Federal Politics

Feds announce $69.5 million for Sask. infrastructure projects

Federal and provincial leaders were in Air Ronge on Thursday to announce an investment of $69.5 million through the Canada Community Building Fund (CCBF). Those present for the announcement included M...

Oct 16, 2025

Carney says government will introduce tougher bail, sentencing rules next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in a bill that will be introduced next week.Carney says the legislation w...

Oct 16, 2025

Carney calls hostage release under Gaza peace deal ‘moment of profound relief’

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the release of hostages under a ceasefire deal in Gaza "a moment of profound relief" and is urging all parties to uphold the ceasefire agreement.Carney t...

Oct 13, 2025

FSIN confirms receipt of KPMG audit list, begins comprehensive review

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is confirming receipt of a list of items referenced in the KPMG Forensic Audit Summary Report released by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that fl...

Oct 09, 2025

Sask Polytech to close bookstores on Prince Albert and Moose Jaw campuses

A sharp decline in international student enrolment continues to take its toll on Saskatchewan Polytechnic schools. Rosby James, president of the students' association said learners were recently infor...

Oct 07, 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

Canada Post union says latest contract offer is step backwards

The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation is taking a major step backwards with its latest contract offers.In a statement released Friday, the union says it is disappointed...

Oct 04, 2025

'These findings cannot be dismissed or minimized': FSIN 4th Vice-Chief responds to federal audit

Just one day after the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) issued a statement downplaying an audit that flags over $30 million dollars in spending, there appears to be some division with...

Oct 02, 2025

Indigenous Services Canada, FSIN spar over ‘full report’ from forensic audit

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says it is difficult to respond to a forensic audit without first seeing the full report.But according to Indigenous Services Canada, the FSIN was...

Oct 02, 2025

Prince Albert family finds healing after residential school trauma

George Merasty was only six years old when he attended the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, and as he reflects on his life since then, his eyes well up in tears."I was never the same li...

Sep 30, 2025