The Official Opposition feels that the latest provincial budget neglects both the cost-of-living and healthcare crisis and that the government will fall short of its 2030 jobs target. The NDP said this is due to no tax relief, new tax credits or benefits for families, and no reversal of the Sask. Party’s recent energy and […]
Local leaders and healthcare workers are feeling left out of healthcare decisions. That is the message from the Offical Opposition two weeks into their Health Solution Tour. Health Critic Vicki Mowat calls on the government to bring back the Community Health Advisory Networks that were dismantled when the health regions amalgamated into the single Saskatchewan […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada’s premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going into the talks with an open mind, no red line and a willingness to sign one-on-one agreements with Ottawa for more money. British Columbia Premier David Eby says […]
Canada’s unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in August, ticking up for the first time in seven months. The economy lost 40,000 jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported in its latest labour force survey, with the losses concentrated in the public sector. The report says employment gains in professional, scientific and technical services were offset […]
The housing market has cooled a little in Saskatchewan, especially when its compared to last year. According to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, sales province-wide were 1547 sales in April, down from the hot April of 2021. The increase in interest rates is one of the reasons, but the bigger one is a lack of inventory, […]
