Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: Provincial News

SGI seeks to raise rates for first time since 2014
REGINA - SGI has announced it has applied for its first rate increases since 2014. The provincial insurer has confirmed in a news release that it has submitted a two-year proposal to the Saskatchewan ...
John Cairns Jan 02, 2026
Sask Power applies for rate hikes in 2026, '27
REGINA - Sask Power has announced it has applied for rate hikes in 2026 and 2027. SaskPower confirms in a news release that it is seeking a 3.9 per cent rate increase effective Feb. 1, 2026, and a fur...
John Cairns Jan 02, 2026

Cairns on Cinema: 2025 box office goes into overtime
REGINA - It is a new year in 2026, and that means Cairns on Cinema is here again with our annual look at the box office winners for 2025. Usually, this is where we run down the final totals and c...
John Cairns Jan 02, 2026
Celebrating 100 years with 620 CKRM
Did you know that 620 CKRM and SaskToday are part of the same Harvard Media family? That’s why all throughout 2026, SaskToday will be joining the party celebrating the radio giant’s 100 an...
SaskToday Jan 02, 2026

Deficits, divisions and disaster: Saskatchewan's legislative year
REGINA - While 2024 was a turbulent year at the Legislature due to a provincial election, 2025 proved to be a different type of turbulent. The upheaval came from south of the border from President Don...
John Cairns Jan 01, 2026

Lieutenant Governor McIntyre welcomes the New Year at Government House
REGINA - The first day of 2026 renewed a long Saskatchewan tradition at Government House in Regina. The annual New Year’s Day Levee, a tradition dating back to 1884, was held again Jan. 1 to wel...
John Cairns Jan 01, 2026

Changes to tips earned at work, sick leave now in effect in Saskatchewan
REGINA - Changes to employment standards in Saskatchewan kick in today, affecting workers who collect tips or call in sick. The new rules prevent employers from deducting or withholding tips from empl...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Jan 01, 2026

2025 in review: the year in provincial news
REGINA - It was an unusual and unexpected year in 2025 in Saskatchewan. Then again, Canada hasn’t seen a situation where a President of the United States had talked openly about turning Canada i...
John Cairns Dec 31, 2025

Beck asks Nutrien to meet local leaders on Canadian port option
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has raised concerns about Nutrien's plan to develop a central potash export terminal on the US West Coast, citing its potential impact on workers, commun...
Jon Perez Dec 31, 2025

'We lost a young man': RCMP still search for suspects in Sask First Nation shooting
BIG ISLAND LAKE CREE NATION - Security has been doubled on a Saskatchewan First Nation as the search continues for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting. The RCMP says the sho...
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Dec 31, 2025










