Provincial News

MOOSE JAW – City administration is predicting that the 2025 budget could see a deficit of nearly $410,000, while the minimum municipal tax hike that taxpayers could face is around four per cent. City administration kicked off the 2025 budget discussions by presenting a preliminary budget review during the Sept. 23 executive committee meeting. Money […]

The Saskatchewan RCMP has arrested a man in connection with an incident where shots were fired at a motorist who was attempting to assist another driver on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. The investigation remains active, with authorities urging the public to stay vigilant and report any sightings of a suspect vehicle. The incident occurred on […]

As more producers are finishing up harvest, an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada is encouraging farmers to look for signs of verticillium stripe in their fields as part of their post-harvest work. The soil-borne disease that causes yield loss in canola crops was first reported on the Prairies a decade ago, and […]

REGINA – Opposition New Democrats are levelling a new conflict of interest accusation against Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill, this time for potential insider trading. At an NDP media availability outside the Legislature, their ethics and democracy critic Meara Conway told reporters Cockrill was now under a second active investigation from the Conflict of Interest Commissioner […]

REGINA — Statistics Canada data show Saskatchewan’s trade relationship with the United Kingdom (UK), France and the Netherlands continued to strengthen in 2023, driven by a demand for uranium. The combined total value of exports for these three nations totalled nearly $1.2 billion. The main driver of these exports was uranium, which accounted for 87.3 […]

MIDALE – A semi hauling a livestock trailer rolled over southeast of Midale on Sept. 21, resulting in injuries to the driver and the death of 22 cattle.  The Estevan RCMP and other emergency crews received a report of the incident at approximately 8 a.m. that day. Officers immediately responded. According to a news release from the […]

UPDATE: Saskatchewan RCMP has determined through an investigation that this incident was non-criminal in nature. Original story MOOSE JAW — On May 27, 2024, Moose Jaw RCMP received a report of a break-and-enter at a camp southeast of Moose Jaw. The investigation determined that at approximately 9 a.m. that day, two suspects entered the camp and attempted […]

Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response is investigating an officer-involved shooting yesterday (Tues) on the Fishing Lake First Nation.  Mounties from several detachments began searching for 34-year-old Joseph “Joey” Desjarlais yesterday (TUES), following reports he was in the Fishing Lake First Nation area.  The Fishing Lake First Nation man was wanted in connection with armed robberies in […]

RM of BAILDON – Rural councillor Jerry Kaiser raised concerns about two properties with excessive junk vehicles, which prompted a legal and privacy dispute with the Rural Municipality (RM) of Baildon. Kaiser, representing Division 5, sought more information from the RM office, but after facing resistance, he enlisted the help of Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner. On Nov. […]

REGINA – The opposition New Democrats are raising alarm bells about overcrowding at Jack Mackenzie School in southeast Regina. At a media event outside the school Tuesday, NDP candidate for Regina-Wascana Plains Brent Blakley and Regina Elphinstone-Centre MLA Meara Conway voiced concern over a news report that the library, dance studio and a teacher’s lounge […]