provincial government

Monday morning in Vancouver lawyers for the Government of Saskatchewan and lawyers for the Federal Government were going to argue in Federal Court over an attempt by the Canada Revenue Agency to recover millions of dollars in carbon tax money. Now the case has been adjourned, and neither side is saying why, at least clearly. […]

Legal experts say the federal government has taken an unusual step in trying to take 28-million dollars from Saskatchewan’s bank account for not paying carbon levy money. Rory Gillis, a professor of tax law and federalism at Western University, calls the move drastic, saying it shows a poor relationship between Ottawa and Saskatchewan.  Eric Adams, […]

Saskatchewan has issued a fire ban for provincial lands, parks and the northern administrative district due to hot and dry conditions.  The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says open fires, controlled burns and fireworks are not allowed on those lands or within 4.5 kilometres of the provincial forest boundary.  The agency is also encouraging municipalities to […]

The Saskatchewan government says it has filed for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting carbon levy dollars the province owes.  Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre didn’t provide details but says Ottawa is coming after Saskatchewan’s bank account. She argues it’s unconstitutional for the federal government to take money from provinces. The announcement […]

Essentially the message from the Sask Party Government is “we will see you in court.” All of this comes from the federal government’s Clean Energy Regulations (CER). A tribunal called the “Sask First Tribunal” was hand picked by the provincial government to review regulations like this, and the potential impact on Saskatchewan and the economy. […]

Prairie South School Division has accumulated over $1 million in unpaid salaries because of teachers’ job action activities, but the province will claw back that funding once the contract situation is settled. Division administration presented a third-quarter financial update during the recent June board meeting, along with a forecast for the rest of the school […]

The state of Highway 123 leading into Cumberland House has forced the community to declare a state of emergency. Recent rains have washed out the highway, limiting emergency supplies and service access to the village and nearby First Nation. The community says the health and well-being of members are in jeopardy, and they call on […]

Addressing the need for more child care spaces in Saskatchewan was the goal of an announcement made in Regina Monday. Two Federal ministers — Hon. Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and Hon. Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, were there to announce $27.7 million over a four year span, including $19.1 million […]

The province and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency provided a sneak peek at the type of land-based tanker aircraft coming to their fleet in the coming years. At an event at the Regina airport, details were released on four re-purposed land-based airtanker aircraft that will start joining the fleet in 2025 through the end of […]

REGINA – Opposition leader Carla Beck is back in Regina after being in the nation’s capital Ottawa last week. Beck was there to attend the Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Conference meetings. But the governing Sask Party have tried to make political hay out of Beck’s attendance in recent days by portraying the Saskatchewan NDP as propping […]