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The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is encouraged by Budget 2025-26. Based on a preliminary review, it reflects commitments made in the Throne Speech and will make some gains towards restoring per-student funding. “This is another step in the right direction,” says STF President Samantha Becotte. “In last fall’s election, the STF asked parties to invest in public education […]

REGINA – The 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget is balanced. That is the big story to emerge from the release of the 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget, which was officially tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. In his budget address Finance Minister Jim Reiter confirmed the province will have a projected $12 million surplus.  Total […]

REGINA – As concerns are being raised over the release of Jared Charles into the community, the Regina Police Service (RPS) held a media availability on Wednesday regarding the matter. Charles, who was released on Tuesday, has a criminal history of violent sexual offences and kidnapping involving children. According to RPS deputy chief Lorilee Davies, […]

Statistics Canada says the population grew to 41,528,680 people as of Jan. 1 as the pace of growth continued to slow after peaking in the third quarter of 2023. The total number of people was up 63,382 compared with Oct. 1, 2024, for a quarterly growth rate of 0.2 per cent. The agency says it […]

REGINA – The budget documents are ready and printed and the new shoes are ready to be worn for Finance Minister Jim Reiter’s first Saskatchewan provincial budget on Wednesday. As is tradition, the printed budget books were delivered to Reiter in the finance minister’s office on Tuesday afternoon, one day before Reiter is set to rise […]

A new survey says roughly half of domestic manufacturers say they can weather a trade war that lasts more than a year. The poll by KPMG in Canada survey says 54 per cent of manufacturers surveyed said they will be able to withstand a tariff war with the U.S. that lasts more than one year. […]

The Saskatchewan government says Crown corporations are supporting the province’s steelworkers by buying local steel. It says SaskPower, the electrical utility, has negotiated with Evraz North America to purchase 10,000 tons of steel from the company’s mill in Regina.  The steel is to be used for the construction of transmission structures and other infrastructure. SaskEnergy, […]

The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government’s temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That marks a sizeable jump from the 1.9 per cent increase seen in January, when Canadians saw GST and HST taken off a variety of household […]

REGINA – There has been an increase number of phone scams in the last few weeks, according to the Regina Police Service (RPS). These scams “will claim the victims’ computers are being compromised, and they are facing charges if funds are not secured to prove their identity,” they said. The scammers will get the victims […]

SASKATCHEWAN – The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit is investigating the highest number of reports of child sexual abuse material it has ever received. These files include investigating crimes involving the abuse and/or exploitation of infants, children and teens on the Internet. During the 2021-2022 year*, the unit had 853 new files come in. […]