Tracey Moody

SGI has released their 2022 Saskatchewan Traffic Collisions Report, providing information on vehicle accidents occurring in the province.  

The report looks at collisions in the Traffic Accident Information System (TAIS), which includes those instances on public roads where individuals were injured, or where estimated costs for repairs to property or vehicles were over $5,000.  

The holidays are over, and the new year has begun, which can be a time of stress for many people. 

Rebecca Rackow, Director of Advocacy, Research, and Public Policy Development with the Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), says that people may start to worry as the holiday bills from presents and meals start to roll in. “It can be very stressful, wondering ‘oh my goodness, how did I rack that up, and how am I going to pay for it?’” 

Following a decision by the provincial government, January 1st saw SaskEnergy and SaskPower stop collecting the federal carbon tax on home heating. 

Statistics Canada data from 2021 showed that approximately 79 per cent of Saskatchewan homes used natural gas for home heat, with a further 19 per cent using electricity to heat their homes, amounting to 98 per cent of the province’s population. 

The holidays are over, and the new year has begun, which can be a time of stress for many people. 

Rebecca Rackow, director of advocacy, research, and public policy development with the Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), says that people may start to worry as the holiday bills from presents and meals start to roll in. “It can be very stressful, wondering ‘oh my goodness, how did I rack that up, and how am I going to pay for it?’” 

Seniors Centre Without Walls (SCWW) received $750 from SaskEnergy’s Share the Warmth Grant Program. 

The grants are aimed at community organizations that provide tangible support to people in the winter months, such as clothing or food, as well as access to mental health support.  

SCWW will use the funds for their telephone-based educational programming, which helps people in Saskatchewan over the age of 55 keep connected to the community.  

We’d better hang on to the snow we have if there’s any hope of a white Christmas in and around Humboldt this season. The smatterings of snow received in the last week haven’t amounted to significant snow cover. Natural ice rinks will be a lost cause for 2023. 

For those in our neck of the woods, there’s at least a thin crust of white on the lawns. It’s a different circumstance for areas south and west of us, and there doesn’t appear to be any sign of change in the remainder of the year. 

Since May 2023, negotiations have been taking place between the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) to develop a new collective bargaining agreement, with the most recent agreement having expired at the end of August of this year. 

The Government of Saskatchewan announced on Friday that five more communities will be added to the Saskatchewan Loan Forgiveness for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners program. 

The program was originally launched in 2013 and applied to rural and remote communities with a population of less than 10,000 at its inception. 

The five new communities include Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Yorkton, the Battlefords, and Prince Albert.

SGI released numbers from their October Traffic Safety Spotlight. 

The focus for October was on impaired driving offenses, and Saskatchewan police recorded 497 such offences.  

These numbers include drivers impaired by alcohol and drugs. There were 201 criminal code charges, and 296 administrative suspensions for individuals who exceeded provincial limits but did not receive criminal charges.  

There is zero tolerance in Saskatchewan for drivers impaired by drugs, and police are finding greater numbers of drug-impaired driving.  

SGI released numbers from their October Traffic Safety Spotlight. 

The focus for October was on impaired driving offenses, and Saskatchewan police recorded 497 such offences.  

These numbers include drivers impaired by alcohol and drugs. There were 201 criminal code charges, and 296 administrative suspensions for individuals who exceeded provincial limits but did not receive criminal charges.