A Saskatoon woman who advertised for a kidney donation has received one from a stranger in the same city. Although the surgery has yet to be performed, Debbie Onishenko believes the donation will save her life. She said she has needed a new kidney for years. “I’ve been a diabetic my whole life, and diabetes…

The Saskatchewan privacy commissioner has ruled that the Saskatoon Public Library (SPL) violated the Privacy Act by forcing employees to share their COVID-19 test results and personal medical data, even after the province lifted mandates. The commissioner additionally found the library used the information in violation of the Privacy Act. “The Saskatoon Public Library did…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted Canada’s mineral resources while visiting a new rare earth elements processing plant in Saskatoon, saying the country is the perfect alternative to China which has been dominating the market. “People are realizing that this extraordinary transformation that’s going on in our economy towards electric vehicles, towards more high tech, advanced…

SASKATOON—Most people use rare earth elements every day, although they may only have a vague idea of what these metals are. Rare earth elements are the building blocks of many technologies and are prized for their magnetic and catalytic properties. They “permeate” our lives, according to David Connelly, VP of Strategy and Corporate Affairs with…

Saskatchewan RCMP say officers have located a vehicle they believe was used by a suspect in a deadly mass stabbing. Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says in a video statement that the abandoned black Nissan Rogue was found Friday morning by officers during a ground search of an area near the hamlet of Crystal Springs, about…

A woman killed in a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan over the Labour Day weekend is being remembered as a hero and true matriarch. RCMP have released the names of the dead and they include nine men and women from the James Smith Cree Nation northeast of Saskatoon and one man from the nearby village of Weldon. Among…

A Saskatoon woman who has said she was the victim of domestic abuse is to be returned to Canada after she was arrested in Oregon for allegedly using false identification to cross the border with her seven-year-old son. Judge Stacie F. Beckerman of the U.S. district court in Oregon ordered that Dawn Marie Walker, 48,…

A woman accused of faking her own death and that of her son says she left Saskatoon because she feared for their safety. Dawn Marie Walker, 48, is in custody at the Multnomah County detention centre in Oregon. She was arrested Friday in Oregon City by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and charged with…

Saskatoon police say a woman who had been reported missing is facing charges in the United States related to unauthorized use of identification and in Canada related to parental abduction and public mischief. Dawn Walker had been reported missing along with her seven-year-old son before they were found safe in Oregon last week. Deputy Chief…

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.—Another evacuation order has been issued as a large wildfire continues to grow near Saskatchewan’s third−largest city. The provincial emergency communications centre issued an alert this morning for the Berg subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Garden River, which is just outside Prince Albert. It says the fire is threatening residents and they…