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• Federal minimum wage, taxes on alcohol: Here's what's changing in Canada April 1

  The federal minimum wage is increasing from $15.55 per hour to $16.65, and taxes are going up on gas and alcohol nationwide starting April 1.

  

• 'Utilizing the tools available': Province's plan is to reduce surgical backlog by 240 patients

  The province says they have a plan to reduce Saskatchewan’s surgery waitlist by 240 people.

  

• Pats and Warriors ready to open 2023 WHL postseason

  The Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs get underway Friday night and the Moose Jaw Warriors and Regina Pats will take to the ice in their respective series against the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Saskatoon Blades.

• Akwesasne: Bodies of two more migrants found, bring total dead to eight

  Police say the bodies of eight migrants have been retrieved from the waters off the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne, straddling the Canada - U.S. border. The people whose bodies were recovered Thursday and Friday consisted of two families of Romanian and Indian origins who were likely trying to enter the U.S. illegally, police said Friday.

• Riders sign former 49ers pick Rashard Robinson

  The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed former National Football League (NFL) defensive back Rashard Robinson, the team said in a news release.

• 'Embarrassing and hurtful': Sask. woman denied service because of ‘cultural’ facial tattoo

  A First Nation woman was denied service at a Prince Albert bar because of her facial tattoo.

• 'Learn to live with this': Humboldt focuses on future 5 years after bus crash

  Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel like a lifetime. Other times it feels like yesterday.

• 2nd round matchups set for SJHL, underway Friday night

  Now that the dust has settled on the first round of the 2023 Canterra Seeds Cup Playoffs, the league semi-finals are set for puck drop Friday night.

• Charter challenge filed against Sask. government's disability program

  The Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry filed a charter challenge against the provincial government for stipulations in its disability program that require seniors to take their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) money out early.

• 'A long time coming': Saskatchewan’s look at the now-rejected Doctrine of Discovery

  After demands stretched for years and years, the formally repudiated “Doctrine of Discovery,” has been officially rejected by the Vatican.

• 4 teens dead after crash involving semi-truck near Gilbert Plains: Manitoba RCMP

  Four teenagers are dead, and another is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash near Gilbert Plains, Man. Wednesday night.

• Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

  Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, making him the first former U.S. president to face a criminal charge and jolting his bid to retake the White House next year.