Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Few can say they’re 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close
Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree - she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank ...
Oct 17, 2024
Survey shows Sask. supports RCMP, concerned with Marshals Service
New data show people across Saskatchewan support the RCMP, and have concerns about the Saskatchewan Marshals Service.The survey was released by the National Police Federation, a union representing rou...
Oct 17, 2024
Leaders of Sask. Party, NDP face off in sole election debate
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Carla Beck faced off in their first and only debate in the lead up to the provincial election.Beck is promising to make life more affordable, while M...
Oct 17, 2024

AFN head urges support for child welfare deal, says they won't get better from Tories
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possible under a different...
Oct 16, 2024

Trudeau says he has list of Tories vulnerable to, or engaged in foreign interference
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has refused to get the security clearance necessary to be briefed on a list of people in his party involved in, or vulnerable to, foreign interference, Prime Minis...
Oct 16, 2024
Statistics Canada says levels of food insecurity rose in 2022
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the level of food insecurity increased in 2022 as inflation hit peak levels.In a report using data from the Canadian community health survey, the agency says 15.6 per c...
Oct 16, 2024
SASK VOTES 2024: What to expect during Wednesday’s leaders’ debate
Carla Beck and Scott Moe have faced off against each other many times in the legislative building, so the leaders' debate for the 2024 provincial election won't be different in that way, but this time...
Oct 16, 2024
What to expect during Wednesday’s leaders’ debate
Carla Beck and Scott Moe have faced off against each other many times in the legislative building, so the leaders' debate for the 2024 provincial election won't be different in that way, but this time...
Oct 16, 2024
NDP’s Carla Beck promises 800 health-care workers, improved conditions
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she would hire 800 new front-line health-care workers over four years if her party wins the election on Oct. 28.Beck says those positions wo...
Oct 15, 2024

Federal minister pays visit to Sask. to finalize Cows and Plows announcements
A failed promise 150 years ago by the federal government to provide First Nation people with agricultural tools and equipment now represents a settlement in the area of $13 billion.The Federal Ministe...
Oct 15, 2024