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Higher gasoline prices drove Canada’s inflation rate to 4.0 per cent in August, making it the second month in a row inflation has risen. Statistics Canada released its consumer price index report Tuesday, which shows the annual rate rose from 3.3 per cent in July. Saskatchewan saw inflation jump a bit, with the rate going […]

A Saskatchewan judge is to hear an injunction application that seeks to halt the province’s policy affecting children who use different pronouns at school.  Lawyers for UR Pride, an organization representing LGBTQ people in Regina, are to argue in favour of the injunction. The lawyers from Egale Canada and McCarthy Tétrault LLP say the policy […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian intelligence services are investigating “credible” information about “a potential link” between the government of India and the murder of British Columbia Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar was shot outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. Members of the Sikh community in Canada accused the Indian government […]

Officers with a beleaguered Saskatchewan police force were warned about harassing behaviour in the weeks before their police chief accused members of personal attacks and character assassination, internal documents show. Jonathan Bergen announced he was retiring as chief of the Prince Albert Police Service last May saying he was the subject of “cowardly” attacks.  “What I don’t expect […]

The battle between the rights of parents and the rights of kids is set to playout in a Saskatchewan courtroom. A judge is expected to hear lawyer submissions in the the legal battle this week. The policy – brings forward protections for parental rights – claims the Saskatchewan Party – with Scott Moe Doubling down on […]

This past weekend, the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce handed out the annual ABEX (Achievement in Business Excellence) Awards in Saskatoon. As part of the celebration of the best in business in Saskatchewan, the Hill Companies were inducted into the Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame.  The Hill Companies trace their roots to “McCallum Hill” which was […]

The City of Regina is set to see a slight deficit for 2023. A report brought forward before city council last week showed that the Mid-Year 2023 General Operating Fund forecasts a small year-end deficit of $237,000; however, that doesn’t include a recently received from SaskPower of a $5.2 million liability that the City is […]

Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Those opposed say the issue is not about the rights of parents at all, but rather the protection of children — particularly […]

Members of Parliament will return to their seats in the House of Commons on Monday as the governing Liberals lay out new housing and cost-of-living initiatives hoping to end the beating their party is taking in the polls. While the Conservatives, whose own poll numbers are shining, return with a spring in their step, the […]

Regina’s first Rapid Housing Initiative project was officially opened at a ribbon-cutting ceremony late last week. The misatimosimôwin mîhkowâp (Horse Dance Lodge) is a 29-unit permanent supportive housing facility for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in Regina. The project broke ground in September last year with collaborations from the Silver Sage Housing […]