Overspending and overtaxing has become common place amongst Canadian governments. A C-D Howe Institute study from 2000-to-2018 finds accumulated spending by provincial and federal governments went beyond budget predictions by $91-billion, an average of almost $2,500 for each citizen. The 18-year probe by the Canadian economic think-tank also discovered total taxation exceeded $142-billion or nearly […]
Saskatchewan’s newest lieutenant governor has been sworn in following a ceremony on Thursday morning at Government House. Russell B. Mirasty is the province’s 23rd lieutenant governor, taking over for W. Thomas Molloy who recently passed away from pancreatic cancer. Related Article: Russell Mirasty named Saskatchewan’s new lieutenant-governor Mirasty is the former commander of the RCMP’s […]
The chair of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says hail claims have been pouring in this month from farmers, mostly in the southern part of the Saskatchewan grainbelt. He says there are over 820 claims across the prairies, with more than half from Saskatchewan during the past 2 weeks. He says areas affected […]
October 21st is less than a 100 days away, that’s when Canadians will take to the polls for the federal election. With that date slowly inching closer and closer, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer made an appearance in Saskatoon Wednesday afternoon and shared with the local business community what some of his election platform will look […]
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Kamsack, Canora and Preeceville areas. Environment Canada says there are also funnel cloud advisories out for areas like Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Humboldt, Melfort and Nipawin. A complete list of what areas are under the advisory and what areas are under the warning can be found here
Regina Police will start issuing more tickets this summer, but this time, some people will be happy to receive them. Police will be handing out positive tickets to kids who are observed or reported doing good things in the community. Police Chief Evan Bray said it could be something as simple as having good manners. […]
An investigation is underway to identify the person involved in a fatal cabin fire. RCMP say at about 4:00am Sunday morning, officers were called to a structure fire in Cochin. Police say a small cabin had caught fire with one person trapped inside. The fire is not suspicious and the identity of the person inside […]
OTTAWA — Several hundred Canadian millennials plan to rally in at least 30 cities across the country today, demanding a federal leaders’ debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with the group Our Time, says the science is clear that humanity only has 11 years to get a grip on greenhouse-gas emissions before […]
The city of Regina is reacting to Tuesday night’s massive rain event that flooded underpasses on Albert and Broad Street. The city says work is scheduled for the Albert street underpass for sometime in 2021 or 2022 to prevent or limit the water build up in that area. Director of Water Works, Pat Wilson, said […]
Complaints lodged against the comedy act of Williams and Ree are being looked at by Country Thunder organizers. FSIN is calling on the country music festival to remove the pair after some racist comments during the show at Craven last week. In a statement, Country Thunder GM Kim Blevins says it is a concern they […]
