Category Archives: News
Sask Power applies for rate hikes in 2026, '27
REGINA - Sask Power has announced it has applied for rate hikes in 2026 and 2027. SaskPower confirms in a news release that it is seeking a 3.9 per cent rate increase effective Feb. 1, 2026, and a fur...
Jan 02, 2026
Deficits, divisions and disaster: Saskatchewan's legislative year
REGINA - While 2024 was a turbulent year at the Legislature due to a provincial election, 2025 proved to be a different type of turbulent. The upheaval came from south of the border from President Don...
Jan 01, 2026
Changes to tips earned at work, sick leave now in effect in Saskatchewan
REGINA - Changes to employment standards in Saskatchewan kick in today, affecting workers who collect tips or call in sick. The new rules prevent employers from deducting or withholding tips from empl...
Jan 01, 2026
Beck asks Nutrien to meet local leaders on Canadian port option
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has raised concerns about Nutrien's plan to develop a central potash export terminal on the US West Coast, citing its potential impact on workers, commun...
Dec 31, 2025
Update: Dangerous persons alert for Big Island Lake CN now cancelled
BIG ISLAND LAKE CREE NATION - Update, Dec. 30, 5:08 p.m.: A dangerous persons alert for Big Island Lake Cree Nation and the surrounding area has been cancelled. Saskatchewan RCMP is cancelling the dan...
Dec 30, 2025
Missing Broadview man located safe
Update: Orval Bear has been located safe. RCMP said on Dec. 30. Original report: BROADVIEW - On Dec. 28, Broadview RCMP received a report of a missing 45-year-old man, Orval Bear, from Broadview. He a...
Dec 30, 2025
School playground equipment grant program creates a buzz
REGINA - There's growing excitement about opportunities to play in Saskatchewan. More than 40 projects have already been approved through the province's School Playground Equipment Grant. The new prog...
Dec 29, 2025
From tariffs to wildfires: Beck says 2025 tested Saskatchewan like never before
REGINA - It has been a busy, and an unusual, year for Opposition Leader Carla Beck and the New Democrats. Beck and her party had been active this year holding the government to account on a var...
Dec 29, 2025
CPKC Holiday Train raises record $2 million
REGINA - Canadian Pacific Kansas City has announced that the 2025 CPKC Holiday Train, which travelled through hundreds of communities across Canada and the United States, raised more than $2 million a...
Dec 27, 2025
Moe reflects on 2025 as tariffs, fires reshape Saskatchewan's year
REGINA - For Premier Scott Moe and his Sask Party government, the past year 2025 was a year turned upside down by the tariff and trade issue. It was also a year marked by wildfires, ongoing health-car...
Dec 23, 2025
