Saskatchewan

Health minister defends $6M deal to have surgeries performed in Calgary

Over the next year, several dozen people from Saskatchewan will be sent to Calgary for surgery, with a price tag of $6 million for the Saskatchewan government.The deal was signed this week for 240 sur...

Mar 31, 2023

Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he's been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claim...

Mar 30, 2023

‘Very welcome news,’ cattlemen’s association says of Japan lifting beef restriction

After 20 years, Canadian beef producers will have full access to the Japanese market.This will come as excellent news for Saskatchewan producers, according to Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association CEO ...

Mar 30, 2023

Sask. PC party accusing Sask. United Party of underhanded dealings

After what it calls a foiled takeover attempt last year, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan now says a hard drive with member and donor information is missing, and it's pointing a fing...

Mar 30, 2023

Northern MP calls Liberal budget 'reckless'

Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is calling the 2023-2024 federal budget reckless. "Just simply the amount of spending," he said. "If you go back to 2015, when the Liberals came to pow...

Mar 29, 2023

Controlled burns being considered for rejuvenating wildlife habitats & populations

Indigenous people across Saskatchewan are hoping to see controlled fires used in the Saskatchewan River Delta to help restore wildlife habitats and populations.While many believe fires would destroy e...

Mar 29, 2023

Indigenous government-relations firm said more should have been included in federal budget

First Nations groups are lending their voice to what the federal government outlined in the 2023 budget earlier this week. The budget was released by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday and ...

Mar 29, 2023

Plans finalized for fifth anniversary of Humboldt Broncos tragedy

April 6 will mark the fifth anniversary of the 2017-18 Humboldt Broncos tragedy, and the City of Humboldt announced its plans to commemorate the day.The city, along with representatives of the player'...

Mar 29, 2023

Wolf hunting licenses to be available to out of province hunters

The recently released provincial budget contained a lot of notes for a lot of groups and a lot of money for them as well. One news note from that busy day will interest the hunting community.Saskatche...

Mar 28, 2023

Federal budget addresses health care, dental plan, ‘grocery rebate’

As was the case a week earlier in the Saskatchewan budget, health care was one of the main focuses when the federal budget was released Tuesday.The budget is calling for spending of nearly $491 billio...

Mar 28, 2023