Category Archives: Saskatchewan
More bat encounters raise rabies concerns
Health officials say Saskatoon has seen a sharp rise in bat encounters this year, and several of those bats have tested positive for rabies.Dr. Simon Kapaj, medical health officer with the Saskatchewa...
Oct 05, 2025
USask researchers receive $1.5 million for rapid response wildfire research
Researchers will have more money to study the effects of wildfire damage on First Nations and Mtis communities.The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Institute of Indigenous Peoples Health...
Oct 05, 2025
‘What we need is hope’: NDP Leader Carla Beck addresses delegates at party convention
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has the highest post-election leadership review in party history.The NDP convention at TCU Place in Saskatoon this weekend brought in over 600 delegates, the largest...
Oct 05, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe backs Alberta on pipeline plans
Building a pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northwest coast could be the "most significant generationally important infrastructure that we could consider as Canadians."Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ma...
Oct 04, 2025

SUMA returns from Ottawa in hopes to revive ICIP
With representatives from all over the province joining the trip, members of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) were in Ottawa for three days this past week. The purpose of the t...
Oct 04, 2025

RCMP cross-border raid nets rifles, cocaine and stolen ATVs
A pair of suspects from the RM of Manitou Lake are facing multiple charges after a joint RCMP investigation led to the seizure of firearms, cocaine and stolen vehicles valued at more than $100,000.The...
Oct 03, 2025

Saskatchewan's first snow of the season could arrive Monday
Over the course of this weekend, a weather system travelling into Saskatchewan from the west is expected to hit the West Central Saskatchewan area near the Battlefords, then up to the northern area of...
Oct 03, 2025

Building with byproducts; SaskPolytech gets in on new research
Mining resources creates more than products to ship and money to be made; it also creates byproducts and the question of what to do with them. SaskPolytech, working with other polytechs across western...
Oct 03, 2025

New provincial legislation reduces financial barriers for people requiring legal help
Changes to Saskatchewan's Legal Profession Act will be a big benefit to those who previously could not afford a lawyer or qualify for legal aid. That's according to Melanie Markowski with Markowsky Li...
Oct 03, 2025

Saskatchewan farmers move closer to wrapping up harvest
Warm and dry weather across Saskatchewan allowed producers to stay in the field longer and get more of their crop in the bin. Combining is at 84 per cent complete, which is a 16 per cent increase from...
Oct 02, 2025