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Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon. 

The Saskatchewan government says it will reimburse some of the costs of a 1.5-million-dollar landfill search that found the remains of a missing woman

Prairie Harm Reduction is responding to federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's comments on supervised consumption sites, arguing they're not based on research.

The overdose outreach team in Saskatoon has been funded for another year by the Ministry of Health.

"We are seeing more and more people who are knowingly using fentanyl because that is what is available," said Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) executive director Kayla DeMong.

Fourteen recommendations were directed at RCMP during coroner's inquests meant to improve how the organization responded to the mass casualty event.

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce CEO Jason Aebig spoke with Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark at the State of the City event Tuesday.

According to a release from the Saskatoon Police Service, six different types of veterinary drugs were stolen on April 1 from a trailer parked on Aerogreen Green Crescent. 

The Saskatoon Fire Department showcased the increased needs and response seen in the city as part of its year in review.

Saskatoon city councillors will receive a report Wednesday outlining crime stats seen in the city.

For the last several years, Saskatoon's safe-consumption site has been open every day 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. As of May 1, the facility won't be open past 4 p.m.

For four days, the jury heard evidence of the pursuit and arrest of Myles Sanderson, as RCMP brought him into custody on Sept. 7, 2022.

Saskatoon's mayor weighed in on the new requirements for shelter spaces in the city as well as the safety report being created by police.

RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said the RCMP will review the recommendations provided to them by the jury.

RCMP officers told jurors what was going through their minds as they pursued and arrested the most sought-after man in the province in 2022.

A pathologist has told a Saskatchewan coroner's inquest that a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others died from a cocaine overdose after he was taken into police custody.

A public inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson will be held by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service starting this Monday, Feb. 26.

In 2023, Saskatoon paramedics administering Narcan to patients a total of 744 times.

According to the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Office, in 2023 there were 291 confirmed overdose deaths and 193 suspected.

On Thursday a new alert system was announced by Saskatchewan to help the province's Ministry of Health issue warnings about toxic drug supplies.