Doctors speak out on Saskatchewan's forced drug treatment legislation
REGINA -- Groups that represent doctors in Saskatchewan are speaking out on a bill that proposes to force treatment on those battling drug addictions.
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'Long overdue': Prairie farmers welcome renewal of poison to target pesky gophers
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.
Saskatchewan cancels funding to Prairie Harm Reduction, consumption site closed
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.
'Neighbours hating each other': Proposed Saskatchewan wind farm divides community
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.
Saskatchewan minister says rural municipality will be supported after resignations
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's municipal affairs minister says the province will support a rural municipality outside Regina after four of its council members resigned.
Saskatchewan introduces budget with spending hikes but also $819-million deficit
REGINA -- Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit.
Saskatchewan to deliver deficit budget, promises to 'protect' public services
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.
Saskatchewan to deliver deficit budget, promises to 'protect' public services
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is planning to table a deficit budget today in a move that Premier Scott Moe says protects public services.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says deficit budget aims to protect 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.
Saskatchewan Premier Moe lauds gun legislation from 'hottest' justice minister
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."
Premier Moe hits back at Ottawa's gun buyback program through certificate exemptions
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government is fighting back against Ottawa's gun buyback program through measures it says aim to protect firearm owners.
Saskatchewan minister says he'll have meeting at library after reports of violence
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's social services minister says he's scheduling a meeting at Saskatoon's downtown library following complaints of violence and social disorder.
Saskatchewan daycare operators say child-care coverage not as advertised
REGINA -- Some Saskatchewan daycare operators say the province's new child-care agreement is hitting parents with higher, unexpected fees.
Saskatchewan daycare operators say child care coverage not as advertised
REGINA -- Some Saskatchewan daycare operators say the province's new child care agreement is hitting parents with higher, unexpected fees.
'Snowflake!': Saskatchewan politicians spar over executive pay, Lutnick meeting
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 Moe says uranium deal with India marks 'great day'
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.
Saskatchewan Premier Moe says uranium deal with India marks 'great day'
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is applauding a move by India's government to strike a deal with Canada on uranium.
Saskatchewan legislative session returns with deficit budget looming
REGINA -- Saskatchewan politicians are set to return to the legislature today for the spring sitting.
China suspends some canola, seafood tariffs on Canada after Carney visit
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...
Premier Moe hopes India trip with Carney will 'reinvigorate' trade relationship
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...
Premier Moe hopes India trip with Carney will 'reinvigorate' trade relationship
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.
Saskatchewan government to spend extra $655M; NDP calls for accountability
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe's government to open the books for spending an extra $655 million.
Saskatchewan reaches $4.8M settlement with tire recycling company
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government says it has reached a $4.8-million settlement with a tire recycling company.
Saskatchewan NDP urges province to ditch review, take quick action on hospital safety
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.
Saskatchewan orders review of hospital security amid increasing safety concerns
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's Moe, canola farmers say trade deal with China 'very good news'
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.
Saskatchewan's Moe, canola farmers say trade deal with China 'very good news'
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.
Saskatchewan Health Authority says cancer scanner back to running at full capacity
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 hoping Carney can find resolution to canola tariffs in China
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 hoping Carney can find resolution to canola tariffs in China
Canadian farmers are hoping for a breakthrough on punishing tariffs as Prime Minister Mark Carney talks trade in China this week.
Citizen website aims to link Regina residents with family doctors taking patients
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.
Moe says he hopes Carney can make trade progress in visit to China next week
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's glad to see Prime Minister Mark Carney go to China next week to talk trade as punishing tariffs continue to hammer a major Prairie crop.
Saskatchewan NDP calls for emergency legislative session over proposed rate hikes
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is rejecting calls from the Opposition for an emergency legislative session on affordability issues, including proposed rate hikes to power and car insurance.
Changes to tips earned at work, sick leave now in effect in Saskatchewan
REGINA -- Changes to employment standards in Saskatchewan kick in today, affecting workers who collect tips or call in sick.
'Waters are choppy': Moe reflects on year that brought uncertainty and more problems
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott began the year with a smaller crew of mostly newbies, pledging to do better on everything from health care and education to balancing budgets.
Saskatchewan Premier Moe shuffles cabinet, brings in new faces, drops three ministers
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced a big shakeup of his cabinet, introducing new faces, dropping veterans, while mixing and matching job titles. "Nearly half of our government caucus was first elected in 2024, but I didn't want to bring too many brand-new members into cabinet right after the election," Moe said in a statement Thursday as the new cabinet was...
