Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Some Sask. farmers to get winter elk hunting permits next year to protect land
The province is taking a new step to deal with large herds of elk damaging crops by allowing hunting outside of the regular hunting season.Environment Minister Darlene Rowden said they get several hun...
Mar 12, 2026 Elk depredation permits will allow elk hunting on producers land that has a history of significant damage from elk from Jan. 15 through March 31, 2027. (Image Credit: georgeburba / Depositphotos.com)
Murderer Jason McKay dies while in custody at Sask. Penitentiary
Less than two weeks after his sentence was handed down, Jason McKay has died.Correctional Services of Canada said he died on Wednesday while in custody, but didn't give any details about how the 54-ye...
Mar 12, 2026 Jason McKay died on Wednesday in Correctional Service custody, though the service didn’t give any indication of how he died. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Canada will 'do its part' to help IEA release of oil reserves: Hodgson
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Wednesday Canada will "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally as a bloc of nations looks to tame the surge in energy prices triggered by the war in ...
Mar 12, 2026 Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced an investment of $22 million to fund domestic battery innovation and manufacturing in Montreal, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Sask. provides new option for owners to keep guns amid federal buyback
On Wednesday afternoon, The Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act was passed, including an amendment added just the night before, allowing owners to keep their guns under new conditions.The act already ...
Mar 11, 2026 Justice Minister Tim McLeod says the province isn’t breaking federal law, and is instead utilizing it to exempt gun owners who are helping the government out by storing the guns. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. born woman embarking on ambitious teepee project
Brenda Mercer is undertaking a big project, motivated by something very personal - a desire to better understand and connect with her culture.This spring, Mercer, a member of Standing Buffalo Dakota N...
Mar 11, 2026 Brenda Mercer is setting out to build seven large teepees to be used for cultural events. (Image Credit: submitted photo)
Sask. advocate participating in United Nations session in NYC
Growing up in the small city of Melfort, Syndel Thomas Kozar never thought she would have the chance to see the world. Through her community work and advocacy, that's about to change."From being a fir...
Mar 11, 2026 Syndel Thomas Kozar, Equity will be attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, March 9-19 (Image Credit: submitted photo)
Drug impairment far outpaces alcohol impairment in La Ronge traffic blitz
Another blitz by Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services resulted in 47 drivers being removed from the road. More than half had drugs in their system. RCMP officers from Yorkton and Saskatoon Combined Traf...
Mar 11, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)
‘Very disappointed’: Union head frustrated with new health-care plan
The provincial government is touting its new health-care plan as the way it's going to get Saskatchewan people the care they need, but at least one union head is shaking her head."I can't even tell yo...
Mar 11, 2026 Lisa Zunti, president of SEIU-West, said there’s nothing new and nothing concrete enough to evaluate in the province’s Patients First Health Care Plan that was unveiled on Monday. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/CKOM file photo)
Sask. budget tease: Municipal revenue sharing up eight per cent for 2026-27
As has become almost a tradition for the Sask. Party Government, it unveiled the Municipal Revenue Sharing total for the coming fiscal year a week ahead of the provincial budget, during the annual SAR...
Mar 11, 2026 The provincial government announced what the municipal revenue sharing would be for 2026-27, a week ahead of the provincial budget being unveiled. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/ CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan First Nations, Métis see opportunity in purchase of Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp.
Fish harvesters in Saskatchewan say they can supply a lot of northern fish to domestic and international markets and are taking steps to expand an industry that has been their livelihood for decades. ...
Mar 10, 2026 Organizations like the Prince Albert Grand Council and Métis Nation–Saskatchewan are working to buy the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, a federal Crown corporation that was put up for sale several years ago. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)