Provincial News

REGINA — Saskatchewan is bringing in a proof of vaccination policy to try to increase the number of people immunized against COVID-19 and to decrease pressures on hospitals. The policy is to come into effect Oct.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders fans can breathe easier. Quarterback Cody Fajardo has declared himself ready to play. Fajardo’s status for Friday's home game against the Toronto Argonauts was in question this week.

WINNIPEG — Manitobans will have a female premier for the first time.

REGINA — Aaron Genest’s Grade 10 son sat in three different classrooms at a Saskatoon high school over three days with a student who later tested positive for COVID-19.

WINNIPEG — Immunocompromised Manitobans will be able to receive a third dose of vaccine against COVID-19.

WINNIPEG — The mother of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed repeatedly in the head and neck while lying in his bed has told a trial that the accused threatened her the night her son was attacked.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government remains concerned about significant pressures on health care as the province reported 506 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday for the first time in the pandemic.

A fungus that is destroying bat populations in eastern North America has made its first appearance on the Canadian Prairies.

REGINA — It was supposed to be a “great Saskatchewan summer.” But on Monday the province saw 449 new cases of COVID-19 -- its highest single-day count of new infections during the pandemic.

WINNIPEG — An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is being pushed up a month. Peter Nygard was to appear in court from Nov. 15 to Nov.