Jun 26 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan's NDP has chosen Carla Beck to be its new leader, making her the first woman to lead the party in 90 years. Beck, the member of the legislative assembly for Regina Lakeview, defeated Kaitlyn Harvey, a Métis lawyer from Saskatoon, at a leadership convention in Regina. "When I really feel it is […]
Jun 21 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — On the longest day of the year, communities across Canada embraced National Indigenous People's Day by celebrating the contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. The Summer solstice is a time of spiritual significance for many Indigenous peoples and the day offered the opportunity to learn about their culture. "We want to […]
Jun 8 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — The Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources is years behind on auditing potash, oil and uranium companies, potentially leaving millions of dollars in royalties and taxes uncollected, says the provincial auditor. As of March 2021, there were 101 audits filed before 2020 that remained outstanding, Tara Clemett said in her most recent report […]
Jun 2 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Canada's public safety minister says a proposal to reform the country's gun laws isn't meant to target farmers or other rural gun owners who use firearms recreationally or to help keep wildlife off their properties. Marco Mendicino met with community leaders in Regina on Thursday at the annual conference of big-city mayors. He […]
May 30 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — A Saskatchewan Health Authority business card with a number written on it lay on the ground where Samwel Uko's body was pulled from a lake. Jurors at a public inquest into his death heard Monday that Uko had placed it there before he drowned himself on the Saskatchewan legislature grounds just over two […]
May 4 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — BATTLEFORD, Sask. — An artifact believed to have belonged to a 19th-century Plains Cree leader who played an important role in treaty talks and was known as a peacekeeper has been returned to his descendants. Parks Canada transferred a staff ascribed to Chief Poundmaker from a collection of historical objects under the agency's care. The […]
May 2 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Saskatchewan's Opposition says the government needs to share more of the wealth coming in from oil prices that continue to surge above what was forecast in the budget. The NDP is urging the Saskatchewan Party government to raise royalty rates by one per cent when benchmark oil prices exceed US$90 a barrel. Finance […]
Apr 28 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — An Independent member of the legislature has revived a 20-year-old scandal involving the Saskatchewan Party to show her concerns about a bill that aims to reform legislative security. Nadine Wilson suggested in the house Thursday that history could be repeated and staff spied on should the bill aimed at having security officers report […]
Apr 19 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of patients with COVID-19 that some health officials say will likely continue for another month. Latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose about 18 per cent across Canada between April 4 and April 11 — to 6,020 people needing beds. […]
Apr 11 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Christine Enns said she was shocked when a rapid test showed she had tested positive for COVID-19. Enns, who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot, already had the virus in early February and thought reinfection was rare. "I started feeling sick three to four days ago thinking, 'This feels […]
Apr 4 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — A new survey suggests Canadians are becoming more divided, with some saying issues have led them to reduce contact with friends or family. The national phone survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was done between March 7 and March 24. It asked 1,011 people […]
Apr 4 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — A new survey suggests more Canadians are becoming divided, with some saying issues have led them to reduce contact with friends or family. The national phone survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was done between March 7 and March 24. It asked 1,011 people […]
Apr 2 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Dickson Delorme, who farms near the town of Foam Lake, Sask., says he stockpiled fuel weeks ago to prepare for the federal carbon tax increase. With seeding season about to start, many Saskatchewan farmers are looking to save where they can, as inflation, rising fuel and fertilizer prices and last year's near-record drought […]
Mar 23 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Working out or going to a professional football game could cost more this fall with proposed new taxes outlined in Saskatchewan's budget. Starting in October, the province plans to add the six per cent provincial sales tax to admissions fees and entertainment, including Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL games, other sporting events, concerts, museums, rodeos […]
Mar 23 2022 — Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — REGINA — Working out or going to a professional football game could cost more this fall with proposed new taxes outlined in Saskatchewan's budget. Starting in October, the province plans to add the six per cent provincial sales tax to admissions fees and entertainment, including Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL games, other sporting events, concerts, museums, rodeos […]