Category Archives: Provincial News
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
Appeal Court says challenge of Saskatchewan pronoun law can continue
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled a challenge of the province's school pronoun law can continue. In the decision released Monday, the court granted, in part, the government's appeal of a deci...
Aug 11, 2025 People hold signs while attending a rally against the Saskatchewan government's proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Province launching orange zone weekly updates
The provincial Ministry of Highways is reviving and stepping up efforts to encourage people to slow down in highway construction zones. At an event in Regina, Highways Minister David Marit announced a...
Aug 08, 2025 At the launch of the weekly Orange Zone update was White City Qu’Appelle MLA Brad Cressweller, Sask. Heavy Construction Association President Shantel Lipp, and Minister of Highways David Marit.John Cairns
Wildfire smoke prompts air quality warnings in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Much of Manitoba and Saskatchewan remain under air quality warnings. Environment Canada says wildfire smoke continues to contribute to the very poor air quality in the region and could lead to reduced...
Aug 08, 2025 Broadway Bridge is enveloped by forest fire smoke in Saskatoon, Sask., on Sunday, September 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Saskatchewan sees largest growth in rent in Canada despite national decline
While average asking rents across Canada have fallen for the tenth consecutive month, Saskatchewan continues to buck the trend with the largest annual gain in the country, according to the latest Rent...
Aug 08, 2025 A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada lost 41,000 jobs in July but unemployment rate held steady at 6.9%
Statistics Canada says the economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July, partially offsetting a gain of 83,000 positions in June. The unemployment rate meanwhile held steady at 6.9 per cent last month as the...
Aug 08, 2025 A man walks though a downtown Toronto office building with other buildings reflected in a window in this June 11, 2019 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Carney calls on Métis groups to help change Canada's 'economic trajectory'
Prime Minister Mark Carney called on Mtis leaders Thursday to help transform the economy in response to an increasingly unsteady trade relationship with the United States under President Donald Trump....
Aug 07, 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
