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China has announced an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola imports today in response to Canada planning to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum. In a news release, China’s Ministry of Commerce says it is launching an anti-discrimination investigation into the tariffs and an anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola imports as well as […]

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 […]

Producers have made good progress with harvest over the past week with 25 per cent of the crop now harvested, ahead of the 5-year average of 21 per cent. The storms brought strong winds and heavy hail and in some areas, the hail was as large as golf balls, resulting in total crop loss for […]

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 […]

Harvest continues in winter cereals, spring cereals, and peas. A limited number of canola fields have been harvested, mostly in the Central and Eastern regions. Yield reports range from 40-110 bu/acre for fall rye and winter wheat, 25-90 bu/acre in spring wheat, 80-180 bu/acre in oat, and 90-115 bu/acre in barley. Reported pea yields range […]