Category Archives: Provincial News
Yorkton Legion & YTC want downtown park and nearby street renamed to honour veterans
YORKTON - Royal Canadian Legion General Alexander Ross Branch No. 77 - Yorkton and the Yorkton Tribal Council have joined forces in order to put a request the city mark the contribution of veterans by...
Oct 06, 2025
Yorkton and Fort Qu'Appelle groups receive funding to expand school food programs
Several schools in the east-central region are set to benefit from new funding aimed at strengthening school food programs across Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) announ...
Oct 06, 2025 Yorkton Regional High School. Good Spirit School Division
Suncrest College opens applications for 2026 programs, adds two new offerings
YORKTON - Suncrest College has opened applications for its 2026 programs, with two new additions aimed at meeting the changing needs of its students and employers across the province. Starting in the ...
Oct 02, 2025 File photo. (Photo: Suncrest College)
Saskatchewan to allow temporary hunt of antlerless elk in November
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it's allowing a short-term hunt for antlerless elk in the southern half of the province. Environment Minister Travis Keisig says the hunt will help address conc...
Oct 02, 2025
First Nations group questions audit that found $34M in questionable spending
SASKATOON - An advocacy group representing First Nations in Saskatchewan is firing back after a forensic audit found more than $34 million in questionable, unsupported or ineligible spending over five...
Oct 01, 2025
Yorkton officials meeting with provincial and federal leaders to tackle infrastructure needs
YORKTON - Yorkton city officials have taken their call for improved infrastructure directly to the provincial and federal governments. Last week, Mayor Aaron Kienle and City Councillor Randy Goulden m...
Sep 29, 2025 Officials from the City of Yorkton including Mayor Aaron Kienle and Councilor Randy Goulden with Government Relations Minister Eric Schmalz. (Photo: City of Yorkton)
As clock ticks, pressure still on to get child care extension done
REGINA - The pressure is still on the Saskatchewan government to come to a deal on an extension of the child care agreement with the federal government. At a media availability in Regina, the oppositi...
Sep 29, 2025
Sask. govt. pays $40.2 million to Île-à-la-Crosse School students
ILE-A-LA-CROSSE - The Saskatchewan government has reached an Agreement in Principle for compensation of former students of le--la-Crosse School. The province is agreeing to pay $40.2 million in restit...
Sep 29, 2025
Highway near Broadview renamed to honour Chief Kahkewistahaw
BROADVIEW - A stretch of highway north of Broadview has been renamed to honour one of the original signers of Treaty 4. Highway 201, which runs for 20 kilometres through Kahkewistahaw First Nation, wi...
Sep 26, 2025 A look at the Chief Kahkewistahaw Way sign. Photo: Government of Saskatchewan
Moosomin opens new water treatment plant with federal and provincial support
MOOSOMIN - A major infrastructure project aimed at securing safe drinking water and supporting future growth has officially opened in Moosomin. On Wednesday, Premier Scott Moe joined local officials, ...
Sep 26, 2025 The $13.5-million project was funded through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Photo: Town of Moosomin's Facebook page
