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Labour disputes, including the ongoing strike of workers from grain terminals in Metro Vancouver, are creating challenging times for grain companies. More than six hundred employees walked off the job Tuesday morning as both parties – Grain Workers Union Local 333 and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators Association – remain apart over wages, pension, and scheduling. […]

The provincial government’s Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal has released a report saying Saskatchewan could face serious economic harm with new proposed new regulations to cut emissions from the oil and gas sector. The proposed regulations aim to cut the emissions by 75 percent from 2012 levels by 2030. This is something the Sask Party government […]

Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as about 600 workers begin a strike. Canada’s labour minister, meanwhile, says he spoke with both the employer and representatives of Grain Workers Union Local 333 on Monday, and they have agreed to resume contract negotiations alongside federal mediators. Steven MacKinnon posted the […]

From cellphone “hotels” to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recent bans and restrictions on the phones, little has changed. A number of provinces, including Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, introduced plans to limit cellphone usage beginning this […]

The union representing workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver issued 72-hour strike notice on Saturday and will be in a position to strike at 7 a.m. local time Tuesday. In a notice to members posted onto its Facebook Page, the Grain Workers Union Local 333 claimed its bargaining committee made the decision to strike after […]

MOOSE JAW — Filmmaker Robert (Bob) Barrett spent nearly two years making a documentary about the Royal Canadian Air Force’s history, and one thing he discovered was its personnel are high-calibre role models for their communities. The Toronto-based documentarian began shooting “Wings of Honour: A Century of the Royal Canadian Air Force” in 2022, where […]

REGINA – The horses are coming up to the starting gate, but how are things looking with respect to a provincial election? Sask Today spoke to Tom McIntosh, Professor on Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, about where things stand right now in provincial politics. It is a unique time in provincial […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising cattle producers to not travel to the United States for upcoming agricultural shows, or participate in them, due to the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) south of the border. Multiple states have reported outbreaks of HPAI among dairy cattle since March of this year. To […]

PILOT BUTTE – The Saskatchewan Party government touted a growing economy on Monday as they released an update to ‘Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan: The Next Decade of Growth.’ Provincial ministers were in Pilot Butte at Dutch Industries on Monday, whose plant has been undergoing expansion. Cabinet ministers including Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison, Energy […]

REGINA – The Saskatchewan United Party have announced that two former Saskatchewan Party MLAs will instead be running for their own party in the 2024 election. In a news release, Sask United states that former Arm River MLA , who held that seat for 21 years until retiring in 2020, will run in Saskatoon Southeast in 2024 […]