Saskatchewan News

REGINA — Saskatchewan teachers have withdrawn all volunteer services as they ramp up an ongoing labour dispute with the province.

CALGARY — A deportation hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years ago has been scheduled for next month.

REGINA — Canada’s only permanent theatre-in-the-round was hollowed out like a pumpkin nearly four years ago. Work crews removed thousands of kilograms of concrete. They added reinforcements and new features.

SASKATOON — Ben Saunderson scored a goal and added an assist as the Saskatoon Blades defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6-2 on Friday to win the Western Hockey League first-round playoff series in five games.

REGINA — Saskatchewan teachers say they will be withdrawing volunteer services indefinitely after getting nowhere with the province on a draft memorandum of understanding in their ongoing labour dispute.

MAIDSTONE, Sask. — Police in Saskatchewan say a man was found gravely injured and died several hours after a call for a wellness check that wasn't done. Maidstone RCMP say they received the request for a wellness check on the man shortly after 7 a.m.

NEUDORF, SASKATCHEWAN — A funeral is to be held for four members of a family who died in a murder-suicide in a rural Saskatchewan home last month.

SASKATOON — A Saskatoon doctor is facing disciplinary charges over accusations he told a patient not to get an abortion for religious reasons. The comments Dr.

SASKATOON — Emails show an early draft of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy would have allowed teachers to use a child’s preferred identification if there was concern the student faced danger when parents were notified.

REGINA — Jim Hopson, the former Saskatchewan Roughriders player who later served as president of the CFL club, has died. He was 73. The Roughriders confirmed Hopson's death Wednesday. Hopson battled colon cancer for three years.