Lack of retention measures leaves healthcare union unimpressed by 2024/25 provincial budget

Lack of retention measures leaves healthcare union unimpressed by 2024/25 provincial budget

Mar 20, 2024 | 8:33pm
This year’s Saskatchewan budget delivers a total of $7.59 billion, an increase of $726.4 million or 10.6 per cent in health care. The budget expands patient care and services to meet the increasing demands of a growing population, increases access to primary care through support for physicians, nurse practitioners, and other health professions, and funds […]
Hoopla tournament officially cancelled, one-day provincial championship to take place

Hoopla tournament officially cancelled, one-day provincial championship to take place

Mar 20, 2024 | 3:34pm
While the Hoopla 2024 Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association basketball championship has been cancelled, teams from throughout the province will have a chance to play for medals based on their seeding during a one-day tournament running all day Saturday at gyms throughout the city. SHSAA Press Release As of 3 pm this afternoon, there has […]
Cloudy, chilly & chance of flurries

Cloudy, chilly & chance of flurries

Mar 20, 2024 | 3:33pm
Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip         Tonight Cloudy   Wind: E-NE 10 km/h Low: -10° 20% Thursday Cloudy   Wind: E 10-20 km/h High: -4° 20% Thursday Night Cloudy – flurries   Wind: N-NE 10-20 km/h Low: -13° 30% Friday Becoming mostly sunny   Wind: N 15-25 km/h High: -4° 20% Saturday […]
SJHL announces 2023/24 League Award Winners

SJHL announces 2023/24 League Award Winners

Mar 20, 2024 | 2:56pm
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League are pleased to announce their individual league award winners for the 2023/24 season. Battlefords North Stars forward Kian Bell (pictured above) was the big winner with two awards capturing his 2nd straight league Most Valuable Player and Top Forward award. Bell came back from an early stint this season with […]
Budget 2024: Increased funding for Ag Ministry to support risk management programs & research

Budget 2024: Increased funding for Ag Ministry to support risk management programs & research

Mar 20, 2024 | 2:15pm
Agriculture is getting a boost as the 2024-25 Provincial Budget, released Wednesday afternoon, increases funding for the Ministry by 4.1 percent to $570.6-million. Expenses for the Ministry of Agriculture for 2024-25 will be $1.5-billion. The Budget invests in programs, including a suite of business-management programs, services, and agricultural research.”Our province’s agriculture sector is the backbone […]
Provincial budget: Classrooms, care, communities and a deficit

Provincial budget: Classrooms, care, communities and a deficit

Mar 20, 2024 | 2:15pm
The 2024-25 Saskatchewan provincial budget features major spending on education, health care, municipalities and capital investments — and has a deficit to go along with it. A projected deficit of $273.2 million is forecast in the budget tabled by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer in the legislature Wednesday. It is the final budget of her […]
Closing Grain Prices Wednesday, March 20

Closing Grain Prices Wednesday, March 20

Mar 20, 2024 | 1:55pm
Durum                          387.37  Feed barley                  225.58  Canola                          609.12 Chickpeas                     992.08 Flax          […]
Tuesday was Agriculture Awareness Day in Manitoba

Tuesday was Agriculture Awareness Day in Manitoba

Mar 20, 2024 | 12:14pm
The Manitoba government is celebrating Agriculture Awareness Day by partnering with Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba (AITC-M) to deliver programming to 7,400 Manitoba students about the importance of agriculture, Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today. “Today is about celebrating the Manitobans who work hard every day to produce high quality food,” said Kostyshyn. “Agriculture is […]
Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died at age 52

Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died at age 52

Mar 20, 2024 | 11:59am
Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died. He was 52. Simon died Monday night in his hometown of Wawa, Ontario, a spokesperson for the NHL Players’ Association who has been in touch with the late forward’s agent, said Tuesday. Simon died by suicide, his family said Wednesday. Simon’s family blamed his death on CTE, the degenerative […]
We’ve budgeted lower temperatures in the forecast for this week #strong

We’ve budgeted lower temperatures in the forecast for this week #strong

Mar 20, 2024 | 11:36am
Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip Today Cloud and some sunny breaks   Wind: SE becoming E-NE 10-20 km/h High: -5° 20% Tonight Cloudy   Wind: E-NE 10 km/h Low: -10° 20% Thursday Cloudy   Wind: E 10-20 km/h High: -4° 20% Thursday Night Cloudy – flurries   Wind: N-NE 10-20 km/h Low: -13° 30% Friday […]

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