The provincial government announced 17 more cases of COVID-19 on Saskatchewan Day Monday. Of those 17 cases, nine of them so far have been determined to be from Hutterite from colonies across Saskatchewan. Six of the new cases come from the south, while five were found in the central, four people in the north tested […]
The Saskatchewan NDP called on the Saskatchewan government Thursday, to address COVID-19 testing backlogs and wait times. Leader Ryan Meili says that without property testing capacity, the province won’t be able to reopen safely. “If we’re going to be successful in reopening our economy, if we’re going to be successful in reopening our schools, having […]
Ring Road’s southern bend is much brighter after the completion of an expressway lighting project between Assiniboine Avenue East and Albert Street South. On Tuesday morning, municipal and provincial leaders gathered on the Wascana Parkway overpass above Ring Road to mark the end of the $1.984 million project to improve lighting along the five kilometres […]
The Saskatchewan government has approved the first parcel of work packages to be completed through the province’s Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP) A total of 22 packages will engage up to 50 service companies and spread out work across the province in the Lloydminster, Kindersley, Swift Current and Estevan areas. The work will include 300 […]
The First Nations Trust and the Community Development Corporations, which rely on funds from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority had their bank accounts depleted during COVID-19 and with casinos closed until Thursday, there was no revenue coming in for SIGA as a business or for the Trust or CDCs. That from Chief Reginald Bellerose, who […]
The Government of Saskatchewan, with help from the federal government, and the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), announced they will be replacing 100 rural bridges over the next four years. SARM President Ray Orb says he is excited for the project, adding that this is something they’ve been advocating for a long time. “We’re […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced their plan Friday to open up three new international offices. These offices are set to be in Tokyo, Japan, Singapore, and New Delhi, India, and they are expected to open in the first quarter of 2021. Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison, says that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
The Saskatchewan NDP repeated their call for an inquest into the death of Samwel Uko, and for overall mental health reform on Thursday. NDP Leader Ryan Meili says that the government has ignored mental health care for too long. “We have well to many problems when it comes to accessing mental health care in this […]
With the 2020-21 provincial budget set to be unveiled Monday, Saskatchewan’s largest union is hoping to see funding for public services that have been hit hard by COVID-19. President of CUPE Saskatchewan, Judy Henley, says there has been a lot of concern for the public sector since the pandemic took hold. She is hoping that […]
The provincial government says that disciplinary action will be taken against a Saskatchewan Party employee behind an inappropriate post on social media about China. Earlier this week, a screen shot of a text exchange, showing a conversation about eating dogs and China, was posted to the Instagram account of Alyssa Leippi. Leippi works as an […]
