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The Saskatchewan government is providing $250,000 in grants to support community-based suicide prevention initiatives across the province.

The funding, part of Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan, is aimed at encouraging creative approaches to suicide prevention, including leadership development, risk reduction, increasing awareness of available resources, reducing stigma, and promoting healthy lifestyles.

Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating after a man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run on Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation earlier this week.

Police say officers responded to a call around 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 8 about a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle.

RCMP, local EMS and STARS air ambulance attended the scene, where an adult male was found with serious injuries. He was transported to hospital by STARS.

The vehicle, described as a white SUV, did not remain at the scene.

A local man is set to spend the next year behind bars and the next two decades on a registry after his recent sentencing earlier this week on a charge stemming from child pornography seized in 2023. 

Maple Creek's Kiyomichi Nakanishi pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in Swift Current Provincial Court on Tuesday.

Adults across the Wheatland Regional Library system are being encouraged to unleash their creativity through a region-wide short story competition.

The contest, which runs from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, is open to anyone 18 or older living in the Wheatland region. Entries must be original, titled stories of no more than 2,000 words, typed and double-spaced.

A panel of Saskatchewan authors will judge the submissions, including University of Saskatchewan professor and author Dwayne Brenna, Saskatoon memoirist Marilyn Frey, and short story writer and librarian Theressa Slind. 

Another week of high school football is here as the season continues to get off the ground.

Starting off with the only Thursday game in the 2A conference, the Eatonia Spartans will look to defend home field with the Unity Warriors coming to town for a 4:15 kickoff. Eatonia lost 60-36 to Rosetown last week while Unity took down Maple Creek 56-15. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney named the first five projects on the federal government's fast-track list on Thursday — part of his plan to attract outside investment and bolster the Canadian economy.

The projects include planned energy development, mining and port infrastructure projects from the West Coast to Central Canada.

The government also released an expanded list of projects not quite ready for prime time that includes additional initiatives in Eastern Canada and the North.

A pair of West Central Saskatchewan fundraisers were the highlight for Thursday's 'Cross Sask Check Up' segment with Rob Carnie in the Morning.

The Macklin EMS "Jump for Charity" took place near Carnie's neck of the woods in Moose Jaw. That story joined a still rising donation total through two days at the Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational to create some major goodwill and make for a solid topic during our Thursday chat.

A 5-4 final for the Kindersley Jr. Klippers last night on home ice ended their pre-season with a win. The Klippers beat the AJHL's Drumheller Dragons in the final tune-up before next week's SJHL opening weekend to finish the pre-season with a 4-1 record. 

The power will be out for a short amount of time on Thursday morning for a group of Luseland area residents.

SaskPower's website is showing a planned outage on Thursday that will affect customers located north, east, and southeast of Luseland between 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Saskatchewan has launched a new training program aimed at expanding its health-care workforce with the introduction of physician assistants.

Twenty students have begun classes in the University of Saskatchewan’s first Master of Physician Assistant Studies program, a two-year course funded by a $7-million provincial investment.

Physician assistants are health professionals trained to practise medicine under the supervision of a licensed doctor. They provide services in areas such as emergency medicine, cancer care, internal medicine and surgical specialties.