Category Archives: Provincial News

Editorial: Much to be thankful for as we reflect
YORKTON - Weather on Thanksgiving this year was generally lousy, reminding us that winter is far closer than most of us would like. Yet the cold, windy, snowy weather was rather ideal for sitting insi...
Yorkton This Week Oct 15, 2025

USask scholars receive prestigious Fulbright Canada research placements
SASKATOON - Fulbright Canada is an organization dedicated to operating the "merit-based" Fulbright program in Canada. Designed to create "exchange opportunities for exceptional students, scholars and ...
Matt Olson / Research Profile and Impact /USask Oct 15, 2025
Saskatoon man killed in single-vehicle rollover near Spy Hill
SPY HILL - A 29-year-old Saskatoon man has died following a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 8, south of Spy Hill. Esterhazy RCMP say they were called to the crash around 8:20 p.m. on Oct. 14. Emerg...
Tanner Wallace-Scribner Oct 15, 2025

Fall vaccination program for flu and COVID-19 is now open
REGINA - With the fall respiratory virus season now under way, immunization clinics are now accepting bookings for people to get their influenza and COVID-19 shots. The province has launched their cam...
John Cairns Oct 14, 2025

NDP's Young visits Yorkton
YORKTON - Aleana Young MLA Regina South Albert, and NDP Shadow Minister for Jobs and Economy, SaskPower was in Yorkton recently with a message that Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has failed the provin...
Calvin Daniels Oct 14, 2025

'No support, no solutions': Regina homeowner faces $20K yard fix
REGINA - A Regina homeowner could be out upwards of $20,000 for damages to her property caused by a city-owned drainage ditch. Christine Klassen purchased a property in the Sherwood-McCarthy area two ...
Martin Oldhues Oct 13, 2025

Multiple power failures hit Yorkton area on stormy weekend
YORKTON - The storm that hit east-central Saskatchewan during the Thanksgiving long weekend caused a number of power failures in the Yorkton area. A notification issued at 12:18 a.m. said crews were d...
SaskToday staff Oct 13, 2025
Sask. labour force grows by 19,000
REGINA - Statistics Canada's latest labour force numbers show that the labour market in Saskatchewan remains strong with 19,000 full-time jobs added year-over-year in September, an increase of 2.2 per...
SaskToday Oct 13, 2025

Kinew says drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to get Chinese duties dropped
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is asking the prime minister to scrap Canada's 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for China lifting its tariffs on Canadian canola and por...
Canadian Press Oct 11, 2025
Yorkton's Pinder elected provincial NDP president
YORKTON - Lenore Pinder of Yorkton has been elected as Saskatchewan New Democrats party president. The former Yorkton health-care worker of 20 years was elected at the recent NDP convention as Carla B...
Calvin Daniels Oct 10, 2025










