Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Federal Court approves $23B First Nations child-welfare settlement
A Federal Court judge has verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families over chronic underfunding of o...
Oct 24, 2023
Sask. teachers to vote on sanctions, possible job action
A vote by Saskatchewan teachers could have an effect on classrooms in the province.On Tuesday and Wednesday, teachers across the province are to vote on possible sanctions, which could result in job a...
Oct 24, 2023

P.A high school marks first stop for provincial shipment of feminine hygiene products
Over three million menstrual products will soon be handed out across the province.Laura Ross, Saskatchewan's Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, was in Prince Albert on Monday where she anno...
Oct 23, 2023

FNUniv holds Fall Convocation in Prince Albert
More than 100 students walked across the stage as they celebrated their recent graduation from the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv).Students from all campuses came together in Prince Albert...
Oct 23, 2023
Craig Dickenson out as Roughriders’ head coach
Craig Dickenson will not return as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team announced Monday that it won't renew Dickenson's contract after it expires at the end of this season.The Sask...
Oct 23, 2023
Special Weather Statements in effect as a shot of winter approaches
Brace yourself, as a dose of winter is making its way to many parts of Saskatchewan this week.Roughly half the province from the U.S. border to as far north as Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake are under ...
Oct 23, 2023

Harvest at 98 per cent complete in Saskatchewan, weak yields but strong quality
Harvest is wrapping up across Saskatchewan.According to the province's last weekly report of the season, around 98 per cent of crops have been combined.More than half of the province's 22 farming dist...
Oct 20, 2023

Saskatchewan government passes pronoun legislation
Two months after its policies were first proposed - and after two months of often-bitter debate - Saskatchewan's Parents' Bill of Rights has been passed.The Saskatchewan Party government passed the le...
Oct 20, 2023

Saskatchewan legislature prepared for final vote on pronoun bill
Saskatchewan politicians are to return to the legislature today for third reading on the government's proposed pronoun bill. If the bill is passed at third reading, it will become law in the province ...
Oct 20, 2023

Pronoun bill opponents decry lack of consultation
With just a few more hours left before debate finishes on the pronoun legislation in Saskatchewan, opposition to the bill wasn't finished Thursday morning.A group of Indigenous leaders and teens watch...
Oct 19, 2023