Scott Boulton

The province of Saskatchewan is detailing some of the latest accomplishments for surgeries, with some promising statistics being provided by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

According to the latest data, there were 100,406 surgeries and procedures performed between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. The province's health system also managed to achieve its goal of completing 90 per cent of surgeries within eight months, with nearly 92 per cent completed within that timeframe.

Some new changes are coming from the provincial government as they're changing the markup structure for beer. They're hoping the changes will encourage small and medium-sized breweries to up production levels.

Markup is applied to products sold across the province, with differing levels for multinational corporations and smaller-scale beer producers.

The first provincial audit was released for 2025, showing off some of the latest items that the Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan, Tara Clemett, picked up. That ranged from education, justice, health, and other areas that the province oversees.

Clemett noted one discrepancy in funding for the number of beds available at some opioid addiction treatment centers.

"For example, we found two ministry-funded transition houses in different areas of Saskatchewan with equal bed numbers and funding differed by over $200,000 in 2024-25."

The Saskatchewan and Ontario provincial governments came to an agreement on trade barriers and how best to remove those. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the removal of trade barriers across the two jurisdictions.

With plants sprouting from the ground and farmers confidently finished with seeding, tractors in the field might find some new friends popping up in their farmland this summer. Burrowing owls can be found in the Saskatchewan prairies during the summer, having returned from their trip down south over the winter.

They're now moving into their namesake burrows in prairie meadows, grasslands, and even farmers' fields.

With summer starting up in the southeast, we're now looking at summer travel taking over the highways all around the province. That means a lot more travel and a lot more chances of something going wrong, which is why SGI is sending out their June Traffic Safety Spotlight, centred around summer driving.

Heather Hubic, manager of media relations, talks about what they hope Saskatchewan drivers will prioritize this summer season.

This summer is shaping up to be a hot one that could be even hotter if wildfires continue to spread throughout the province. The Weather Network recently released its summer forecast, with Saskatchewan not being spared from the incoming heat.

Matthew Grinter, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, talks about what they're seeing for the province.

A southeast farm is asking people to keep their eyes open after a number of their cattle have recently gone missing.

Amy Mutton posted on Facebook Tuesday that 41 cows of theirs had gone missing from their field, located off a grid road near North Portal, south of Highway 18.

Mutton believes that those cattle may have been gone missing sometime in the past couple of weeks.

The cattle are all a mixture of red and black, branded with S-M. Mutton asks that people report any suspicious activities they witness to the RCMP.

A new program to help incentivize oil production from low-producing or inactive wells is being launched by the provincial government today.

The Low Productivity and Reactivation Oil Well Program (LPRP) will look to promote industry investment in low-producing or inactive horizontal oil wells through a new royalty structure for eligible wells.

The province projects that in the final year of its four-year stretch, the program will add 30,000 barrels per day of oil production and generate $21 million in additional royalty revenue for the province.

A new online therapy course has been deployed by the Government of Saskatchewan, supporting new and expecting mothers and their partners. The goal of the course is to help those experiencing mental health difficulties, such as depression or anxiety. 

The University of Regina's Online Therapy Unit is offering The Wellbeing Course for New and Expecting Parents, following $380,000 in funding coming from the province.