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The Saskatchewan government is spending $750 million more than it had budgeted this year, a move that’s raising questions from Opposition New Democrats. The province approved the extra dollars this week through special warrants, a measure it uses when expenditures aren’t budgeted. Some of that spending is for health care, agriculture and environmental cleanup. The […]

The Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation is planning to return to job action as soon as this Friday, as government negotiators walked away from the bargaining table. The STF and Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were meeting in Saskatoon for talks that began on Monday. The two sides were supposed to meet again late Tuesday afternoon, when the government’s […]

The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation may lay out its next moves in its on-going labour dispute with the provincial government. So far, teachers across the province have staged two one day strikes. The main issue is classroom size and complexity. The STF believes this needs to be bargained with the provincial government. The Sask Party government […]

A judge will be hearing a legal challenge over a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. The law was put in place and is protected by the “not withstanding” clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lawyers for UR Pride, an LGBTQ organization […]

The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers.  The move comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exempted those who use home heating oil from paying the levy, mostly benefiting residents in Atlantic Canada.  Saskatchewan asked for the exemption to cover all other forms of heating, […]

Talks aimed at a new contract for teachers in Saskatchewan have come to an end, with no new deal. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and the the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were bargaining with the help of the Conciliation Board in an attempt to reach a deal. In a statement, the STF says the government did not […]

Saskatchewan’s auditor says wait times for people to receive spine and brain surgeries have spiked.  In her report released today, Tara Clemett says 722 people have been waiting for a neurosurgeon, and about one third of them have been waiting for more than a year.  She says the wait list for spine surgery in Regina […]

The provincial government is replacing the Saskatchewan Employment Supplement, and the Child Care Subsidy with a new program Its called the  “The Saskatchewan Employment Incentive”. “The Saskatchewan Employment Incentive supports our government’s goal of a strong economy, strong communities and strong families,” Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky said. “By helping parents enter and stay in the […]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his pitch to Saskatchewan conservatives on Saturday, pledging better relations with Western Canada should he become the next prime minister. Poilievre, speaking at the Saskatchewan Party convention in Regina, praised Premier Scott Moe and his government for fighting Ottawa’s carbon pricing program and called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scrap it.  “When I […]

There will be no further carbon price carve-outs, including for natural gas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as criticism of his decision to temporarily exempt home heating oil from the policy mounts and his cabinet tries to quiet accusations of regional political favouritism. Because heating oil is far more expensive than natural gas and […]