Saskatchewan

Interim health authority CEO takes over position on permanent basis

The Saskatchewan Health Authority's CEO chair is no long vacant.Andrew Will, who has served as interim CEO of the SHA since Dec. 2, 2021, was named the new permanent CEO on Thursday in Saskatoon follo...

Oct 20, 2022

Film and TV industry receives $7.5M boost from Saskatchewan government

Saskatchewan's government is giving the film industry another boost.The province announced Thursday it will be providing the Creative Saskatchewan Feature Film and Television Production Grant Program ...

Oct 20, 2022

Saskatchewan launches biosimilars initiative to bring down drug costs

A new initiative from the Saskatchewan government will replace biologic drugs used by approximately 24,000 people in the province with lower-cost versions of the same medication.On Thursday, the Gover...

Oct 20, 2022

Regina police chief says many questions still unanswered about federal gun buyback

By around this time next year, the Canadian government plans to be implementing its ban on all assault-style firearms.In order to get those guns off the streets, the government wants to buy the weapon...

Oct 19, 2022

‘Long overdue’: First Nations Police Chiefs respond to plan to expand Indigenous policing

Reaction is coming out swiftly to the federal government's plan to make First Nations policing essential across the country.Saskatchewan has just one First Nation-administered police service: File Hil...

Oct 19, 2022

Inflation slows for third consecutive month despite surging food prices

Stats Canada's monthly consumer index report showed a deceleration for the third consecutive month.The annual inflation rate dropped slightly in September to 6.9 per cent, but the cost of groceries co...

Oct 19, 2022

Threat neutralized after Stanley Mission schools placed on hold and secure

Two schools in Stanley Mission were placed on hold and secure on Monday due to a threat by outside suspects. That's according to a written statement released by Director of Education Darryl Flett. The...

Oct 18, 2022

SHA issues warning about scam calls involving monkeypox

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning people about a phone scam that's going around.A caller tells the person who answers that they've been in close contact with someone who's a confirmed case ...

Oct 18, 2022

'We can do better': Public Safety Minister talks First Nations policing during visit to Sask.

The path towards more Indigenous police services in Saskatchewan took another step forward Monday.In a special ceremony in Prince Albert, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) signed a Letter of Inte...

Oct 17, 2022

Students perform $84,000 in free dental work for northern residents

Saskatchewan Polytechnic and University of Regina students helped bring smiles to the faces of people in La Loche, Clearwater River Dene Nation and Buffalo Narrows last week. During the Northern Healt...

Oct 17, 2022