Category Archives: Provincial News
NDP launches health-care consultations in Yorkton with focus on long-delayed hospital project
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck and a handful of her fellow MLAs opened a new round of provincial health-care consultations in Yorkton on Thursday night, using the first town hall of the series to ...
Nov 20, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck (left), MLA for Regina Elphinstone-Centre and Shadow Minister for Health Meara Conway (centre) and MLA for Regina Walsh Acres and Shadow Minister for Rural & Remote Health Jarred Clarke (right) field questions from Yorkton residents at their town hall meeting. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
Province adds funds for homeless programming but will they reach Yorkton?
YORKTON - The provincial government has announced an additional $20 million over three years targeted at addressing homelessness. The money will be added to the Provincial Approach to Homelessness (PA...
Nov 20, 2025
Moe urges renewed Canada-U.S. trade talks after D.C. trip
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe is back in Saskatchewan after his latest meetings on tariffs in Washington, D.C., the past couple of days. Moe met with government and elected officials during his latest me...
Nov 19, 2025
Holiday Smile Cookie campaign returns with funds supporting local groups
YORKTON - Tim Hortons' Holiday Smile Cookie campaign is underway again, with restaurants across the region raising money for local charities, community programs and Tim Hortons Foundation Camps throug...
Nov 19, 2025 Last year, Tims guests helped raise $10.7 million through the Holiday Smile Cookie campaign and $20.5 million since the campaign launched in 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kiedrowski)
Talks underway on extending $10 a day childcare
REGINA --There has finally been some movement on the issue of an extension to $10 a day child care in Saskatchewan. Education Minister Everett Hindley confirmed to reporters last week that talks with ...
Nov 18, 2025
Province commits funding to support Yorkton RCMP positions
The provincial government is allocating new funding to policing in Yorkton. The government is committing $357,000 in 2025-26 through the Municipal Police Grants program to help fund three RCMP positio...
Nov 14, 2025
Access Communications expanding high-speed internet to 34 Saskatchewan communities
REGINA - Dozens of Saskatchewan communities, including several in the province's east-central region, will soon have access to high-speed internet as Access Communications Co-operative continues its p...
Nov 14, 2025 Photo: Access Communications
Concerns over hospitals staying open with only one nurse on duty
REGINA - Controversy has swirled this week at the Legislature again over the issue of short staffing at rural hospitals. This week in Question Period, Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill has been on the h...
Nov 13, 2025
SHA launches daily updates for emergency room disruptions across Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is rolling out a new daily reporting system to help residents stay informed about emergency room service disruptions across the province. Beginning Nov...
Nov 11, 2025 The Kamsack Hospital and District Nursing Home has frequently faced service disruptions.
Freedom remembered: Saskatchewan pays tribute to its 12,000 war dead
REGINA - Those Saskatchewan residents who fought and died for their country were remembered at the Saskatchewan Legislature this past week. The 2025 Annual Service of Remembrance for the Public Servic...
Nov 11, 2025
