Saskatchewan

For many, the May Long weekend means dusting off the tackle box, and heading up to the lake with a few worms in tow. But not before getting a fishing license. This year the provincial government is offering them online.

"We're moving to a computer system where people can register online through a personal computer, and establish an account, and get their hunting and angling licenses that way," said Environment Minister Ken Cheveldayoff.

After being the subject of a Canada-wide warrant, a Regina man was handed 23 months in a provincial jail.

Jordan Allan Bundus, a 25-year-old man was picked up along with two others in Northwest Regina back in September.

In 2011, he was found after him and another man went into hiding in Kelowna, BC. Faced with a nation-wide search warrant, the men were brought back to Saskatchewan to face charges.

Alleged Kijiji scammer Jason Hartlen will make his first court appearance in Saskatoon next week.

The 33-year-old is facing 17 charges of fraud under $5,000 after police received complaints that a man was collecting damage deposits for an apartment he didn't own.

"I'm not even going to say it's a possibility, there is more charges coming," said Staff Sergeant Keith Briant.

A white beefalo now roams the bison exhibit at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm.

The four-year-old calf is a Charolais and Bison hybrid that looks similar to a White Buffalo -- an animal First Nations and Métis people consider sacred.

The summer highway construction season is already a few weeks behind before most work even starts.

The government rolled out this year's highway work plan on Thursday afternoon. More than 100 major road upgrades, repaving, bridge and culvert, and maintenance projects are planned for around the province. Of those, 33 are considered "major" highway upgrades.

After getting breakthrough tip in the case, Regina police have arrested the man wanted in connection to a major rental scam that left more than two dozen people out $1,100 each last month.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for Jason Hartlen’s arrest after he is said to have convinced 25 hopeful Saskatoon renters to give him a damage deposit for a rental property he didn’t own.

Hartlen is also wanted for fraud charges in British Columbia and Alberta.

A burning ban is in place for the rural municipality (RM) of Prince Albert during the local state of emergency.

The RM declared a state of emergency this past weekend due to flooding.

During the state of emergency, it won’t be issuing burning permits, and anyone who is caught burning will be fined and will have to pay a fee for service.

Additionally, the statement signed by Reeve Norma Sheldon said that road conditions are “unpredictable and subject to sudden change.”

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A rental scam in Saskatoon left 24 hopeful renters out $1,100 each.

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jason Hartlen after he convinced two dozen renters in Saskatoon to give him a damage deposit for a rental property that he did not own.

The property was listed on Kijiji and looked ideal. Amanda Gall saw the listing for the apartment on the 800 block of Kingsmere Boulevard and quickly contacted the ad.

With flooding in Saskatchewan now receding in many areas, residents and business owners may be looking towards the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP).

PDAP is a government program meant to help property owners fix damage caused by natural disasters to their property.

However, MLA for Regina Rosemont Trent Wotherspoon said this program has been slow in the past and may not be fast enough to help those in need once again, during Tuesday’s Legislative Assembly session.

Saskatoon Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to the city’s first murder of 2013.

Jonathen Livingston Moosewaypayo, 28, was stabbed just after midnight New Year's Day in an apartment on the corner of Avenue O South and 22nd Street. He was rushed to Royal University Hospital where he died.

A 19-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Center and charged with second-degree murder.

A 13-year-old boy has died after he was involved in an ATV crash, east of Arborfield Wednesday night.

Carrot River RCMP were called out to a farm at about 7 p.m.

The investigation revealed the boy was driving through a field, near his house. At some point, he drove between two fence posts, and did not see the barbed wire.

The wire caused the ATV to roll.

The boy died en route to hospital. His name has not been released.

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Saskatchewan RCMP continue to investgate how a car ended up in a slough on Highway 793 just south of Victoire.

On May 15, members of the Big River RCMP detachment, Debden Fire and EMS responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 793 at approximately 7:30 a.m.

The car was located upside down submerged in a slough with only the tires above the water line. A man and a woman were located inside the car after the car was pulled out of the slough. Both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.