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The Government of Saskatchewan announced an increase to the provincial minimum wage effective October 1, 2025. The increases will change the current $15 wage to $15.35. 

In 2022, the provincial government began to incrementally increase the minimum wage, with a goal to raise it from $11.81 to $15.00 by 2024. With that commitment met, they have implemented the indexation formula again, which puts equal weight to changes to the consumer price index and the average hourly wage for Saskatchewan. 

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase to $15.35 an hour starting Oct. 1, the provincial government announced Wednesday.

The hike comes as part of the province’s indexation formula, which ties minimum wage adjustments to changes in the Consumer Price Index and the average hourly wage in Saskatchewan.

“By raising the minimum wage, we are continuing to support workers and deliver on our commitment to affordability,” said Jim Reiter, Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety.

A flurry of calls early in the week gave way to a quiet finish in Rosetown RCMP’s first report of July.

The first report last Thursday afternoon detailed a vehicle versus power pole collision in Rosetown, as EMS transported one person to the hospital. Later that day, Rosetown members performed a wellbeing check near Wartime, but their subject's vehicle was gone upon arrival.

RCMP say a woman is facing several charges after officers pulled over a vehicle near Lancer, Sask., earlier this week as part of an ongoing break-and-enter investigation.

Leader RCMP stopped the vehicle on Highway 32 on July 9 and arrested an adult woman at the scene.

Police say a search of the vehicle turned up multiple documents and credit cards belonging to people from several communities in southern Saskatchewan, including Moose Jaw, Parkbeg, Marquis, Tompkins, Liberty, Holdfast and Webb.

Officers also seized ammunition and break-in tools.

One minor highway construction project wrapped up on Thursday, with another two weeklong jobs set to wrap up on Friday.

One of two projects on Highway 44, traffic was reduced to a single lane with a pilot vehicle in attendance from 12-5 on Thursday. General construction was taking place with fresh oil and loose stones providing hazards and flag people on hand for caution purposes.

Now today similar work is being completed on Highway 4, both directions near Highway 751 near Elrose. That project started Monday and is expected to wrap by the end of today.

Residents of Saskatchewan will soon have the opportunity to try out angling as the province has a Free Fishing Weekend from July 12-13. The weekend lets people fish with no need for a fishing license over the weekend.

Mitchell Thorarinson, a fisheries biologist with the Ministry of Environment, talks about the upcoming weekend and what prospective anglers can expect.

Carnduff RCMP have arrested two suspects connected with the theft of a vehicle from Alida earlier this month.

On July 6, Carnduff RCMP received a report of a vehicle in Alida that matched the description of a truck believed to be stolen from Weyburn.

When officers responded, they located the vehicle on 1st Street East in Alida with two individuals inside. Officers determined the vehicle was stolen and the driver was in breach of a release order. A 35-year-old male and a 38-year-old female were arrested at the scene.

If you tuned into Battle of the Generations recently, you may have spotted a familiar face, as Estevan’s Jodi Tweed took part in the trivia competition representing Generation X.

The episode aired July 8, featuring contestants from Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers. Each round, the lowest-scoring contestant is eliminated. The finalist then faces the vault, where they try to answer four questions in two minutes to win the prize money banked throughout the episode.

Tweed applied for the show last summer after watching the first season.

Residents of Abrio Place are enjoying their new outdoor garden.

Melissa Bevan, the lodge manager for Abrio Place, explained that this was a goal for a while, so Abrio Place could feel even more like a home.

"We have a lot of wonderful gardeners, and we wanted to make it their own."

Kim Powell, the lead center coordinator for Abrio Place, explained that residents are outside on the nice days, taking care of their plots and enjoying the weather.

Due to unstable conditions in the environment last night, there were a few intense thunderstorms reported throughout southern Manitoba. 

"What we had yesterday was quite a hot and humid day over southern Manitoba," says Rose Carlsen, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. "There were some pretty unstable conditions in the environment."

Friday afternoon, the temperature reached 31 degrees Celsius with a humidex of 39.