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STF and SSBA have mixed reactions to education budget
President of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Samantha Becotte speaking to reporters after the 2024/2025 budget. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner) On the same day that thousands of teachers were s...
Mar 21, 2024
No affordability measures leave Sask. NDP and more disappointed by provincial budget
Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon respond to the provincial budget. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner/CKRM) A total of $20.1 billion was invested in this year's Provincial...
Mar 21, 2024
Lack of retention measures leaves healthcare union unimpressed by 2024/25 provincial budget
This year's Saskatchewan budget delivers a total of $7.59 billion, an increase of $726.4 million or 10.6 per cent in health care. The budget expands patient care and services to meet the increasing de...
Mar 20, 2024
Provincial budget: Classrooms, care, communities and a deficit
The 2024-25 Saskatchewan provincial budget features major spending on education, health care, municipalities and capital investments - and has a deficit to go along with it. A projected deficit o...
Mar 20, 2024
Teacher protests could overshadow budget release
The Saskatchewan Party government is set to release its 2024 budget on a day that could be overshadowed by teacher protests. Premier Scott Moe says more dollars are to be spent on clas...
Mar 20, 2024
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in teacher labour dispute
The escalating labour dispute between teachers and the Sask Party Government has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it's frustrating the adults c...
Mar 19, 2024
Teachers Launch Provincewide Ban on Extra-Curricular Activities
Teachers in Saskatchewan have begun a two day ban on participation in extra curricular activities at school. This will effect sports teams, dram clubs and many other before and after school programs. ...
Mar 05, 2024
Gender and Pronoun Law being challenged in court
A judge will be hearing a legal challenge over a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. The law was put in place and is protec...
Jan 10, 2024
Saskatchewan auditor reports longer waits for neurosurgeries; more homelessness
Saskatchewan's auditor says wait times have spiked for people needing brain and spine surgeries, and there has been a sharp increase in detox clients reporting they are homeless. Tara Clemett said in ...
Dec 06, 2023
Government Making Changes to Social Assistance Programs
The provincial government is replacing the Saskatchewan Employment Supplement, and the Child Care Subsidy with a new program Its called the "The Saskatchewan Employment Incentive". "The Saskatche...
Nov 08, 2023