Saskatchewan

SARM seeking more rural road and bridge funding during provincial election campaign

Ahead of this month's provincial election, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is calling for increased funding for rural roads and bridges. The organization says the infrastru...

Teena Monteleone Oct 03, 2024

Lloydminster wireline company fined $55K for workplace injury

A wireline company was fined $55,000 on Sept. 23 in Lloydminster Provincial Court in connection to a serious workplace safety incident. Summit Wireline Inc., based out of Lloydminster, pleaded guilty ...

Oct 03, 2024

Green energy and green jobs is the focus for SGP candidate Patrick McNally

Saskatchewan Green Party (SGP) Candidate for Lloydminster, Patrick McNally is focusing his sights on the future for the province.It's been the hard work and long hours of farm life that have helped sh...

Oct 03, 2024

How northern constituencies could affect the provincial election

As with all polling projections, Daniel Westlake is taking what he sees with a grain of salt, but when it comes to battlegrounds in the upcoming provincial election, the political science professor is...

Oct 03, 2024

CUPE healthcare deliver 1,800 letters of struggle to Sask. Gov.

While politicians are knocking on your doorstep, healthcare workers are knocking at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) healthcare workers delivered 1,800 p...

Oct 02, 2024

NDP plan is to scrap gas tax and the Marshal’s service; Beck in Prince Albert

In Prince Albert on Wednesday, NDP leader Carla Beck announced that if elected premier, her first move will be to pause a tax she has long been challenging the Sask. Party on, the gas tax. "Not only d...

Oct 02, 2024

Acclaimed Candidate James Thorsteinson hopes to keep Sask. Party seat

A third-generation rancher is once again hoping to keep his Sask. Party seat in Cut Knife-Turtleford after being acclaimed this past spring. James Thorsteinson, the Maidstone-based candidate, has spen...

Oct 02, 2024

Meadow Lake incumbent Jeremy Harrison focuses on future growth

At the age of 26, he was the youngest Canadian elected to both the House of Commons and a provincial Legislative Assembly. Now Jeremy Harrison is preparing for his seventh election campaign.The Sask. ...

Oct 02, 2024

Survivors of the province’s oldest residential school are still waiting for justice

The federal and provincial governments still don't acknowledge their roles in the operation of the le--la-Crosse Residential School and Survivors say that's not Reconciliation.It opened in 1821 and wa...

Oct 02, 2024

Saskatchewan NDP blasts Scott Moe for tax hikes while in office

REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democrats say Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party can't be trusted to reduce taxes.NDP candidate Trent Wotherspoon says Moe hiked 31 taxes and fees while premier in a single year,...

Oct 02, 2024