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It may have drivers gripping the steering wheel a little tighter, but producers will love this built in moisture for the spring. Snowfall warnings are up all across Saskatchewan from just south of the Trans-Canada Highway Corridor, to well north of Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Regina is expecting to get another four centimetres of snow […]

Canada Post says it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter compared with a loss before tax of $290 million a year earlier. The corporation says revenue growth in its direct marketing did not make up for a drop in its parcels results. The financial results come as Canada Post deals with a […]

REGINA – Premier Scott Moe and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh aren’t exactly seeing eye to eye when it comes to matching Singh’s call to remove the PST on essential items. Earlier this week, Singh said he had written provincial premiers calling on them to match his pledge to remove the GST from daily essentials […]

Three Saskatchewan-based credit unions have announced they are exploring a potential merger. Conexus Credit Union, Cornerstone Credit Union, and Synergy Credit Union confirmed they are considering a merger in a news release issued Wednesday. According to that statement, the three credit unions are aiming to “create a stronger, more resilient province-wide credit union that evolves […]

Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP says Premier Scott Moe’s government needs to address high food prices and pause the gas tax in light of recent scurvy cases in the province’s North.  News website larongeNow reported last week that doctors in the community had treated 27 cases of scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, over the last six […]

 Update, Nov. 19, 3:36 p.m.: Between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, Saskatchewan RCMP received 44 reports of motor vehicle collisions and incidents through the province. The most common of these incidents were vehicles in the ditch and jackknifed semis. No injuries have been reported to police at this time. The southbound lanes of […]

A parking ban on Regina’s snow routes will begin at 6 a.m. tomorrow, and last until 6 a.m. Thursday. The ban helps road crews plow efficiently from curb to curb, enhancing traffic flow and emergency access. Snow routes are marked by blue signs with a white snowflake. Parked vehicles during the ban may be ticketed […]

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in October rose eight per cent compared with September. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 240,761 units in October, up from 223,391 in September. The increase came as the annual pace of urban housing starts […]

Two men are to stand trial on human smuggling charges this week, almost three years after a family from India was found frozen to death on the border between Manitoba and Minnesota. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being part of a large operation that brought Indian nationals to Canada on student […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has left Peru for the G20 summit in Brazil as Ottawa seeks its place in a rift between the United States and booming economies in the developing world. The Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum with leaders ranging from long-standing allies such as French President Emmanuel Macron to populist firebrands […]