Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Monkeypox no cause for panic: Microbiologist
Monkeypox is making headlines worldwide, but is it something we need to be worried about?Dr. Joseph Blondeau, head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and provincial lead for Clinica...
May 24, 2022

CFL players vote down tentative deal with CFL: Report
It appears the tentative deal between the CFL and the CFL Players' Association has fallen incomplete.According to TSN's Dave Naylor, the majority of players voted against the proposed collective barga...
May 24, 2022

Riders ready for game action as training camp rolls on
The grind continues for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they continue to gear up for the 2022 CFL season that begins in a matter of weeks.The team got out to a delayed start, just like everyone else i...
May 23, 2022

Premier Scott Moe addresses soaring resource prices
Premier Scott Moe has laid out the possibilities of what the Saskatchewan government could do with a resource revenue windfall but cautioned it would only come later into the year.Oil and potash price...
May 23, 2022

Farmers to reap benefits of recent PST changes
The province is making some changes to provincial sales tax (PST) to lend a hand to farmers.In a release, the province shared that amendments to PST regulations will "provide greater clarity to farmer...
May 21, 2022

FSIN calls for federal support during Spring Assembly
Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Lametti was presented with one white moccasin during the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Spring Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.This ...
May 20, 2022

Cumberland MLA Vermette suspended from assembly after cursing during mental health discussion
Cumberland House MLA Doyle Vermette (NDP) was suspended for one day from the legislative assembly after accusing the government of not "giving a [expletive]" about issues such as suicide and mental he...
May 19, 2022

Half of new COVID cases among 50 and older population, 22 deaths reported last week
The Ministry of Health reported another 465 new cases of COVID-19 last week, as well as 22 COVID-19 related deaths in the province.This is a decrease from the number of new cases in the previous week ...
May 19, 2022

SaskPower to inspect more than 100,000 wooden poles
After spring snowstorms damaged some of its infrastructure, SaskPower workers will be inspecting more than 101,000 wooden power poles around the province this year to help ensure the power grid stays ...
May 19, 2022

Sasakamoose memorialized at SaskTel Centre
Hundreds of people gathered outside SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on Wednesday to commemorate the second Fred Sasakamoose Day with a special reveal.There wasn't much sun in the sky to glisten off the 25...
May 19, 2022