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The parliamentary budget officer says his updated report on the federal carbon price is largely consistent with his earlier findings, even after adjusting for a previous error.  Yves Giroux says today’s report still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay through the carbon price — but once broader […]

The value of farmland across Canada for the first six months of 2024 increased by 5.5 per cent. That’s according to a mid-year farmland values review done by Farm Credit Canada, which cited elevated borrowing costs and lower commodity prices as factors. FCC says over the last 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024 […]

Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School. After attending USask in Saskatoon, Robinson began work with what was then, Canadian Pacific Rail. After working with TC Pipeline, she returned […]

REGINA – Wednesday’s council meeting at Regina City Hall is the last scheduled meeting of the term, and it promises to be a long one. Council members have agreed to start the meeting at the earlier time of 9 a.m. instead of the usual 1 p.m., to allow time for council to get through a […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sin City will quite literally blow a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that will reduce to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers are expected to tumble in 22 seconds at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The celebration will […]

MOOSE JAW — City hall plans to apply for more than $6 million in federal funding to support upgrades to the library, the art gallery and museum, Golden Ticket Sports Centre and Kinsmen Sportsplex. The department of community services is seeking $6.2 million from Ottawa’s Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) Program to pursue several […]

REGINA – The City of Regina is conducting a survey starting in October to gather information on how its residents travel daily.    Data results will help with future infrastructure decisions, like transit upgrades and road improvements.  R.A Malatest & Associates Ltd, a Canadian Research film, will conduct the survey on behalf of the city.  Certain households across […]

SASKATOON — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on both Sask Party leader Scott Moe and NDP leader Carla Beck to commit to join the government of New Brunswick’s legal challenge against the federal carbon tax. “Both Moe and Beck rightly oppose the federal carbon tax, but they need to take the next step and commit to […]

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in cities across Canada to remember the victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza. In the nation’s capital, a sea of Israeli flags could be seen draped over participants in front of Ottawa City Hall, with Canadian flags waving alongside them […]

SASKATOON — Dr. Cecil King (PhD) was a pioneer in First Nations teacher education throughout Canada and the founding director of the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP) at the University of Saskatchewan. He passed away on May 4, 2022, at the age of 90. “From the early days of ITEP over 50 years ago, our […]