Canada Post workers vote to reject latest contract offer

Unionized workers at Canada Post have voted to reject the Crown corporation's latest contract offer.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that 68.5 per cent of urban mail carriers who voted were against the deal, while their rural and suburban colleagues were 69.4 per cent against.

The offer included wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also added part-time workers that Canada Post has said are necessary to keep the postal service afloat.

The union had urged the roughly 55,000 postal service workers it represents to reject the proposal.

Saskatchewan takes top spot in mining investment among provinces

Saskatchewan is the top province for mining investment, according to the latest data taken from an annual report on the mining industry in the country. Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies ranked Saskatchewan first, taking in responses from 350 companies rating 82 jurisdictions around the world. 

The 2024 report also placed Saskatchewan in seventh place globally, saying that policy and regulatory perception carried it to its spot.

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. 

A half million cigarettes seized near Swift Current

Police seized 500,000 illicit cigarettes at a stop near Swift Current.

Saskatchewan RCMP's Roving Traffic Unit was making what they called a proactive patrol on July 15, 2025 near Swift Current.

Police say they pulled over a vehicle on Highway #1, which was carrying the cigarettes, approximately 5 kgs of illicit cannabis and approximately 292 grams of cocaine.

They arrested 63-year-old Colette Ripper from Calgary, AB.

The RCMP noted that Ripper claimed to be travelling from Alberta to Saskatchewan.

She is charged with:

Ministry of Highways lays out $53 million in southwest paving

The Ministry of Highways held a press conference in Swift Current, discussing investments into the local highway infrastructure.

During the meeting, it was announced that more than $53 million has been invested in southwest Saskatchewan highway projects. Of that total, $12.2 million has gone into the maintenance and upgrading of 25 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Swift Current. This also includes five culverts to the west of Swift Current, near Waldeck, as well as paving work out towards Herbert. 

Helen Bernice Barry

BARRY 

With sadness and heavy hearts, the family of Helen Bernice Barry announces her peaceful passing on Thursday, July 31st, 2025, at the age of 93 years.  She left this world gently, surrounded by the love and presence of her family. 

Roger Louis Arendt

Roger Louis Arendt

October 10, 1949 – July 26, 2025

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our father, grandpa, brother, uncle, and dear friend, Roger Louis Arendt, after a lengthy illness. Roger passed away peacefully on July 26, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones.

He was predeceased by his parents, Mildred Beatrice Wiley and Francis Roy Arendt, and his brothers, Gerry Arendt and Bud Arendt.

Provincial cutting horse competition taking place at the Golden Mile Arena

The Saskatchewan Cutting Horse Association's provincial competition got underway on Friday at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company's Golden Mile Arena.

The event showcases a horse and rider's ability to cut a calf out of the herd and keep the calf separated from the herd for a two-and-a-half minute time limit.

Competitors are then scored based on the horse's ability to keep the cow away from the herd and penalized if it needs help from the rider.

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