Scott Boulton

The Government of Saskatchewan's Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering held on Tuesday, February 7, has raised just over $3.1 million in revenue for Saskatchewan.

That was the final petroleum and natural gas public offering scheduled for the 2022-23 fiscal year, bringing the total amount of revenue for the year to $49,205,888.26.

That's an approximate 328% increase when compared to the funds brought in during the 2021-22 fiscal year, which came in at around $15 million.

Southeast College has announced that they will be hiring Darcy Nolte to fill the role of Vice President, Innovation and Strategic Development.

The announcement comes after the college received a grant for a new Centre for Sustainable Innovation, which will be led by Nolte.

Deep Earth Energy Production, or DEEP, is getting ready to build the first 100% naturally sourced geothermal power production facility in Canada. 

As warmer weather is hitting the prairies, some areas are seeing an increase in heat and sunshine leading to snow melting off of roofs.

While that may seem like a good thing, the reality is that these conditions can lead to ice dams.

What happens is when the attic space of a home becomes warm, that can melt the snow on the roof, causing the water between the snow and shingles to freeze once it trickles down to the eaves-trough.

The federal and provincial governments announced today that $19.7 million dollars will be heading to Saskatchewan communities to help with a variety of infrastructure projects.

With the federal government putting forward around 10.8 million, and the province offering 8.9 million, a few different southeast communities will be seeing some benefits.

SaskTel is reversing their previously announced fees for email accounts, which would have been brought into effect in April.

SaskTel released the following statement:

"As Saskatchewan’s leading communications provider, SaskTel recognizes the importance of providing advanced and reliable communications services that are also affordable.

The provincial government has intervened in SaskTel's plans to begin charging subscribers a fee for their email service. 

Minister Don Morgan made a statement on Friday indicating that he had heard concerns raised by the Crown's customers. Consequently, Morgan, Minister in charge of SaskTel, directed the company to abandon the fee hike. 

A statement provided by SaskTel indicated it too had heard the feedback, and it would comply with the government's instructions not to charge a fee. 

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2022 saw strong growth for Saskatchewan in the job sector, with the second-highest growth since 1976 when job numbers were first published.

Saskatchewan had 576,800 people employed during the year, an increase of 18,600 or 3.3 per cent from 2021.

The province says that it's on track to reach its goal set out in 2020 of 100,000 new jobs by the end of 2030. 

Users of SaskTel's email service will now be seeing a charge come up on their bills as of a few months from now.

Previously, those addresses were free as a part of any subscription to a SaskTel internet service.

That will no longer be the case as the new plan coming in will have SaskTel charging $1.95/month for the service.

They released the following statement regarding the change.

Users of SaskTel's email service will now be seeing a charge come up on their bills as of a few months from now.

Previously, those addresses were free as a part of any subscription to a SaskTel internet service.

That will no longer be the case as the new plan coming in will have SaskTel charging $1.95/month for the service.

They released the following statement regarding the change.