Saskatchewan News

A new pilot program has been developed to deal with two issues at the same time, removing derelict buildings in rural municipalities and providing training opportunities for local volunteer fire departments. Details were announced Tuesday at the beginning of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual convention in Saskatoon. Derelict buildings pose public safety and […]

A new pilot program has been developed to deal with two issues at the same time, removing derelict buildings in rural municipalities and providing training opportunities for local volunteer fire departments. Details were announced Tuesday at the beginning of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual convention in Saskatoon. Derelict buildings pose public safety and […]

MOOSE JAW — City council has rejected the Moose Jaw Police Service’s 2025 budget request because of how expensive it is and has sent the document to the police commission for further refinement. Council unanimously approved a motion during its Jan. 20 budget meeting to decline the police service’s 2025 operating and capital budgets requests that the […]

MELFORT – A four-month suspension was handed down to Dr. Robert Steffen of Melfort by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan on Nov. 28.   The CPSS held a discipline hearing charges of unprofessional conduct, improper prescribing and dishonesty. The charges were admitted to by Dr. Steffen, according to information provided by the […]

REGINA – Premier Scott Moe and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh aren’t exactly seeing eye to eye when it comes to matching Singh’s call to remove the PST on essential items. Earlier this week, Singh said he had written provincial premiers calling on them to match his pledge to remove the GST from daily essentials […]

CARLYLE — Construction of the new Bekevar Wind Energy Facility north of Moose Mountain Provincial Park is complete, says SaskPower in a news release Friday morning. Owned and operated by Bekevar Wind LP, a limited partnership between Innagreen Investments and Awasis Nehiyawewini Energy Development Limited Partnership, a wholly-owned Cowesses First Nation entity, the wind facility […]

REGINA — November is Financial Literacy Month and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) is providing some helpful reminders for investors and consumers with a social media campaign. “Financial literacy is important at any age,” FCAA Chair and CEO Roger Sobotkiewicz said. “Financial Literacy Month aims to bolster financial education and awareness […]

REGINA – Opposition Leader Carla Beck has announced the NDP shadow cabinet and all their MLAs will have a critic role. The entire expanded caucus of 27 NDP MLAs will be in the shadow cabinet, facing the 16 Sask Party cabinet ministers. In addition to being the Opposition Leader, Beck will take on Agriculture and […]

Elections Saskatchewan has finished counting all the returns from the Oct. 28 general election, with the results showing higher voter turnout than last time.  The elections management body says more than 56 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots, which is higher than the 52 per cent who voted in 2020. Elections Saskatchewan counted the majority of the ballots […]

MOOSE JAW — During her appointment speech, 15 Wing’s new Honorary Colonel (HCol) Crystal Froese — who will now be responsible for serving as an interface between the military community and residents of Moose Jaw during a three-year term — shared some history that underlines the valuable role played by Moose Jaw’s military base on Oct. 1. […]