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The Opposition NDP is expressing concerns about the provincial government’s handling of homelessness in cities and rural communities outside Regina and Saskatoon. The criticism, levelled by NDP Leader Carla Beck and Opposition Housing Critic Meara Conway, comes in light of documents obtained from the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. Those documents show high vacancy rates for social housing at a time when municipalities have put out alerts about a growing homeless population. 

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.

Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says that Saskatchewan’s finances closed out the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year strong. $1.5 billion of its $1.58 billion surplus went into reducing the provincial operating debt, which will realize a saving of $66 million annually in interest.  

The government release states that revenue increases largely due to high oil and potash prices as well as higher Corporation Income Tax (CIT), Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) revenue in 2022-23.   

“I wanted to be a realtor for a long time, but never saw it as a potential career!” 

Stephanie Hansen is the newest realtor with Century 21 Insight Realty.  

“I had gone to university, and I thought that I had to do something with my degree,” Hansen admits. “You don’t have to you can make different choices later on in life. So I completed the education component of real estate here in Saskatchewan, and here we are!” 

Recently licensed on June 1, 2023, Hansen began her career as a realtor by shadowing a colleague.  

On Monday night, at a City of Moose Jaw council meeting, the 2022 Municipal Public Accounts were presented.  

The accounts included employee wages for the City of Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Fire Department, Moose Jaw Police Service, and the Mayor and Council.  

Below is the list of the top remunerated employees within the City of Moose Jaw: 

Saskatchewan RCMP is concerned about the growing number of homicides, marking a repeated trend of growth over the past few years. A statement from Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes acknowledges the three new murder investigations undertaken in the weekend from Friday, June 16 to Sunday, June 18, 2023) 

The Government of Saskatchewan is reminding residents that it is that time of the year to be bear aware. 

Black bears can be found throughout the province, and are most commonly spotted in northern Saskatchewan forests, but their range extends southward into the aspen parkland and into other areas including the Touchwood Hills, the Qu'Appelle Valley, and the South Saskatchewan River Valley. 

Czechia is moving on to the semifinals at the World Para Ice Hockey Championship at the Moose Jaw Events Centre. 

Czechia picked up a 4-0 win over Italy in the first quarter-final on Friday afternoon. After a scoreless first period, Czechia scored three in the second and one in the third.

Scoring for Czechia was Zdenek Habl, Pavel Kubes, Michal Geier and Radek Zelinka.

Severe thunderstorm watch continued for:
   R.M. of Gravelbourg including Gravelbourg and Bateman, Sask. (062411)
   R.M. of Sutton including Mazenod Palmer and Vantage, Sask. (062412)
   R.M. of Wood River including Lafleche Woodrow and Melaval, Sask. (062413)
   R.M. of Stonehenge including Limerick and Congress, Sask. (062414)
   R.M. of Lake Johnson including Mossbank and Ardill, Sask. (062431)
   R.M. of Terrell including Spring Valley and Cardross, Sask. (062432)