Category Archives: Provincial News
Yorkton and Melville face growing wave of healthcare service disruptions, NDP warns
The Saskatchewan NDP says Yorkton and Melville are facing a growing wave of healthcare service closures that are putting lives at risk. Jared Clark, shadow minister for rural and remote health, has be...
Aug 19, 2025 Jared Clarke, who was recently appointed as the Saskatchewan NDP’s Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health, gave a media conference in front of the Yorkton Regional Hospital Monday.Calvin Daniels / Yorkton This Week
Wildfire update: Feds announce $540K for training as Sask. fires burn
The big news Monday on the Saskatchewan wildfire situation was a funding announcement by the federal government for wildfire training. During their wildfire update on Monday, Corey Hogan, parliamentar...
Aug 19, 2025 Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, seen at a recent annnouncement into multiple projects within Saskatchewan's agriculture sector. Jon Perez
Flight attendants union says tentative deal reached to end Air Canada strike
Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning. The airline said it will gradually begin operations Tuesday. T...
Aug 19, 2025 Striking Air Canada flight attendants rally at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mandatory deer and elk testing underway in Yorkton area hunting zones
Hunters in the Yorkton region will be required to submit samples from harvested animals this season as the province rolls out mandatory disease testing in select Wildlife Management Zones. The Ministr...
Aug 18, 2025 Photo: Government of Saskatchewan
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
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
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
Housing market in Sask. remains a hot one
While some other parts of the country are seeing struggles in their housing markets, the market in Saskatchewan continues to be a hot one. Saskatchewan Realtors Association have released their numbers...
Aug 11, 2025 Chris Guérette, CEO of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association.Courtesy Saskatchewan Realtors Association