Saskatchewan Premier Moe shuffles cabinet, brings in new faces, drops three ministers
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shook up his cabinet Thursday, introducing new faces, dropping veterans and mixing and matching job titles.
Regina's $6.8M subsidy to Costco could have been avoided, says auditor
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's auditor says a $6.8-million subsidy the City of Regina is paying Costco could have been avoided had a provincial Crown corporation properly communicated with the giant retail company about its new location.
Mother says Saskatchewan's involuntary drug treatment bill would have helped her sons
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government tabled a bill Friday to force treatment on those battling drug addictions, a plan a mother of two dead sons says would have helped them.
Saskatchewan legislature set to wrap up with involuntary drug treatment bill
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's fall legislative sitting is set to wrap up with Premier Scott Moe's government set to table a bill that aims to help those battling drug addictions.
Saskatchewan's finance minister says $1B in extra spending won't affect deficit
REGINA -- Despite Saskatchewan's government earmarking an additional $1 billion in spending, the finance minister says it won't change the province's bottom line.
Former supervisor says public safety agency ignored ideas to help save Denare Beach
REGINA -- A former fire base supervisor with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says he quit his job out of frustration as a wildfire tore through a northern village earlier this summer.
Regina clinic closure leaves 5,000 patients scrambling for new family doctors
REGINA -- About 5,000 patients in Regina are now searching for a new family doctor after a clinic that received government money closed over the weekend.
Saskatchewan's updated $1.6B child-care deal with Ottawa includes funding increase
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's new child-care deal is to see Ottawa spend $1.6 billion over five years to support $10-a-day care, a move early learning educators say brings stability to the sector.
Saskatchewan's updated $1.6B child-care deal represents funding increase: Ottawa
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's new child-care deal will see Ottawa spend $1.6 billion over five years to support $10-a-day care.
'Frustrating': Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount
REGINA -- Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying.
Saskatchewan government says budget on course to record $427M deficit at year's end
REGINA -- This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires.
Saskatchewan finance minister to deliver midterm update on budget
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Finance Minister Jim Reiter is set to deliver the midterm update on this year's provincial budget today.
Premier Moe says he's supportive of pipeline to northern B.C., reallowing tankers
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's hopeful the federal government and Alberta can make progress on getting a pipeline built and allowing some tanker traffic on the northern B.C. coast. Moe says the measures would support Saskatchewan's goal of exporting more potash, agricultural products and oil. The Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting Ottawa, which is in talks with Alberta...
Premier Moe says he's supportive of pipeline to northern B.C., reallowing tankers
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's hopeful the federal government and Alberta can make progress on getting a pipeline built and allowing some tanker traffic on the northern B.C. coast.
Saskatchewan signs first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's government has signed its first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care.
Moe receives more than 80 per cent approval, says he's responsible for city losses
SASKATOON -- Premier Scott Moe has received more than 80 per cent support from members at his Saskatchewan Party's convention.
Moe says he's responsible for city losses ahead Saskatchewan Party convention vote
SASKATOON -- Premier Scott Moe says he takes responsibility for his Saskatchewan Party's losses in the province's two major cities.
Moe receives more than 80 per cent approval, says he's responsible for city losses
Premier Scott Moe has received more than 80 per cent support from members at his Saskatchewan Party's convention. Organizers of the gathering did not provide Moe's exact approval rating percentage. Ahead of the vote, Moe had told the gathering he plans on running in the next election, but the party needs to do better.
Moe says he's responsible for city losses ahead Saskatchewan Party convention vote
SASKATOON -- Premier Scott Moe says he takes responsibility for his Saskatchewan Party's losses in the province's two major cities.
Governing Saskatchewan Party looks to rebuild in cities ahead of weekend convention
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's governing party is hoping to regain support from the province's two major cities as members prepare to meet at its biennial convention this weekend.
Saskatchewan Party change would strip voting power from permanent residents, youth
REGINA -- Premier Scott Moe is defending a possible move that would allow only Canadian citizens and adults to be voting members of his Saskatchewan Party.
Premier Moe and Gainer Gopher join forces to support CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's premier is teaming up with the province's largest, most-huggable rodent to cheer on the Green Riders in the CFL's West final this weekend.
Saskatchewan firefighter of village burnt by wildfire says province lacked resources
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan firefighter who was on the front lines before his half his community burned down earlier this summer says the province provided little reinforcements.
Saskatchewan changing notifications of hospital closures amid growing frustration
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is committing to daily updates on which health facilities and services are being temporarily closed.