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REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown oil and natural gas public offering, held on Dec. 3, raised $11,392,502 for the province, with the southeast region generating most of the revenue. Of the 56 parcels in Saskatchewan posted for this offering, 51 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 13,561.384 hectares. The southeast brought in $8,088,540 for […]

REGINA – An Act meant to fulfill the government’s commitment in the recent provincial election to extend the carbon tax exemption on home heating was introduced in the Saskatchewan Legislature Tuesday. Minister Responsible for SaskEnergy Jeremy Harrison introduced The SaskEnergy (Carbon Tax Fairness for Families) Amendment Act, 2024. In response to the federal government’s decision […]

REGINA – Opposition Leader Carla Beck attended the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) event in Regina on Tuesday to make her message clear that she wants to protect the agriculture sector. When speaking to reporters, Beck acknowledged “the vital role that agriculture plays in our province to our economy when it comes to jobs, […]

REGINA – The Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan has issued her 2024 Report, Volume 2, which has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly. The full report from Provincial Auditor Tara Clemett has annual integrated audits of 175 different agencies, including integrated audits of 17 ministries, 33 Crown corporations and agencies, seven pension and employee benefit plans, […]

NORQUAY – After recently reporting that Prairie Soil Services of Norquay won a philanthropy award, it was announced that the southeast Saskatchewan business has now been awarded 2024 Retailer of the Year. This was announced and presented at the annual convention of the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers, Nov. 21. Established in 2008, the Retailer of the […]

REGINA – Premier Scott Moe and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh aren’t exactly seeing eye to eye when it comes to matching Singh’s call to remove the PST on essential items. Earlier this week, Singh said he had written provincial premiers calling on them to match his pledge to remove the GST from daily essentials […]

REGINA – The new and returning members of the Saskatchewan Legislature were officially sworn into office Thursday. The new Legislature includes 34 Saskatchewan Party MLAs and 27 New Democrats. The expanded NDP caucus, which includes 15 new caucus members, was sworn in Thursday afternoon and took their seats inside the Legislative Assembly chamber, with friends […]

REGINA – Opposition Leader Carla Beck has announced the NDP shadow cabinet and all their MLAs will have a critic role. The entire expanded caucus of 27 NDP MLAs will be in the shadow cabinet, facing the 16 Sask Party cabinet ministers. In addition to being the Opposition Leader, Beck will take on Agriculture and […]

REGINA – It is back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature this week following Monday’s provincial election. New and returning members were at the Legislature as they started their preparations for the fall session. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party held its first caucus meeting since the election. The meeting consisted of its reduced […]

YORKTON – United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) has provided a welcome boost to BGC Yorkton.  The UFA announced Oct. 30, a $500 donation to the non-profit organization, which was chosen by the UFA delegate body.  “We donated $500 to BGC Yorkton on behalf of UFA. The delegate body gets to donate $500 to the non-profit […]