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An employee of the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) was fired after it was found that a fraudulent scheme led to a loss of over $15,000 of public funds. The Government of Saskatchewan said that the employee had been simultaneously employed by an external organization while receiving payment for shifts from the SHA. The employee’s actions […]

The federal and provincial governments announced 23.5 million to create 2,349 new regulated childcare spaces across the province. Funding for the newly announced spaces has been allocated to 51 organizations in 41 communities that will either build new facilities or add new spaces within their existing facilities. The province will be looking to fund nearly […]

With contract bargaining negotiations stalling, late last week, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation revealed the results of a vote on sanctions. Ninety per cent of teachers voted, 95 per cent voted for job sanctions. NDP education critic Matt Love said the vote for sanctions totals means teachers are united despite what he said are attempts by […]

The Saskatchewan Party government has announced two programs that aim to make homeownership more affordable and increase the availability of rental units. The government says one program is to rebate up to 42 per cent of the provincial sales tax that’s paid on the purchase of a newly constructed home. The rebate is available for […]

While the Government of Saskatchewan is making many amendments to its Education Act, including the much-talked-about pronoun policy, another possible change will make it mandatory for schools to fly the provincial flag. The Government of Saskatchewan is amending The Education Act 1995 to make flying the Saskatchewan flag mandatory at elementary and high schools across […]

The Saskatchewan government will use the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution and pass legislation this fall to ensure the province’s pronoun policy remains in place, Premier Scott Moe said Thursday. Moe made the comment shortly after a judge granted an injunction to pause the policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to […]

Premier Scott Moe is not backing down from the government’s pronoun policy despite calls from teachers worried it violates their code of ethics and a report from the province’s Children’s Advocate that says the policy violates children’s rights. “I would say they should have discussions with whoever their superiors are on how those policies will […]

Saskatchewan says it has not been contacted by Ottawa about security concerns with a key trade partner since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made allegations that India’s government played a role in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Trudeau revealed in the House of Commons on Monday that Canadian intelligence services are investigating credible information about […]

Saskatchewan added 2,800 jobs last month, the third most in the country, seeing the province’s labour force climbing to an all-time high of 632,800. Comparing year-over-year, the province added 4,600 jobs according to the newly released labour force figures from Statistics Canada. While Saskatchewan saw its labour force grow, its unemployment rate increased for the […]

A report from the Fraser Insitute that looked at public school funding between the 2012-13 and 2020-21 school years shows that Saskatchewan was one of just two provinces that saw a decrease in inflation-adjusted per-student funding. While other provinces saw increases, Saskatchewan saw a 10 per cent decrease in per-student funding. The Fraser Institute highlighted […]