Sask NDP alarmed about data showing Saskatchewan at the national bottom for childcare spaces
Saskatchewan’s New Democrats have looked at the latest data published by the non-profit organization Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU), and they are not happy about what the numbers show.
In a release on August 5, the NDP says those numbers show Saskatchewan as having the fewest childcare spaces in Canada, amounting to a space for only 21 per cent of Saskatchewan children aged 0-5. Taking into account children 0 to 12 years of age, the availability drops to 12 per cent.
RCMP foil a pair of drone drug deliveries to Sask Penitentiary
A pair of high-tech drug drops at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary was foiled by Saskatchewan RCMP. The seizure of drugs and the delivery drone has also resulted in the arrests of three individuals following separate investigations in Prince Albert.
In early July, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team (CRT) received a report of a potential delivery of drugs to the Saskatchewan Penitentiary by drone.
Saskatchewan expands Active Families Benefit
Thousands of Saskatchewan families will have greater access to sport, cultural, and recreational opportunities in 2025, thanks to an expansion of the provincial Active Families Benefit.
Muskoday First Nations walkers on the way to the Legislature with a message about the fentanyl crisis
A group of resolute walkers is trekking down Highway 6 from Muskoday First Nation to the Legislature in Regina to bring attention to the fentanyl crisis, not only in their home nation, but across the province and the country.
Erica Hennie and Betty Prosper are among over a dozen walkers who set out from their home on Monday, June 9. Originally from La Ronge, Hennie works at the Muskoday Health Centre, and Prosper is a former addictions counsellor. Discover Humboldt caught up with the group north of Watson on Highway 6.
Historian Bill Waiser elaborates on how We Are All Treaty People
Noted Canadian author and lecturer Bill Waiser addressed a full house at the Humboldt and District Gallery on Wednesday night during a lecture entitled we are all treaty people. Drawing on years of research and his own writings, wiser took the audience through a chronology of early contact with European plain settlers, the Hudson Bay company, and indigenous peoples of the area.
Lions Clubs across northern Saskatchewan mobilize to support fire evacuees
Lions Clubs across northern Saskatchewan are rallying together to provide urgent aid to evacuees displaced by ongoing wildfires in the region. The effort is being bolstered by a $15,000 USD emergency grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation.
Indigenous peoples prepared to commit to power sector in new agreement with SaskPower
SaskPower and the Saskatchewan First Nations Resource Centre of Excellence have formally committed to deepening collaboration through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aimed at increasing First Nations participation in Saskatchewan’s power system.
Opposition Shadow Minister Joan Pratchler says Saskatchewan faces childcare uncertainty with $10-a-day program delay
Saskatchewan’s delay in signing the federal government’s extension to the $10-a-day childcare agreement is raising concerns among parents, childcare providers, and community leaders, who warn of potential closures and economic setbacks unless the province commits to the plan.
Opposition Shadow Minister Joan Pratchler says Saskatchewan faces childcare uncertainty with $10-a-day program delay
Saskatchewan’s delay in signing the federal government’s extension to the $10-a-day childcare agreement is raising concerns among parents, childcare providers, and community leaders, who warn of potential closures and economic setbacks unless the province commits to the plan.
Provincial Fire Ban issued for much of northern Saskatchewan
Due to current conditions, high fire activity and the extreme fire risk in the province, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban effective at 5 p.m. on May 8, 2025. The ban encompasses the area north of the provincial forest boundary, up to the Churchill River.