Saskatchewan News

CALGARY — Saskatchewan farmer Ian Boxall is blunt about why he plants canola, the crop caught in the crossfire of the latest trade dispute between Canada and China, every year.

TORONTO — Edmonton Elks quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and defensive back Webb of the Ottawa Redblacks were the top offensive and defensive performers in the CFL's weekly honour roll Wednesday. Bethel-Thompson earned a grade of 90.

REGINA — From their post-game reactions, it was difficult to detect that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers moved into a share of first place in the CFL’s West Division on Sunday.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers are two teams travelling on different paths heading into their first-place showdown in the CFL West Division on Sunday.

BUFFALO NARROWS, Sask. — Saskatchewan's police watchdog says Mounties were driving in fog when an officer's truck hit and killed a man on a road.

Labour Day will forever be special for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie.

BUFFALO NARROWS, Sask. — A man is dead after being hit by a police vehicle in rural northern Saskatchewan. RCMP say officers had been in the community of Turnor Lake when they received a call for service in Buffalo Narrows.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatchewan New Democrats kicked off their election campaign Thursday with Leader Carla Beck signing her name to a placard promising to suspend the gas tax and not hike other levies.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is forecasting a bigger deficit this year than it previously predicted.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.