Tag Archives: Provincial Politics

Provincial budget delivers on old promises, spends on communities
The 2024 Saskatchewan budget is a mix of old news and new spending in almost every category of expense. It has lower deficit than last year, but also has increased spending on debt servicing. Accordin...
Mar 20, 2024

Teachers across Saskatchewan picketing during provincial budget day
Teachers across the province are on the picket lines Wednesday as the Provincial Budget is tabled in Regina.Thousands of teachers are expected to picket at the Legislature as they seek to include clas...
Mar 20, 2024

Spending expected as 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget set to be released
Explaining how it's going to run the province, where the dollars are going to go and where its priorities lie, the Government of Saskatchewan is set to unveil its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year We...
Mar 20, 2024

P.A. High School basketball team to hold silent protest to save HOOPLA
Members of a Prince Albert High School Basketball team are taking matters into their own hands to hopefully save the 2024 HOOPLA Tournament.The Carlton Boys Senior Boys basketball team qualified for t...
Mar 18, 2024

Fate of HOOPLA now up to teachers and the province says SHSAA
The fate of the province's largest high school basketball tournament is still up in the air after more teacher sanctions were announced this week. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF)...
Mar 18, 2024

One-day strike coming Wednesday, withdrawal of extracurricular activities later this week for Sask. Teachers
Saskatchewan teachers will have a one-day strike and withdraw from extracurricular activities for two days this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) gave the 48-hour notice Monday morning...
Mar 18, 2024

Lunch-hour supervision withdrawn in several divisions over next two days
The latest round of teacher sanctions takes place Monday and Tuesday as lunch-hour supervision is being cancelled.On Monday, three school divisions are affected including the North East School Divisio...
Mar 18, 2024

Northern Sask. families join new initiative to support teachers
A mother and daughter from Saskatchewan are doing what they can to resolve the contract dispute between the provincial government and teachers. Nicole Berg and her six-year-old daughter Victoria live ...
Mar 15, 2024

Lake Country to receive 5G boost
Rural areas north of Prince Albert and east of Nipawin are the latest to benefit from Sasktel's expansion of its 5G network.Among the 30 additional cell sites impacted are ones in the Christopher Lake...
Mar 15, 2024

Government rejects STF offer to resolve class size, complexity dispute with binding arbitration
The provincial government has rejected an offer from the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation that could have ended the group's ongoing sanctions.On Thursday, the federation said it would suspend its san...
Mar 15, 2024