Minister responsible for SaskPower Dustin Duncan was the keynote speaker at the Canadian Electricity Association’s annual symposium in Regina Wednesday. The symposium served as an opportunity for industry leaders to come together and brainstorm solutions to current and future problems in generating power. Duncan said a big focus was the environment and how power companies […]
Moose Jaw Police has dismissed one of its officers. Alan Murdock was dismissed Wednesday afternoon following a number of investigations into multiple allegations of misconduct. According to a release, Murdock is no longer a police officer, is not authorized to engage in any police activities and has none of the authorities vested in a police […]
SaskPower is reacting to the increasing number of power outages in the Regina area. 11 different areas both within the city or in the rural area surrounding Regina experienced unplanned outages sometime this week according to the SaskPower website. President and CEO Mike Marsh says most of the recent outages are wildlife related. “You’re probably […]
The Saskatchewan government says it will continue to track or seize at-risk babies despite a call to stop from the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The inquiry’s final report recommends governments and child-welfare agencies immediately abandon what are known as birth or hospital alerts. Saskatchewan’s Social Services Ministry said the alerts […]
The Trans Mountain Pipeline was given the green light by the federal government on Tuesday, and public safety minister Ralph Goodale said this is good news for all of Canada. After the project was struck down by the federal court of appeal in August, the federal government went back to the drawing board and attempted […]
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his climate plan will be “Canada’s best chance” to hit its targets under the Paris climate-change agreement and that it can happen without a carbon tax. Scheer outlined his climate policy in the backyard of a private home in Chelsea, Que., Wednesday evening, not far from where flooding linked […]
CALGARY — The CEO of the Crown corporation building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says shovels could be in the ground by September following cabinet approval Tuesday of the long-delayed project. Oil could be flowing in new segments of the pipeline between Edmonton and the West Coast by mid-2022, Ian Anderson said, about one year later […]
A Regina man has been sentenced to more jail time, after escaping lawful custody in Yorkton. It happened at about 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, while 25-year-old Joey Tataquason was being transported from Prince Albert to Winnipeg. Court was told Tataquason escaped from the vehicle he was in, while stopped at a red light. Police eventually arrested […]
Several areas along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border including the city of Swift Current have been placed under a severe thunderstorm watch by Environment Canada. The weather office says thunderstorms are expected to develop in western Saskatchewan Wednesday afternoon under a slow-moving low pressure system. Some of these storms may be severe with strong wind gusts, large […]
Saskatchewan’s population has now grown for 52 consecutive quarters. As of April 1, the province had 1,169,131 permanent residents. That is an increase of 10,295 people in the past year and 708 people in the past quarter. “Saskatchewan’s population continues to grow as we welcome newcomers from around the world,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy […]
