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As U.S. President Donald Trump works on a deal to buy potash from Belarus to lessen dependence on Canadian fertilizer, industry analysts say the proposal would likely be difficult and costly.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says companies planning to build data centres in the province must be Canadian.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's marshals policing service has been ordered to pause development of a proposed tactical unit, and the community safety minister says a rogue employee is partly to blame.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's community safety minister says he's told the province's marshals policing service to pause the development of a specialized tactical unit.
REGINA -- Those swearing oaths or making affirmations in Saskatchewan provincial courts can now do so with an eagle feather.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan is looking to buy some high-tech weaponry for its marshals police service, including sniper rifles, sound cannons and a thermal camera.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan residents receiving income assistance for disabilities will soon see changes to their benefits.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is ending the last fiscal year deep in the red.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Opposition is urging Premier Scott Moe to do away with the province's pronoun law after it came into effect nearly three years ago.
REGINA -- A report from Saskatchewan's auditor says the province's public safety agency needs to do a better job at preparing for the wildfire season.
REGINA -- A wildfire evacuation order has been lifted in northern Saskatchewan but about 1,200 people elsewhere in the province remain out of their homes.
REGINA -- More than 1,300 Saskatchewan residents remain out of their homes as two wildfires continue to spread in northern areas of the province.
REGINA -- As Ottawa appears to inch closer to a trade deal with India, Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the agreement addresses punishing tariffs on pulse crops.
REGINA -- Female politicians in Saskatchewan's legislature will soon have their own designated washroom after going without one for over 110 years.
REGINA -- New figures from Saskatchewan's electrical utility show it will cost about $1 billion a year to extend the life of the province's coal plants.
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan legislature member says she left the Opposition NDP because she was told to keep quiet rather than speak out on a law that can force drug treatment on those battling addictions.
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan Opposition NDP member is now sitting as an Independent.
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is promising a mass mail-out of postcards to gauge citizen opinions on whether to put fences around the internet.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas.
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is launching a postcard survey to determine next steps on a possible social media ban for children.
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan law that allows residents to store prohibited firearms is now in effect.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says residents are to get status updates sooner about whether hospital emergency rooms are closed.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government has introduced a bill that would change how time is governed in communities that straddle the Alberta boundary.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says residents are to get status updates sooner on whether emergency rooms in their local hospitals are closed.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's child advocate is flagging an emerging pattern of young children who died with fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in their systems.
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency failed to respond in a timely fashion to many wildfire evacuees last summer, the province's ombudsman said Thursday.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says it may amend its time legislation depending on what Alberta does with its clocks.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan is taking aim at reducing the rise in drugs and weapons being dropped by drones into prison yards - sometimes right to an inmate's cell window.
REGINA -- Some local theatres in Saskatchewan are hoping to see more independent films up on the big screen after the provincial government decided to end mandatory movie ratings.
REGINA -- Groups that represent doctors in Saskatchewan are speaking out on a bill that proposes to force treatment on those battling drug addictions.
Prairie farmers say a move by Ottawa to temporarily lift a ban on a rodent poison is a good start to address rampant gopher populations that have decimated crops and injured livestock.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government has cancelled funding to a Saskatoon-based harm reduction organization that's facing financial turmoil and a temporary shutdown of its supervised drug consumption site.
Don Bourassa says a proposed wind farm near his home in southeast Saskatchewan has ruined relationships in his community -- to the point where he feels he has been bullied.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's municipal affairs minister says the province will support a rural municipality outside Regina after four of its council members resigned.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit.
Saskatchewan's government is planning to table a deficit budget today in a move that Premier Scott Moe says protects public services. Moe has not said how large the deficit will be but says the province's economy is strong enough to weather global uncertainty. He has said market volatility, including China's previous tariffs on Canadian canola, have caused revenues to shrink.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is planning to table a deficit budget today in a move that Premier Scott Moe says protects public services.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a deficit budget he's to unveil tomorrow aims to protect services, with more dollars going toward health care.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe trumpeted new gun legislation passed Wednesday by his government, while praising his justice minister as "the hottest lawyer in the province."
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is fighting back against Ottawa's gun buyback program through measures it says aim to protect firearm owners.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's social services minister says he's scheduling a meeting at Saskatoon's downtown library following complaints of violence and social disorder.
REGINA -- Some Saskatchewan daycare operators say the province's new child-care agreement is hitting parents with higher, unexpected fees.
REGINA -- Some Saskatchewan daycare operators say the province's new child care agreement is hitting parents with higher, unexpected fees.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's legislature began with a raucous start Monday as politicians returned for the spring sitting, levelling accusations of pearl clutching and being unserious.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is applauding a move by India's government to strike a deal with Canada on uranium. Moe is in New Delhi, where he watched Prime Minister Mark Carney ink the deal with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is applauding a move by India's government to strike a deal with Canada on uranium.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan politicians are set to return to the legislature today for the spring sitting.
China's government announced Friday it would suspend some tariffs on Canadian agricultural goods and seafood following a recent visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The country's finance ministry said in a statement that 100 per cent tariffs on canola meal and peas, and a 25 per cent levy on lobsters and crabs, won't be imposed. The statement, which made no...
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's not expecting Canada to make a trade deal with India ahead of his trip to the country with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Moe says he hopes the meetings this week will "reinvigorate" both countries to move toward establishing a better trading relationship. But the premier says he has concerns India might raise tariffs on...
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's not expecting Canada to make a trade deal with India ahead of his trip to the country with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe's government to open the books for spending an extra $655 million.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says it has reached a $4.8-million settlement with a tire recycling company.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is accusing the province of acting slowly on addressing hospital safety concerns, arguing it doesn't need another report to examine issues.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is launching an independent third-party review into hospital security while also installing metal detectors in emergency rooms following concerns of growing violence.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and canola farmers are hailing Canada's new trade deal with China as "very good news" that could restore exports for the major Prairie crop. The deal will see China significantly reduce tariffs on Canadian canola seed — and at least temporarily remove tariffs on canola meal — in exchange for Ottawa making concessions on Chinese electric vehicles duties.
Regina -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and canola farmers are hailing Canada's new trade deal with China as "very good news" that could restore exports for the major Prairie crop.
REGINA -- A machine in Saskatchewan that's vital for diagnosing cancer is working at full capacity after it was disrupted two weeks ago.
Canadian farmers are hoping for a breakthrough on punishing tariffs as Prime Minister Mark Carney talks trade in China this week. Rick White, president of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, says Beijing's steep levies on the major Prairie crop will cost producers at least $2 billion this year if the issue isn't resolved. "Farmers are already frustrated. They're exasperated, they're...
Canadian farmers are hoping for a breakthrough on punishing tariffs as Prime Minister Mark Carney talks trade in China this week.
REGINA -- After noticing more people grow desperate to find a family doctor in Regina, David Nnamdi says he decided to take the problem into his own hands.