Category Archives: News
PM Carney speaks to Moe, pledges canola help
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is focused on a series of measures to support farmers in the wake of China's new 75.8 per cent tariffs on canola seed. In a post on the X platform Thursday, Prime Mi...
Aug 15, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks ahead of the Métis Major Projects Summit at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Ottawa, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Cataract surgeries return to Yorkton hospital after nearly seven years
Cataract surgeries have resumed at Yorkton Regional Hospital for the first time in almost seven years. The hospital's former ophthalmologist left nearly a decade ago, and recruitment efforts have take...
Aug 15, 2025 Photo: SaskToday
Wadena RCMP seize drugs, firearms during traffic stops
Wadena RCMP have charged two men following separate traffic stops in the region earlier this month, seizing illicit drugs, firearms and ammunition. On August 6, officers conducted a traffic stop in Ky...
Aug 14, 2025
NDP accuses Moe of golfing during wildfire crisis, shares photo from Elk Ridge
The Saskatchewan NDP is escalating its criticism of Premier Scott Moe's wildfire response after releasing what it calls "photographic evidence" of his attendance at a Sask. Party golf fundraiser in th...
Aug 14, 2025 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe listens to a question from the media during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Changes to SIPPA coming
The province has been leaning heavily on foreign doctors coming into the province, assessed through the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment program. Implemented in 2011, SIPPA see...
Aug 13, 2025
Yorkton seeks grant for tree planting
The City of Yorkton is hoping to access a grant to facilitate the planting of trees in three locations in the community. Taylor Morrison, director of recreation and community services with the city, t...
Aug 13, 2025 The City of Yorkton in looking at a major tree planting program. (File Photo) Orchid Horticulture photo
Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society repays $60,000 to city, construction of interpretive centre progressing
The Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society presented a $60,000 cheque to the City of Yorkton as part of its ongoing repayment for a city loan that helped jump-start construction on the society's interpre...
Aug 13, 2025 Chair of the Yorkton Brick Mill Society Larry Pearen presents a cheque to Yorkon Mayor Aaron Kienle. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
Reaction comes in to Court of Appeal ruling on pronouns litigation
Reaction is coming in to a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that a challenge to the province's pronouns-in-schools legislation can continue. The Court of Appeal ruled 4-1 that the Court of King's B...
Aug 13, 2025 The scene in Oct. 2023 at the protest against parental rights legislation at the Leg. File photo: John Cairns
China to impose 75.8 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola, industry braces for impacts
Canada's canola industry is urging Ottawa to act as farmers brace for steep losses over a planned 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff from China on canola seed. "The Chinese market is effectively closed ...
Aug 12, 2025 Canola plants bloom in a pasture on a farm near Cremona, Alta., Friday, July 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Yorkton council approves new home for Paws and Claws adoption centre
A new pet adoption centre will soon open its doors in downtown Yorkton after city council gave its unanimous approval during its regular meeting on Monday. Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle revealed the cent...
Aug 12, 2025 12 Fourth Avenue North. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
