“I was exhausted”. That was the reason Sask Party Finance Minister Donna Harpauer gave for using a private plane to fly from Regina to the North Battleford, and then on to her constituency in Humboldt. The flight cost just under $8,000.00. The Finance Minister had just delivered the provincial budget, and was booked for a […]
Canada’s drug regulator approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country. Health Canada now says the Moderna vaccine can be given to young children between the ages of six months and five years old in doses one-quarter the size of that approved […]
Costs for everything are going up, and here are a couple of more things you will be potentially paying more for. First, Sask Power has been given the green light by the Sask Rate Review Panel to increase rates for customers. After an increase April 1st of this year , the Rate Review Panel is […]
76 percent of the crop has been seeded in Saskatchewan, with the west being a little ahead of the east. That’s below the five year average at this point of the season of 93 percent. According to the latest numbers from Sask Agriculture, some rain has slowed things down in the eastern part of Saskatchewan, […]
Premier Scott Moe made changes to his cabinet. Bronwyn Eye became the first-ever female Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Replacing Eye as the Minister of Energy and Resources is Jim Reiter. Lori Carr is out as Social Services Minister, she is being replaced by Gene Makowsky. Carr will take over a portfolio that includes […]
We’ve all driven across some roads that have made us clench our teeth, brace for impact, or curse out loud from the big thud of a tire slamming in and out of a pothole. There are some roads in Saskatchewan that are particularly bad, and every year CAA-Saskatchewan likes to find out which one is […]
Its time to look at electoral boundaries in Saskatchewan again. Every ten years, a committee is put together to examine the electoral map, and population. The idea, is to make sure there are approximately the same number of voters in each riding. Today, the Provincial Government announced who will make up the panel. The Commission […]
The Sask Party Government and SARM are teaming up to try and fix some rural highways in Saskatchewan. Through the Rural Intergrated Roads Program more than 41 communities will share 15.3 million dollars to improve local highways. “The RIRG program has been very well received over the past several years,” Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw said […]
Construction on a new 24 hour urgent care centre is getting underway. This project was announced last year, with the idea being to take some of the pressure off of the emergency rooms in Regina. It will be located at Albert and 7th, on property already owned by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. It used to […]
The first one in the pool, is Regina Lakeview MLA Carla Beck. Beck, flanked by MLA’s Trent Wotherspoon and Nicole Sauer announced her intention to run for the leadership of the Sask NDP. Beck invoked the spirit of Tommy Douglas during her announcement. “We have to give people a reason to hope again. Tommy Douglas […]
