Scott Boulton

More money is going to childcare in Saskatchewan from both the provincial and federal governments in order to boost the recruiting and retaining of staff.

$8.4 million is coming from both governments in the form of early learning and child care workforce enhancement grants, with an additional $1 million adding up to a total of around $53 million to the Early Childhood Educator wage enhancement grant.

On average this change represents an extra $1 an hour increase to the ECE wage enhancement grant maximums for all certification levels.

The provincial election is drawing closer with Saskatchewan residents voting for their MLAs this fall.

Getting all of the 800,000 registered voters to prepare for the election is a tough task, which Elections Saskatchewan is working on during the leadup.

Spokesperson Tim Kydd talks about some of the work they're doing over the next couple of months.

More money is going to childcare in Saskatchewan from both the provincial and federal governments in order to boost the recruiting and retaining of staff.

$8.4 million is coming from both governments in the form of early learning and child care workforce enhancement grants, with an additional $1 million adding up to a total of around $53 million to the Early Childhood Educator wage enhancement grant.

On average this change represents an extra $1 an hour increase to the ECE wage enhancement grant maximums for all certification levels.

SaskPower has announced they are creating a new subsidiary in SaskNuclear to manage their work on producing small modular reactors (SMR).

Their work is seeing one SMR built in the Estevan area, with more possibly to come following that unit's construction after 2030.

The new subsidiary will be focused on the regulatory and business processes involved in nuclear development.

SaskPower has announced they are creating a new subsidiary in SaskNuclear to manage their work on producing small modular reactors (SMR).

Their work is seeing one SMR built in the Estevan area, with more possibly to come following that unit's construction after 2030.

The new subsidiary will be focused on the regulatory and business processes involved in nuclear development.

The federal and provincial governments have announced a combined investment of $71.3 million which will allocate over 5,000 child care spaces across the province over 2024-25.

This is part of the ongoing funding that has paid for child care spaces across the province, beginning in 2023.

The province says that so far 1,537 of these child care spaces have been allocated to new child care facilities or added to existing facilities in 27 Saskatchewan communities and 36 organizations.

Saskatchewan students will have more opportunities to get involved with the power industry as SaskPower and the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Corporation (DLC) are teaming up for online courses.

Those focus on 5th and 4th class power engineering, with the classes previously offered by SaskPower but now going through the DLC program.

SaskPower Spokesperson Joel Cherry talks about what the classes bring to Saskatchewan students. 

Saskatchewan students will have more opportunities to get involved with the power industry as SaskPower and the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Corporation (DLC) are teaming up for online courses.

Those focus on 5th and 4th class power engineering, with the classes previously offered by SaskPower but now going through the DLC program.

SaskPower Spokesperson Joel Cherry talks about what the classes bring to Saskatchewan students. 

The province is warning consumers about a handful of companies that are involved in financial transactions that may not be wholly legitimate.

The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan sent out notices on four companies - Capitals Gain, AmCan, Lova Crypto, and CGWise.

According to the province:

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is an issue seen across the prairies with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment wanting to take a closer look at that.

As such they've been monitoring chronic wasting disease for decades, relying on hunters to report their findings in the field.

Dr. Iga Stasiak, a wildlife health specialist with the province, says that's more important with the disease growing in some regions.