Provincial News

New Democrat labour critic Matthew Green says his party will be having “tough conversations” about the future of its agreement with the Liberals at a coming caucus retreat. Two years ago the NDP and Liberals forged a confidence-and-supply agreement, with the New Democrats agreeing to keep the minority government in power until June of next […]

An autopsy is planned for Sept. 3rd in Saskatoon after police found a man dead in Prince Albert.  On Sept. 1st at just before 9 a.m., Prince Albert Police Service responded to the 1200 block of 28th Street East to assist Parkland Ambulance who was responding to a man who was not conscious and not […]

REGINA – Premier Scott Moe seemed unfazed this week on word that the Conflict of Interest Commissioner has launched an investigation into MLAs Gary Grewal and Jeremy Cockrill. “Well there’s a process there, the conflict of interest commissioner is there to protect MLAs” said Moe to reporters Wednesday. “There’s a process there where they would […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Concerns raised after Via Rail passengers stranded A tourist visiting Canada is questioning the safety of Via Rail after he says his phone was snatched from him by an employee when he was documenting a train delay that […]

WEYBURN – Producers in the southeast were making good progress in their fields before large storms halted some harvest operations. These storms caused delays and damage by blowing around swaths, lodging crops, flooding, and hailed out crops. The harvest in the southeast region is 28 percent completed, but in the Weyburn region and to the […]

Farm cash receipts from crops decreased in the first six months of the year as compared to 2023 while livestock receipts were higher. According to Statistics Canada, farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled $47.4 billion in the first two quarters of the year, down $1.6 billion from the previous year. Crop receipts fell $3.3 […]

REGINA – Opposition New Democrats have sounded the alarm about the future of the Evraz plant in Regina. Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck stood alongside steelworkers at a media event outside the plant on Wednesday. At that event Beck told reporters the plant workers were uncertain and in the dark about their future. “Not a peep […]

REGINA – Construction of the new parkade for Regina General Hospital has reached the milestone of 80 per cent completion. Government officials including Premier Scott Moe, Health Minister Everett Hindley, and Minister for SaskBuilds Terry Jenson marked the occasion at a media event inside the parkade Wednesday afternoon. The structure itself is now up on […]

A care home worker accused of sexually assaulting residents is facing multiple charges. RCMP allege at least four adult residents were assaulted or threatened by the woman at the facility in Wilkie, west of Saskatoon,  between January 2023 and February of this year. Mounties say the accused is no longer working at the care home. Jaclyn […]

A Saskatchewan First Nation has issued an evacuation order for another of its communities as a fast-moving wildfire approaches. Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation says it has ordered the evacuation of Southend, a community of more than 1,100 people in northeastern Saskatchewan. Officials say the Merkley fire has forced the closure of the only road into the community. They […]