Tag Archives: Provincial Politics

Provincial funding available for MMIWG+ community groups
A funding channel created as a result of calls to action by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls is once again accepting applications from community groups and org...
Apr 08, 2025

Lack of provincial, federal funding for training could lead to more challenges in trucking industry
The owner of a truck driver training school is hoping a proposal she submitted to the government will help reinvigorate interest and safety in the commercial driving industry.Melissa Bohse of MTS Trai...
Apr 04, 2025
Talks with Americans helped Canada avoid extra Trump tariffs: Saskatchewan premier
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he remains concerned with U.S. tariffs on Canadian products but thinks talking with American officials helped Canada avoid a worse outcome."Where we found ourselves...
Apr 04, 2025

Sask. discontinuing Grade 12 provincial exams
Grade 12 students in Saskatchewan won't have to worry about cramming for their final exams.The province announced that it will be winding down the provincial examination program at the end of August 2...
Apr 04, 2025
Collective agreement signed by teachers, province after nearly two years of negotiations
After almost two years of negotiations, job action and binding arbitration, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) and the provincial government have signed a new collective agreement.The announce...
Apr 03, 2025

Saskatchewan and Canada still at risk from tariffs, not much being done from Sask Party: NDP
The Saskatchewan NDP was out in Prince Albert on Thursday, responding to the new tariffs announced by the United States a day earlier. President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10 per cent baseli...
Apr 03, 2025

Province, instructors see surge in gun licensing courses
It started when Justin Trudeau resigned as prime minister and started to grow as more global events unfolded. Tim Thiessen, the president and owner of Saskatchewan Firearm Safety Training said the rea...
Apr 01, 2025
Saskatchewan’s industrial carbon tax decision gets mixed reactions
More than half a dozen industry groups in Saskatchewan came out this week supportive of the province's move to reduce its industrial carbon tax rate to zero. However, the Saskatchewan Environmental So...
Mar 30, 2025
Premier Scott Moe to remove industrial carbon tax rate
Premier Scott Moe took to social media Wednesday afternoon with an announcement about the carbon tax.He said the province is getting rid of its industrial carbon tax rate, calling Saskatchewan the fir...
Mar 26, 2025
Provincial government ends PST exemption for vaping products
The Government of Saskatchewan introduced legislation on Tuesday that will remove the exemption on PST for vapour products.Starting on June 1, the standard six per cent PST will be charged to all vapo...
Mar 25, 2025