Saskatchewan is to soon gain control of the carbon pricing charge that shows up on residents power bills. But Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government are still mulling over how that new revenue should be spent. Since 2019, a carbon backstop has been placed on Saskatchewan Power Corporation bills to account for its greenhouse gas emissions. The money […]
People living in Manitou Beach are without Sask Tel internet, cell phone, and landline service this hour. Its effecting homes and businesses. The Community of Watrous to the south also is without land lines. Sask Tel apologizes for the outage, and they have teams working on the problem. There is no estimate on when service […]
Tisdale RCMP investigating a head on collision between two pickup trucks that left one man dead. The crash occurred on Tuesday on Highway 35 at 10 am. Tisdale RCMP received a report of a collision on Highway #35, approximately 8 kilometres south of the junction with Highway #335 in the RM of Connaught. The driver […]
You can add another 3.3 million dollars to revenue for the government of Saskatchewan. The government held its subsurface mineral offering this week, selling 10 of these subsurface permit blocks, covering more than 136thousand hectares. The highest bid was $2.7 million from Windfall Resources Ltd. for a 33,704.330 hectare block 30 kilometers north of Moose […]
27 year old Nickolaos James Velikas of Regina is now facing charges for evading police and possesion of a substance after a chase led to the man falling off a roof. Regina city police attempted a traffic stop on 8th avenue and Ephinstone with the vehicle evading police and later crashing into another car with […]
All large greenhouse gas emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be regulated by the provincial government after Ottawa ruled the plan meets national standards. Saskatchewan and Ottawa jointly announced Tuesday that the federal output-based pricing system for industry will no longer apply in the province starting in 2023. This comes after Saskatchewan applied to have natural […]
The City of Regina has released its proposed budgets for 2023 and 2024. The first-muti-year budget proposes a tax increase of 4.67 per cent for 2023 and 4.66 per cent for 2024. The average home valued at $315,000 would mean an increase of $104.64 annually in 2024 and $109.32 in 2024. The City said the […]
We’re experiencing a warm November in the province (Cue celebratory music!) After a beautiful Grey Cup weekend – it appears mother nature intends to keep spoiling the province with more positive temperatures over the next few days. The mercury will continue to climb to close out this week. With Friday temperatures for Regina being forecast […]
A report from Statistics Canada shows the national homicide rate has increased for a third consecutive year and nearly one-quarter of killings in 2021 were connected to gangs. There were 788 homicides in the country last year – up three per cent from 2020. It marked the highest rate of homicides in Canada since 2005. […]
The RCMP are searching for a 19 year old man in connection to a murder that took place in eastern Saskatchewan. 19 year old Edgar Kakakaway Jr. is wanted for his involvement in the murder of a 16 year old man from the Cote First Nation. Kakakaway Jr. is being described as 6 feet tall, […]
