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TD Bank Group has released a survey, shedding light on the financial outlook for residents of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in 2024. The findings indicate a notable shift compared to the previous year, with 29% of respondents feeling less positive about their finances. A significant majority, 53%, anticipate inflation and the rising cost of living to […]

Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says. In a piercing report released Tuesday, Marie-Josée Houle says the expansion of homeless encampments across the country is a national human rights crisis that requires immediate action and co-ordination involving all […]

Natural Resources Canada announced close to $5 million in funding for the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) to help secure Canada’s supply of rare earth elements. SRC received an investment of $4,990,000 through the Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration (CMRDD) program to develop an advanced and innovative process to separate rare earth elements. The alloys […]

As part of Indigenous Storytelling Month, the City of Regina held a trio of events for residents to check out. Hosted by the Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina Public Library (RPL) and the City of Regina, people had a chance to stargaze through the telescope at the Kaliu Observatory at the Science Centre, make constellation crafts […]

Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators. “We can still get to the same aim,” said Oliver Anderson, a spokesman with Environment and Climate Change Canada. The proposed changes, released Friday, would change several provisions that industry and provincial […]

The Saskatchewan School Boards Association says that class complexity shouldn’t be included in the teacher’s collective bargaining agreement. President of the SSBA, Jaimie Smith-Windsor, seemed to have sided with the government over the recent negotiations over a teacher’s contract. “Boards believe class complexity should be dealt with at a local level and not in a […]

After back-to-back disappointing seasons, Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O’Day knew changes had to be made when the CFL free agency period opened Tuesday. The Roughriders finished 6-12 in 2022 and 2023, missing the playoffs both years and closing those campaigns on seven-game losing streaks. As a result, head coach Craig Dickenson was out as […]

A Manitoba curling proverb is “the buffalo feels heavy.” Expectations are high for curlers from that province on the national and international stage. But what about representing another avid curling province that hasn’t won a Brier in over 40 years? Mike McEwen has played in seven Canadian men’s curling championships for Manitoba. He’s about to […]

The Regina Humane Society (RHS) has launched a Grand Unleashing Adoption Event to help with the unprecedented number of homeless dogs arriving at the Shelter. In 2023, the Society accepted 156 more dogs into care than in previous years. The trend continued in early 2024, with 40 dogs and puppies waiting to find a forever […]

Saskatchewan’s largest nurses union says overcrowding has reached dangerous levels in one of the province’s major hospitals. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory says the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon had 80 people waiting in emergency Wednesday night, with many of them in beds in the hallway. She said eight patients required psychiatric treatment […]