Nolan Kowal

The Saskatchewan NDP Party says the budget tabled by Scott Moe's provincial government on Wednesday is "out-of-touch" and "misses the moment."

The Official Opposition sent a out release Wednesday afternoon shortly after the budget was presented, which highlighted a number of concerns that the party has.

A Saskatchewan family is coping with an insanely high medical bill and other expenses after a man suffered a stroke while in Arizona and was denied medical coverage.

Louis Lamothe of Halbrite, Sask is now in a Regina hospital. He is paralyzed on the left side, has forgotten how to talk, and is using a feeding tube as he is unable to swallow, according to his granddaughter Rebecca Fee.

Artificial intelligence is starting to creep into the photography industry with new software emerging that is capable of producing very similar photos to the ones taken by people with a camera, according to a local Estevan photographer.

Byron Fichter owns and operates Byron Fichter Fotography. The professional picture taker recently starting dabbling with the new technology himself.

Gas prices have dropped substantially in the last couple weeks, with Saskatchewan residents now paying an average of 139.9 cents per litre at the pumps.

Dan McTeague, the president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, said one reason for the drop is the fact that refineries have caught up to demand, leading to adequate supply.

Gas prices have dropped substantially in the last couple weeks, with Saskatchewan residents now paying an average of 139.9 cents per litre at the pumps.

Dan McTeague, the president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, said one reason for the drop is the fact that refineries have caught up to demand, leading to adequate supply.

The Canadian Armed Forces saw a spike in interest last month as the Canadian government opened up applications to all permanent residents.

According to Canadian Armed Forces spokesperson Cdr Peter Antonew, there were almost 2,400 applications from permanent residents in November alone. Fifty-three of those applications were from permanent residents in Saskatchewan. In total, there were 155 applications from Saskatchewan in November.

It appears a warm front is moving into Saskatchewan just in time for Grey Cup Sunday.

Environment Canada is forecasting mild temperatures for much of the province beginning on Sunday, with a forecasted high of minus 2 in Regina on game day.

Saskatchewan RCMP were extremely busy this past weekend as the first taste of winter swept across the province.

From October 31 to November 6, the Mounties said they received 298 reports of motor vehicle collisions, with 60 per cent of those happening between Friday and Sunday.

There were 50 collisions on Friday, 61 on Saturday, and 68 on Sunday as the streets and highways got progressively worse over the weekend.

Travis Patron will remain behind bars for a little while longer.

The former leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party was sentenced to one year in jail and one year probation Thursday afternoon at the Estevan courthouse. He had been found guilty earlier in the month for promoting hatred in a video published online.

Patron will receive credit for 197 days already served in jail, which will be subtracted from the 365-day sentence, meaning he'll have to serve 168 more days.

Travis Patron has been found guilty of willfully promoting hate towards an identifiable group stemming from an online video posted in 2019.

The verdict came down in Estevan court on Wednesday. The jury reached the unanimous decision just after 12 p.m.