Branch investigation is still in progress.”

It was announced during Question Period on Wednesday that the Official Opposition had formally requested two conflict of interest investigations into two Sask Party MLAs who, through their private businesses, appear to have benefited from government contracts.

The President of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses hopes everyone will thank a nurse this week for National Nurses Week.

Tracy Zambory says with the lack of healthcare workers in the province, the workplace can be quite chaotic. She estimates the health system is about a thousand full-time equivalent jobs short right now and says when you are so busy, it can affect safe patient care, which leads to moral injury and burnout, with some nurses mid to late career deciding to quit.

The provincial government has proclaimed this week as Emergency Preparedness Week, and one of the actions as part of that is a SaskAlert test tomorrow (Wed, May8th). A test of the provincial emergency alert system is scheduled for 11:55 a.m., and will be distributed through SaskAlert via the federal public alerting system Alert Ready. It will be on radio, television, compatible electronic devices and through the SaskAlert app.

BHP says construction at its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan is nearing the halfway point. A news release from the international mining company says up until now, the Jansen site’s electricity requirements have been supported by a temporary feed from SaskPower, but they are now at the point where more power is needed to support what’s happening on the surface and underground.

Spokesperson Sabri Hamida, says in the culmination of years of planning and months of dedicated support from SaskPower, the potash project’s own 230 kilovolt substation is now supplying power.

On Sunday, the Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force executed two search warrants at homes in North Battleford as part of a drug trafficking investigation. From these warrants, officers seized about 1,700 grams of meth, 28,000 illegal cigarettes, five firearms, ammunition, and other drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Last Sunday night Prince Albert RCMP responded to an attempted break and enter on Cote Drive in the RM of Buckland and ended up with damages to a police vehicle after it was rammed several times, followed a few hours later by an arrest.