Provincial News

Four agriculture groups are raising concerns over the proposed Bunge and Viterra merger. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Alberta Grains, SaskBarley, and Sask Wheat raised concerns about the merger, believing it would result in economic losses for producers. A recent study by Dr. Richard Gray, Dr. James Nolan, and Dr. Peter Slade from […]

Opposition Leader Carla Beck took aim at the jobs record of Premier Scott Moe in announcing her party’s Hire Saskatchewan Plan. The NDP announced details of that policy plank both at the Legislature and in a news release on Monday. According to their news release, the NDP plan calls for the province to prioritize growing Saskatchewan […]

Its been a long haul for the Regina International Airport. Eight long years of not being able to offer flights from Regina to major US hub. During that time, if you wanted to get to the US by air from Regina, you would have to first fly to another Canadian city like Edmonton, Vancouver or […]

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting an emergency debate in the House of Commons over the decriminalization of hard drugs. In a letter to the Speaker of the House, Poilievre says Trudeau’s drug policy needs to be dismantled, calling it a “dangerous experiment.” Late last week, BC’s Premier, David Eby said his province would move […]

Justin Trudeau says residents in Saskatchewan will continue to get carbon rebates while the province says it’s not worried by the prime minister’s push to get the Canada Revenue Agency to collect money owed. The Saskatchewan government decided earlier this year not to remit the federal carbon price on natural gas to Ottawa, a move that breaks federal law. […]

The province and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency provided a sneak peek at the type of land-based tanker aircraft coming to their fleet in the coming years. At an event at the Regina airport, details were released on four re-purposed land-based airtanker aircraft that will start joining the fleet in 2025 through the end of […]

 The opposition New Democrats have called for the resignation of Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill on Monday, on the heels of a major verbal gaffe by Cockrill during a meeting with a mother whose daughter had recently died. “Time and time again, Jeremy Cockrill shows that he lacks the empathy and honestly needed to be the Education […]

Governor General Mary Simon has touched down in Regina to begin her first official visit to Saskatchewan. This is Governor General Simon’s first official visit to Saskatchewan in her time in office, although she was in Saskatchewan before at the reconciliation event at Mosaic Stadium in the fall of 2022.  The Governor General arrived at […]

Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) finances were in the green for the second year in a row. Last year’s net profit was $75,000, down slightly from last year’s profit of $83,450. Agribition’s CEO, Shaun Kindopp, said the organization is in a good spot despite the lower profits. “For the second consecutive year, we’ve got revenue at […]

For the first time since she was appointed to the post, the Governor General Mary Simon will be paying a visit to Saskatchewan. The viceregal was sworn in July 26th 2021. Ms. Simon gained national and international recognition for her work on Arctic and Indigenous issues and for her efforts in advocating for Inuit rights, […]