Saskatchewan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Manitoba and Alberta, to move Saskatchewan farm and manufactured products more efficiently. The 3 provinces will work together to improve inter-provincial highway and rail networks, and harmonize regulations to support businesses, industries, and shippers, to keep their respective economies competitive. They will also call on the federal […]
Regina residents and city council are at a crossroads over where to put a new multi-purpose event centre. Through many public consultations and surveys, most residents have opposed seeing the centre in the City’s downtown. However, Regina’s city council voted last month to pass all of the City’s catalyst committee recommendations, including putting the replacement […]
Canada is facing a shortage of farmers, and a report says the country will need to accept 30-thousand permanent immigrants by 2033 to take over existing farms and greenhouses or establish their own. The report from the Royal Bank, the Boston Consulting Group Centre for Canada’s Future and Arrell Food Institute at the University […]
While the headline for this story should probably read – “Saskatchewan finally crawls out from longest winter on record” – hyperbole and weather don’t often mix. What we can report is that Environment and Climate Change meteorologist Brian Luzy confirmed that indeed – spring has sprung on the prairie. The temperatures this week are trending […]
March 2023 goes into the record books as the driest ever on record in Regina and Yorkton. In Regina, Environment Canada says there was only a trace of moisture during the month of March, the lowest in 137 years of records. Usually, Regina, Yorkton and Moose Jaw have about 20 millimeters of precipitation in March. […]
The second homicide of the year has taken place in Regina. Yesterday police were called to a report of a dead person on the 1600 block of Rae Street. Charges have now been laid against one man as that suspicious death has officially been ruled a homicide by Regina City Police and the Coroners office. […]
Church bells are to ring today in Humboldt at the same time as the deadly bus crash brought unimaginable tragedy to the small Saskatchewan city five years ago. The bells at St. Augustine Church are to toll 29 times — one for each person who was on the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos on April […]
The 2023 Spring road weight restrictions come into force in Saskatchewan on Good Friday, April 7. These restrictions are used by the province and rural municipalities to reduce potential damage to the highway system. Highways minister Jeremy Cockrill says weight restrictions prevent damage during spring thaw to pavement and the ground beneath the road. […]
The Saskatchewan government says approximately 147 acres of Crown Minerals rights will be transferred to Cowessess First Nation. The province says the transfer is under the Cowessess Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement. The minister responsible for First Nations, Metis relations and Northern Affairs, Don McMorris, says the treaty land entitlement process is in place […]
Half a million dollars has been set aside this year by the Water Security Agency to help rural residents avoid possible flooding in 2023. Patrick Boyle with the Water Security Agency says the emergency flood damage reduction program is available to communities, rural municipalities and rural residents. Boyle says the support is made on a […]
