The Canadian and Manitoba governments are contributing a total of 133 million dollars into a new climate initiative for trucking industry. Manitoba Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires says the program will provide funds to the industry to become more ecologically friendly. The funding will be split 50-50 between the 2 levels of government.
The federal government plans to ban some environmentally harmful single-use plastics by 2021 to reduce waste and litter and protect the world’s oceans. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says details still need to be worked out, but it would likely include straws, bags and cutlery. He also says companies manufacturing plastic products, or sell items with plastic packaging, […]
There will be a 2nd Garth Brooks concert at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium in August. It’s been announced Brooks has added the 2nd show for Friday the 9th, with tickets going on sale this Friday. Tickets for the original show August 10th sold out in less than an hour.
An 82 year old Canora woman was killed, and a 37 year old Yorkton woman was seriously injured in a 3 vehicle accident on highway 9 north of the city Saturday. RCMP sat the elderly woman was the driver of a mini-van that hit a utility trailer, and a pick-up driven by the younger woman, […]
Pinehouse Lake RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for a 30-year-old man who escaped custody in Besnard Lake on Saturday night. Randy Timothy Venne is suspected to have left the communities correctional facility Saturday night, and was last seen Sunday morning on Highway 165. Venne is described as about 5’6″ with […]
The federal government is looking to ban single use plastic products, such as straws, water bottles and food wrap. An announcement is expected today , with the aim to ban such items in 2021. Ottawa says single use plastics are ending up in landfills, waterways and oceans every year, causing ecological problems.
The Yorkton RCMP are advising the public of a serious motor vehicle collision 3 miles north of Yorkton on Highway 9. The investigation is expected to take a significant amount of time, and the main highway will be blocked. The public is encouraged to take alternate routes if possible and a detour will be set […]
Two Ontario men arrested in connection with an incident in Wynyard involving a stolen vehicle, have appeared in court. On Monday, a Mountie conducting patrols ran the licence plate of a vehicle, which came back as stolen from Ontario. The officer followed the vehicle onto Highway 16, where he initiated a traffic stop, but when he approached on foot, the driver […]
Good news for minimum wage earners in Saskatchewan, as beginning October 1st, their hourly wage is going up. The province announced today (FRI), that on that date, workers will make a minimum of $11.32 an hour, an increase of 26 cents from the current hourly wage. That increase is calculated, using an indexation formula that […]
Bail has been granted to an Esterhazy man, arrested in November on firearm charges Last June, RCMP responded to a complaint of a firearm being discharged in Yarbo. 55-year-old John Churchill is now charged with Flight From Police, arising from an alleged incident on May 20th. Churchill’s matter was heard in Yorkton Provincial Court today (Fri), where he was released on 5-hundred dollars bail, and […]
