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REGINA – It was a familiar story for Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. at Regina City Hall on Wednesday, as they were back with another request for money. This time REAL officials including acting CEO Roberta Engel, board chair Niki Anderson and Charlene Callander, Interim Board Member, made a request for an additional operating grant of […]

The latest Premier popularity ratings from Angus Reid have just dropped, and after being in the top third for most of the last six years, Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe is now fifth in the country at 45 per cent.  People in each province were asked about their approval of their premiers. Moe is behind Wab Kinew’s […]

SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Rare Earth Processing Facility located in Saskatoon is ahead of schedule and produced rare earth metals at a commercial scale in summer 2024. According to SRC, Saskatchewan is the first and only jurisdiction to do so in North America. Using in-house developed, state-of-the-art, automated technology in metal smelting, […]

REGINA – Despite a multitude of concerns aired by several delegations at City Hall, Executive Committee has voted yes to sending the latest proposed location for a Permanent Emergency Shelter Project to council next week.  Council members on Wednesday voted 5-2 to a recommendation to approve a lease of 1600 Halifax Street to Regina Treaty/Status Indian […]

MOOSE JAW — Filmmaker Robert (Bob) Barrett spent nearly two years making a documentary about the Royal Canadian Air Force’s history, and one thing he discovered was its personnel are high-calibre role models for their communities. The Toronto-based documentarian began shooting “Wings of Honour: A Century of the Royal Canadian Air Force” in 2022, where […]

MOOSE JAW — Changes are coming to the Events Centre that will affect not only box office hours and concession payments but also re-entry rules, which will prevent fans and concertgoers from taking smoke breaks during events.    The transition to no re-entry started in March with live events and concerts at the venue, while […]

SASKATOON – Second update: Police reported on Sept. 18 that another woman has been charged in relation to the homicide that occurred Aug. 16.  On Sept. 16, police arrested and charged  a 27-year-old Saskatoon woman for being accessory after the fact to murder. The woman was also charged with indecently interfere with and offer indignity to human remains. The woman […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John David “JD” Souther, a prolific songwriter and musician who helped shape the country-rock sound that took root in Southern California in the 1970s with his collaborations with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, has died at the age of 78. Souther, who collaborated on some of the Eagles’ biggest hits, such […]

REGINA – The horses are coming up to the starting gate, but how are things looking with respect to a provincial election? Sask Today spoke to Tom McIntosh, Professor on Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, about where things stand right now in provincial politics. It is a unique time in provincial […]

India is continuing to allow Canadian yellow peas to come into the country restriction-free from October 31st to December 31st this year. India’s Directorate of Foreign Trade published the order on Friday.  The Indian government originally lifted the duties on pea imports in December 2023 until it expired this spring. However, that was extended to […]