Category Archives: Saskatchewan
All about the budget: Wall reflects on challenging session
Premier Brad Wall will be the first to tell you: the spring session at the legislature was all about the budget. The Wall government has taken heat since the budget came out in March - over the elimin...
May 17, 2017
Province announces appeal of Catholic schools ruling
The Government of Saskatchewan is going to appeal a recent court decision barring non-Catholics from being funded to attend the province’s separate schools. Yorkton Court of Queen’s Bench ...
May 17, 2017
SaskPower looks at first geothermal power project in Estevan
SaskPower is exploring what would be Saskatchewan's first geothermal power project. It has signed a power purchase agreement with DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. that will determine the feasibility...
May 17, 2017
Transit union seeks injunction to keep STC
The union that represents Saskatchewan Transportation Company workers says it is seeking an injunction to stop the provincial government from shutting down the Crown-owned bus service. The Amalgamated...
May 17, 2017
Province not concerned about possible daycare worker shortage
It should be as easy as ABC as the government shows no concern about any looming shortage of daycare workers. When all the new daycare centres across Saskatchewan open this fall, 270 additional early ...
May 16, 2017
Sask. government website experiencing 'malicious attack'
If you tried to get on the provincial government's website late Sunday night or early Monday morning and couldn't, you aren't alone. The province said its website is experiencing a "malicious attack" ...
May 15, 2017
Sunday brings funnel clouds to Sask.
People around Saskatoon and central Saskatchewan were seeing funnel clouds through Sunday afternoon. Environment Canada issued an advisory after funnel clouds were spotted north of Saskatoon around 2:...
May 15, 2017
Sask. moms encouraged to give the gift of life this May
"It was scary as heck." That’s how Erica Honoway described the moments after her four-year-old son Lincoln was diagnosed with aplastic anemia when he was three. The condition is a deficiency of ...
May 14, 2017
UPDATE: Loon Lake police take one into custody after report of man with firearm
A home on a First Nation west of Meadow Lake was surrounded by RCMP Friday morning after reports of a man with a firearm entering the residence. Residents of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation are bei...
May 12, 2017
'No consequences:' dad of drunk driving victim on new ads
Amid the sobbing, there was anger as people watched SGI's new ad about impaired driving. The drunk driving campaign features real Saskatchewan people who were killed in drunk driving crashes. Like Sar...
May 12, 2017