provincial news

A blue container with thousands of letters was delivered to the Saskatchewan Legislature Monday by the Saskatchewan Alliance for Water Sustainability (SAWS). The letters contained comments and concerns from a wide-range of people about the provincial government’s Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy, which is in development and in a consultation period until the end of this […]

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 high school teacher Nick Day normally requests his students fill out a survey at the start of the year, asking them to write their hobbies or interests, as well as their names and pronouns. The Regina photography teacher offered the same survey this September, but he’s now hesitant to look at his students’ answers. […]

Saskatchewan Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison is leading a delegation on a trade mission to the U.K. and Poland, starting tomorrow (Sat). The objective, according to a provincial news release, is to expand opportunities in agriculture, critical minerals, innovative technology, immigration, and talent attraction. Harrison and company will first stop in the United Kingdom for an […]

For the last two decades, Drive Away Hunger has brought the agriculture and food industries together to support food banks and food security programs. As the program hits its 20th year, Farm Credit Canada, which is responsible for the program, announced that it will match up to $1 million in new donations to food security […]

A new program is set to see those in the agriculture industry help support local food banks across Saskatchewan and Western Canada. The “AGT Food Bank Crop Exchange Program” is a program in partnership with AGT Food and Ingredients, Food Banks Canada and Drive Away Hunger. The program asks producers to donate a portion of […]

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 […]

Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Those opposed say the issue is not about the rights of parents at all, but rather the protection of children — particularly […]

A business that is celebrating 120 years of service to Saskatchewan is being honoured at this weekend’s ABEX Awards in Saskatoon. The Hill Group of Companies is being inducted into the Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame. It started out as McCallum Hill in 1903 and was mostly in real estate in Saskatchewan. Over time that […]

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 […]