Category Archives: National News
Negotiations between union and grain terminals resume during second day of strike in Vancouver
Labour disputes, including the ongoing strike of workers from grain terminals in Metro Vancouver, are creating challenging times for grain companies. More than six hundred employees walked off the job...
Sep 25, 2024
Government Tribunal Rejects Federal Oil and Gas Emissions Cap.
The provincial government's Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal has released a report saying Saskatchewan could face serious economic harm with new proposed new regulations to cut emissions from the o...
Sep 24, 2024
Picket lines go up as strike begins at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as about 600 workers begin a strike. Canada's labour minister, meanwhile, says he spoke with both the employer and representatives o...
Sep 24, 2024
Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out new world of cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recen...
Sep 24, 2024
Another strike looms at grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
The union representing workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver issued 72-hour strike notice on Saturday and will be in a position to strike at 7 a.m. local time Tuesday. In a notice to members posted ...
Sep 23, 2024
Creating a film about the RCAF's history was emotional, director says
MOOSE JAW - Filmmaker Robert (Bob) Barrett spent nearly two years making a documentary about the Royal Canadian Air Force's history, and one thing he discovered was its personnel are high-calibre role...
Sep 19, 2024
Where the provincial race stands as the horses head to the gate
REGINA - The horses are coming up to the starting gate, but how are things looking with respect to a provincial election? Sask Today spoke to Tom McIntosh, Professor on Politics and International Stud...
Sep 18, 2024
Livestock producers told not to travel to U.S. due to risk of HPAI: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising cattle producers to not travel to the United States for upcoming agricultural shows, or participate in them, due to the risk of Highly Pathogenic...
Sep 17, 2024
Provincial ministers say growth plan is ahead of schedule
PILOT BUTTE - The Saskatchewan Party government touted a growing economy on Monday as they released an update to 'Saskatchewan's Growth Plan: The Next Decade of Growth.' Provincial ministers were in P...
Sep 17, 2024
Two ex-Sask Party MLAs are running for Sask United
REGINA - The Saskatchewan United Party have announced that two former Saskatchewan Party MLAs will instead be running for their own party in the 2024 election. In a news release, Sask United stat...
Sep 16, 2024
