Saskatchewan News
VANCOUVER — The estimated cost of hosting World Cup matches in Vancouver has repeatedly increased and is now almost triple an initial estimate by the B.C. government. Here's how the increases have unfolded.
March 2022: The province estimates the total costs at approximately $240 to $260... Read more
Residents across Prince Albert and surrounding communities are being urged to limit outdoor activity as wildfire smoke continues to reduce air quality and visibility.
REGINA — As Ottawa appears to inch closer to a trade deal with India, Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the agreement addresses punishing tariffs on pulse crops.
But Moe says if the deal doesn't remove the duties, it's something his province can work around.
Last year, India imposed a 30 per cent... Read more
REGINA — As Ottawa appears to inch closer to a trade deal with India, Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the agreement addresses punishing tariffs on pulse crops.
On Jan. 14, 2025, a dealership in Saskatoon reported that a 21-year-old man claiming to be from Alberta purchased a Land Rover using a stolen identity, police say. Investigators found the Land Rover in Ghana, West Africa, a common destination for cars stolen in Canada.
James Letcher is returning somewhere new.... Read more
Saskatchewan's top court is upholding the conviction for a man who choked his girlfriend unconscious before sexually assaulting her, ruling that his secretly-recorded confession in a tattoo shop did not amount to a full-scale undercover sting.... Read more
Visitors this summer could find themselves treated to a free coffee, meal or T-shirt through the City of Regina's latest tourism initiative.... Read more
Hundreds of students participated in the second annual Indigenous Ways of Learning event at the King George School.
SAINT-HYACINTHE — Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay has confirmed he'll resign his seat in the House of Commons to run for the Parti Québécois in the fall provincial election.
Savard-Tremblay says he'll sit as an Independent for the rest of the federal parliamentary session before... Read more
Premier Scott Moe met with business leaders Friday as Saskatchewan prepares for the upcoming CUSMA review.
Canada Post says it lost $205 million before taxes in the first quarter of the year as the postal service moves forward with reforms meant to address its ongoing struggles.
The Crown corporation saw its revenue fall by $181 million or 14.3 per cent compared with the same three-month period in 2025... Read more
VICTORIA — Elections BC says it has found no evidence of deliberate violations in a Metro Vancouver riding that helped give the NDP government a one-seat majority after the 2024 provincial vote.
The agency says it is confident that "free, fair, and secure" voting took place in Surrey-Guildford, and... Read more
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says the cost of hosting World Cup matches in Vancouver has spiked again and could reach $729 million, with even the lowest projection now exceeding the highest estimate from last year.
But it says provincial net hosting costs could go down by more than $... Read more
After bringing the fire under control, crews deployed large ventilation fans to clear lingering smoke and toxins from the structure.
A major fire broke out on Friday around noon in Saskatoon.
A blaze on Geary Crescent, in the city’s Hampton Village neighbourhood, spread to several other neighbouring homes and garages.
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OTTAWA — Canada Post says it lost $205 million before taxes in the first quarter of the year as the postal service moves forward with reforms meant to address its ongoing struggles.
The Crown corporation saw its revenue fall by $181 million or 14.3 per cent compared with the same three-month period... Read more
Swift Current City Council held a special meeting Thursday regarding taxation for the upcoming year.
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says its framework setting limits on delays in criminal trials is flexible enough to accommodate increasingly complicated cases.
Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Friday the framework the court set out in 2016 in R. v. Jordan is adaptable enough to address the... Read more
The Tisdale RECplex Aquatic Centre opened for the season May 22 with fresh upgrades, full staffing and summer events planned
The event will take place starting at 9 a.m. at 1901-106th Street in North Battleford.
For Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Abdul Janneh Jr., the road to professional football almost went in a completely different direction.
It was determined that the caller was not in the area, and the police agency of jurisdiction was updated.
RCMP say community assistance played a key role in an investigation into numerous reports of someone posing as a grandchild to extort money from victims in the Battlefords area in January.
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta says a massive hiring effort for the fall referendum on the province's place in Canada will get underway early next month.
The agency says 60,000 or more elections officers will be needed to hand count the votes, which provincial law dictates must be done within 48... Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s policies are to blame for Canada entering recession territory.
Statistics Canada says the economy contracted slightly for the second quarter in a row to start the year, a benchmark some economists consider a technical... Read more
OTTAWA — Outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has launched a project to fund community-based mental health services in Northern and Indigenous communities.
The legacy project will be run with support from the Rideau Hall Foundation.
Simon, who launched a mental health learning and listening tour in 2024,... Read more
Entrepreneurs partner to fund without tax dollars.
A man has been charged in connection with a police investigation into a “grandparent scam,” which began earlier this year.
Continued investigation, according to the... Read more
From workplace errors to falling asleep during the commute home, a new study suggests fatigue is taking a bigger toll on worker safety than many realize.
The Lobstick wildfire in the Nisbet Forest near Prince Albert continues to grow, having already charred more than 6,000 hectares, while local forestry operators warn of millions of dollars in potential economic losses.
The blaze, north of Duck Lake and southwest of MacDowall, prompted an evacuation... Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats.
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S.... Read more
The Regina Red Sox will be back in action at Currie Field for their home opener on Saturday, as the defending Western Canadian Baseball League champs take on the Medicine Hat Mavericks.
The team is... Read more
Todd Bowes is Saskatchewan’s first winner in a new $100,000 Lotto Max prize category.
Canora RCMP were dispatched to a report of a fight. Police learned that two men were drinking alcohol and got into a consensual fight after arguing about who was tougher.
OTTAWA — Canada's economy is still struggling to grow but some economists weighing in on the latest real gross domestic product results Friday argued that weakness may not qualify as a recession.