YORKTON — The Saskatchewan NDP says it will build a new hospital in Yorkton if elected in 2028 — a project the party claims the Sask. Party has failed to deliver after nearly two decades of promises.
The Yorkton Regional Health Centre, constructed in 1962, serves the east-central region of Saskatchewan and western Manitoba.
It provides key services including maternity care, cancer treatment, diagnostics and dialysis. However, local healthcare, community leaders and the Sask. NDP argue that the facility is outdated and overcrowded, with urgent needs ranging from infrastructure repairs to improved patient care spaces.
Concerns include an undersized emergency room, a lack of pediatric, cancer and mental health spaces and issues with basic utilities.
According to the Sask. NDP, the maternity ward reportedly has no hot water, and the hospital’s HVAC system, laboratories and ambulance bay require significant upgrades. Patients also face limited internet access and parking fees for cancer and dialysis treatments.
“The Sask. Party has represented Yorkton for over 18 years with nothing to show for it,” said Jared Clarke, the NDP’s shadow minister for rural and remote health. “This government has been talking about a hospital, studying it and making excuses for 18 years. It’s time to deliver what Yorkton needs and deserves.”
Talks of replacing the hospital began in 2011, with conceptual plans shared a year later. The province required the community to raise funds for a six-figure feasibility study, which was later shelved. In July 2025, the Sask. Party announced $1 million to develop a business case. A move the official opposition describes as another delay.
“For 18 years, the Sask. Party has made excuses while Yorkton families and frontline workers have been left to make do in a hospital that’s not meeting the needs of the region,” Clarke added. “We’re ready to build — not just a hospital, but the necessary infrastructure to staff it.”
That infrastructure, he said, would include housing for workers and upgrades to municipal systems such as the wastewater treatment plant.
“Yorkton is a city on the cusp,” said Aleana Young, the NDP’s shadow minister for jobs and the economy. “We want to work in real collaboration with local leaders and citizens to get it right. That’s what the Sask. Party should be doing. Instead, all this government can show for 18 years in office are broken election-year promises.”
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