Provincial News

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 […]

Tupperware Brands, the company that revolutionized food storage decades ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company plans to continue operating and will seek court approval for a sale, it said just before midnight on Tuesday. The company is seeking bankruptcy protection amid growing struggles to revitalize its business. Tupperware sales growth improved during the […]

REGINA – Ward Four Councillor Lori Bresciani is indeed running in Regina’s municipal election — for the top job. Bresciani ended weeks of speculation about her participation in the 2024 municipal election race by launching her campaign Tuesday to become Mayor of Regina at a media event at the Conexus Arts Centre.  In doing so the two-term […]

MOOSOMIN – The Government of Saskatchewan and the Moosomin region have come together to celebrate the completion of a brand-new runway located at the Moosomin Airport. According to a government news release, with the project complete, this runway now allows the local airport to land fixed-wing air ambulances and better positions the southeast of the […]

Damage is still being tallied after a fire broke out in a garage on Retallack Street. Regina Fire and Protective Services were called out to the 2800 block of Retallack around 1:40am this morning. Firefighters say the garage was fully engulfed in flames on arrival, and it was extending to a neighbouring garage. No one […]

PILOT BUTTE – The Saskatchewan Party government touted a growing economy on Monday as they released an update to ‘Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan: The Next Decade of Growth.’ Provincial ministers were in Pilot Butte at Dutch Industries on Monday, whose plant has been undergoing expansion. Cabinet ministers including Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison, Energy […]

REGINA – A memorandum of understanding was signed Monday marking a first step towards more affordable home ownership options in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood. The MOU is between the Government of Saskatchewan, the City of Regina, and Silver Sage Housing Corporation to guide collaboration towards an affordable rent-to-own program in that area of the city. […]

Canada’s inflation rate fell to two per cent last month, finally hitting the Bank of Canada’s target after a tumultuous battle with skyrocketing price growth. The annual inflation rate fell from 2.5 per cent in July to reach the lowest level since February 2021. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index report on Tuesday attributed the slowdown […]

Members of Parliament held an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces. Six First Nations people have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face his cabinet today after losing yet another long-held Liberal seat. Trudeau’s Liberals were hopeful they could retain the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, but those hopes were dashed after the Bloc Québécois won it in an extremely tight three-way race with the NDP. The Montreal race was widely viewed on […]