Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: Provincial News

Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obt...
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on three transgender laws
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people. An internal government memo sent last week from the...
Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

Competing bills coming on trade this fall in the Legislature
SASKATOON — It looks like legislation aimed at removing trade barriers is coming to the Saskatchewan legislature this fall. The Sask Party government has confirmed it is planning legislatio...
John Cairns Sep 18, 2025

Saskatoon drop-in centres to get $3 million a year from province
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's government says it's providing $3 million annually for drop-in homelessness services in Saskatoon. Social Services Minister Terry Jenson says the province will work with the...
Canadian Press Sep 18, 2025

'77 per cent leave home from conflict': Regina conference tackles youth homelessness
REGINA — Finding ways to prevent and end homelessness, and in particular youth homelessness, was an important topic at the fifth annual Reaching Home Homelessness Conference in Regina. The ...
John Cairns Sep 18, 2025

Housing construction hot in Saskatchewan
REGINA — According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's latest figures, housing starts in Saskatchewan saw a 49.8 per cent increase in the first eight months of 2025 compared to ...
SaskToday Sep 17, 2025

Fifth annual Reaching Home conference focuses on addressing homelessness
REGINA - Issues of housing and homelessness were front and centre at the fifth annual Reaching Home Homelessness Conference in Regina. The event on Wednesday was put on by Namerind Housing Corporation...
John Cairns Sep 17, 2025

Three more charged following raid on Kingdom of Canada cult compound in Saskatchewan
RICHMOUND - Saskatchewan Mounties have charged three more people in their investigation of the Kingdom of Canada, a group likened to a cult that has been clashing with area residents. RCMP said in a n...
Canadian Press Sep 17, 2025

Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter
MONTREAL - The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ottawa brought forward the requ...
Maura Forrest and Miriam Lafontaine, The Canadian Press Sep 17, 2025
Province considering allowing tailgating events at Riders games
REGINA - The provincial government says they are "actively exploring" a request by the Saskatchewan Roughriders to introduce tailgating at Mosaic Stadium on game days starting next season. The governm...
John Cairns Sep 17, 2025












