Carol Thomson, Saskatoon Media Group

Trans Canada Trail continues to grow with 29,000 kilometres across the country right now, managed by more than 600 locally managed trail sections.

Chief Program Officer for the national charity, Stacey Dakin says not all of the trail connects at this point, but most of it does, and the goal is to have it all connect one day from north to south and east to west.

Trans Canada Trail continues to grow with 29,000 kilometres across the country right now, managed by more than 600 locally managed trail sections.

Chief Program Officer for the national charity, Stacey Dakin says not all of the trail connects at this point, but most of it does, and the goal is to have it all connect one day from north to south and east to west.

The Official Opposition will be pushing for an official reprimand of Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill during the spring sitting of the Legislature and tougher rules and regulations. That’s according to the Shadow Minister for Ethics & Democracy because of two reports from the Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner.

According to a recent national survey from CAA, there are a lot of speeders out there. 

Seventy per cent of Canadians in the self-reporting survey admitted to speeding in a residential area at least once in the past year and half said they regularly speed on the highway.

Twenty per cent said they regularly drive well over the speed limit.

According to a recent national survey from CAA, there are a lot of speeders out there.  Seventy per cent of Canadians in the self-reporting survey admitted to speeding in a residential area at least once in the past year and half said they regularly speed on the highway.
Twenty per cent said they regularly drive well over the speed limit.

According to a recent national survey from CAA, there are a lot of speeders out there. 

Seventy per cent of Canadians in the self-reporting survey admitted to speeding in a residential area at least once in the past year and half said they regularly speed on the highway.

Twenty per cent said they regularly drive well over the speed limit.

Since the first Provincial Auditor’s report of 2024, the office of the Auditor has completed annual integrated audits of 175 agencies including 17 ministries, 33 Crown corporations and agencies, seven pension and employee benefit plans and 36 healthcare affiliates. Tara Clemett says of that 175 the are only ten agencies where she has concerns, which means the majority had effective financial-related controls, complied with financial and governance-related legislative authorities and prepared financial statements.

The first session of the 30th Legislature opens today.

The Assembly will meet at 10 a.m. to elect a Speaker and the Lieutenant Governor will deliver the Speech from the Throne at 2 p.m.

Usually, the session would begin in October, but because of the election, it was delayed. The Saskatchewan Party won 34 of the 61 ridings and other the other side of the Assembly, the NDP will have 27 seats.

Nutrien’s third quarter earnings were down 70 per cent, from $82 million at the end of September last year to $25 million this year. The company’s third-quarter report says the earnings are lower mostly because of lower potash selling prices globally and retail earnings. However, sales volumes for the third quarter and the first nine months of the year were the highest on record. Sales volumes for potash topped over 11.1 million tonnes in the first three quarters of the year, compared to over 9.9 million tonnes for the same time period last year.

The United States has one. Europe has one, and now Canada has one too. The Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory at Western University in London, Ontario celebrated its official launch last week. Dr. David Sills is the Executive Director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, which is under the umbrella of the Severe Storms Laboratory. He says the goal is the improve detection and documentation, to try to mitigate harm to Canadians and their properties.