Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
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
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
Plans for OSB mill in Prince Albert still underway despite market uncertainty
"It's taking way too long, and harder than we were hoping, but we have not given up."That's the message being delivered by those involved with One Sky Forestry Products' oriented strand board (OSB) mi...
Oct 01, 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
UPDATED: Planned move from Hague to Denare Beach Monday: Sask. highways
Update: On Monday, Sept. 29 the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency clarified that a singular modular home being moved from Hague to Denare Beach is that of a private resident and the move is not relate...
Sep 28, 2025
Sask. government has contingency plans amid postal strike
The Government of Saskatchewan said contingency measures are in place to limit disruptions caused by the national Canada Post strike in a news release.On Thursday afternoon, Canada Post workers in Sas...
Sep 27, 2025
Unity Walk enters home stretch
The fourth annual Unity Walk starts Monday, west of Prince Albert and will make its way to Mistawasis First Nation by late Tuesday.As in past years, they're raising awareness for residential school su...
Sep 27, 2025
Saskatchewan delinquencies dip, but experts warn debt struggles persist
Saskatchewan has seen a slight drop in delinquency rates. While fewer people failed to make a debt payment on time, experts say the decline doesn't necessarily mean the financial situation for people ...
Sep 24, 2025
Kinistino student named to Provincial Youth Council
A Grade 11 student at Kinistino school has the opportunity to help shape Saskatchewan classrooms with her ideas, insights and leadership.Hadley Gariepy is among 12 high school students selected by the...
Sep 23, 2025
Government of Saskatchewan seeks leave to appeal pronoun law decision to Supreme Court
The Government of Saskatchewan has taken the first steps to bring the case around its pronoun law to the highest court in the country.The government has filed to the Supreme Court of Canada, seeking l...
Sep 23, 2025