Category Archives: Saskatchewan
SLGA critic says more pot supply needed to curb black market
Now that marijuana is legal, the product needs to be made available, says the opposition critic of the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority. Nicole Sarauer said the few stores open in the province...
Oct 18, 2018
First cannabis sold in the Battlefords as prohibition ends
Over 30 people stood eagerly inline outside Fire & Flower Cannabis as passerby honked and hollered in support. "Welcome cannabis," Jim Davey said while wielding a massive set of scissors to snip t...
Oct 17, 2018
North Battleford readies for first legal cannabis purchases
Standing huddled together with coffee in hand and toques on their head, residents in the Battlefords were eagerly waiting for the doors to open on the region’s first legal cannabis outlets Wedne...
Oct 17, 2018
Mike Babcock chats about Children’s Hospital and the Raiders
Mike Babcock has been involved with Children's Hospitals for much of his coaching career in the NHL. After his Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 2008, he brought silver mug into the hospital th...
Oct 16, 2018
Dream and deliver: NDP’s Meili unveils new energy program
"We dream, and we deliver." Those were the words that Ryan Meili echoed plenty of times during his nearly 40-minute speech to party members at the Saskatchewan NDP convention in Saskatoon Saturday. Af...
Oct 15, 2018
Foreclosures on the rise in Sask., says new report
Saskatchewan has the highest rate of people behind on their mortgage payments in the country, according to a new report published by the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA). While 99 per cent of people...
Oct 13, 2018
Sask. pot retailers face a ‘few more hurdles:’ SLGA minister
The minister responsible for Saskatchewan's cannabis regulator says there's "many moving parts" to the upcoming nationwide rollout of legal marijuana. SLGA minister Gene Makowsky told Gormley Friday t...
Oct 13, 2018
Uptick in Saskatchewan workplace fatalities in 2018 'shocking and disturbing'
In the first eight months of 2018, 37 people died on the job in Saskatchewan, a steep increase over the number of workplace fatalities in 2017 and a count already on par with the 15-year average. Last...
Oct 12, 2018
Mystery mansion sells to B.C.-based buyer
The subject of much mystery and intrigue, a half-built mansion near the town of Weldon now has a new owner following an online auction Thursday. The unfinished, 12,000-square-foot home and surrounding...
Oct 11, 2018
U of S making ‘Indigenization’ a top priority in 7-year plan
The University of Saskatchewan is aiming to "Indigenize" their campus and operations while also becoming the university the world needs. Leaders at the U of S unveiled the university's new seven-year ...
Oct 11, 2018