Category Archives: SaskToday.ca: Provincial News
What's in the deal to extend $10 a day childcare in Saskatchewan
REGINA — Saskatchewan has finally signed on to an extension of the Canada-wide early learning and childcare agreement, and those interested are looking closely at what it all means. The ann...
Nov 28, 2025
Sask. finally signs child-care deal - and NDP isn't impressed
REGINA - The province has signed a deal with the federal government to extend $10 a day childcare in Saskatchewan, but the time it took to get a deal done is still a sore point for the opposition...
Nov 28, 2025
NDP pushes rent control bill as experts warn of housing shortages
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s NDP is renewing its call for rent control as average rental prices continue to climb across the province. NDP Leader Carla Beck said her party’s proposed legislatio...
Nov 28, 2025
Manitoba signs on to Ontario memorandum aimed at boosting power transmission
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it's a goo...
Nov 28, 2025
Saskatchewan's updated $1.6B child-care deal with Ottawa includes funding increase
REGINA - Saskatchewan's new child-care deal is to see Ottawa spend $1.6 billion over five years to support $10-a-day care, a move early learning educators say brings stability to the sector. The provi...
Nov 28, 2025
Slicing through red tape at the heart of new legislation
REGINA — Reducing red tape and improving transparency are at the heart of The Municipalities Modernization and Red Tape Reduction Act introduced in the legislature. According to a press release,...
Nov 28, 2025
Details still to come on province’s child care deal with Feds
REGINA - There are not too many specifics yet on the contents of the child care agreement that the province is set to sign with the Feds on Friday. Premier Scott Moe confirmed in the Legislature Wedne...
Nov 27, 2025
Eby brands pipeline 'energy vampire' as First Nations vow it will never happen
British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understand...
Nov 27, 2025
Sask. provincial leaders encouraged by pipeline deal
REGINA - News that the government of Canada and province of Alberta had signed a memorandum of understanding for an oil pipeline to the West Coast was welcomed by provincial leaders in Saskatchewan. &...
Nov 27, 2025
Drought-ravaged southwest seeks emergency help from province
REGINA — Representatives from the southwest region are once again raising alarm bells about the financial impact facing the area due to drought conditions. Several officials from the area, inclu...
Nov 27, 2025
