Category Archives: News
Saskatchewan RCMP reminding drivers, parents of school safety as schools resume
With students and teachers heading back into classrooms, Saskatchewan RCMP are reminding families and drivers to take extra care as the school year begins. Police say the start of September always bri...
Sep 01, 2025
Yorkton Chamber of Commerce to honour Larry Hilworth with life membership
The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce will recognize longtime business leader and community volunteer Larry Hilworth with an Honourary Life Membership. Hilworth will be formally inducted at the Member Appre...
Sep 01, 2025
Saskatchewan delegation attends World Nuclear Symposium
Crown Investments Corporation Minister Jeremy Harrison will lead a delegation to attend the World Nuclear Symposium in the United Kingdom. According to a press release, the mission will advance Saskat...
Sep 01, 2025 Jeremy Harrison will join other Canadian officials to provide an update on Saskatchewan's nuclear energy program to attendees at the Canadian Nuclear Association-Nuclear Industry Association Forum. John Cairns
Federal government posts $3.3 billion deficit from April to June
The federal government posted a $3.3 billion deficit in the first three months of its fiscal year. The result for the April-to-June period compared with a $2.9 billion deficit for the same stretch las...
Aug 29, 2025 Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada's sport system 'broken' and in need of change: report
A new national report on how abuse and maltreatment are handled in sport says "Canadian sport has lost its way" and the federal government must act to better protect athletes across the country. The F...
Aug 29, 2025 Justice Lise Maisonneuve, who will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission, participates in a news conference with Minister of Sport and Physical Activity Carla Qualtrough, second from left, and special advisers Noni Classen, left, and Dr. Andrew Pipe, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Audit finds oversight gaps and wrongdoing in several Manitoba municipalities
Manitoba's Auditor General says several municipalities and the provincial government's municipal oversight branch failed to properly safeguard public resources, following an investigation into allegat...
Aug 28, 2025 The exterior of the Manitoba Legislature is seen in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Harvest season brings both opportunity and stress for Saskatchewan producers
As combines begin rolling across the Prairies, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison is reminding producers of the sector's importance to the province's economy and the need to put safety f...
Aug 28, 2025
Saskatchewan child care report sparks criticism from NDP and CUPE
Saskatchewan is falling behind much of the country in creating new child care spaces as part of the national $10-a-day program, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternativ...
Aug 27, 2025 Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Early Learning and Child Care Joan Pratchler speaks at an event in Yorkton. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
Province invests $1.3 million to upgrade group homes and day programs
The Government of Saskatchewan is investing about $1.3 million in capital grant funding to improve safety and accessibility in group homes and day programs for adults with intellectual disabilities. S...
Aug 27, 2025 Photo: Deer Park Villa Inc. website
Parliamentary Budget Officer says 3.2 million new homes needed to close housing gap
Canada needs to build 3.2 million new homes in the next decade to close the housing gap but isn't on track to do that, the Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a new analysis published on Tuesday. The...
Aug 27, 2025 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to the media after signing a memorandum of understanding with Alberta and Ontario during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada's Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
