Category Archives: Provincial News
Sask expands funding for glaucoma care provided by optometrists
ESTEVAN - The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a new pilot project that is expected to help patients with glaucoma. According to the government, on Oct. 1, the Ministry of Health, in collabora...
SaskToday staff Oct 17, 2025
Waste disposal costs and trucks with wide loads concern Kamsack town council
KAMSACK - A huge increase in waste disposal costs and semi-trucks carrying large, wide loads that have damaged signs and trees in the community were among items to concern Kamsack town council at its ...
William Koreluik Oct 17, 2025
Ottawa hasn't approached Alberta, Sask., about pharmacare since election: ministers
CALGARY - Alberta and Saskatchewan's health ministers say they haven't been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election. Saskatchewan Health Minist...
Canadian Press Oct 16, 2025
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












