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There is a 12.1 per cent increase in the 2023-24 Provincial Budget, providing $503 million in support of Saskatchewan’s growing municipalities. This includes a record amount of $297.9 million in Municipal Revenue Sharing (MRS), up 13.4 per cent from last year. 

An awareness campaign by the Saskatchewan Firearms Office for firearm storage and use safety has launched on March 20, 2023.  

"The safe use of firearms is the responsibility of every firearms owner in the province. By improving public awareness, we can ensure that all owners use firearms properly and demonstrate safe behaviours for the next generation to follow," said Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell. 

As reported by SGI’s Traffic Safety Spotlight, February had many reports of ticketing for drivers going too fast.  

According to SGI, Saskatchewan police wrote 4,251 tickets to drivers for speeding and aggressive driving offences, including: 

• 3,767 for exceeding the speed limit; 

• 164 for exceeding it by more than 35 km/h; 

Saskatchewan has seen the biggest population jump in 108 years, says the Government of Saskatchewan. 

“Saskatchewan's population grew by 29,307 to 1,214,618 people in 2022, according to new population estimates released today by Statistics Canada. That's the largest increase in population for Saskatchewan in a single year since 1914,” says the government in a release. 

Premier Scott Moe says with the province’s growing economy, job opportunities and great quality of life are all the reasons for the huge jump in population. 

March 19 to 25, 2023 marks National Impaired Driving Prevention Week, when police, government and community organizations work to raise awareness about the risks and consequences of impaired driving. The province’s RCMP detachments are on board with messaging about its importance. 

Punnichy RCMP are asking for the public’s help in regard to a theft from a local school. 

In May, 2022, Punnichy RCMP received a report from Punnichy Elementary Community School of a monetary theft that occurred between December, 2021 and March, 2022. As a result of investigation, Punnichy RCMP charged 49-year-old Shelley Dustyhorn from Kawacatoose First Nation with 1 count, theft over $5,000.00.

There was cause for celebration in Muenster as the U18 Flyers topped the East Central Minor Hockey League with a 4-1 victory over Strasbourg last night. 

The U13 Humboldt Broncos 1 team know who they’ll face in their league final. They’ll advance to face the Muenster Flyers after they knocked off Humboldt 2 in semi-final action.

The Humboldt Broncos will be heading back to the Cage in Nipawin with a two game lead over the Hawks in their first round playoff series. The Broncos took back to back home games at the EPA handily this weekend. 

On March 14, Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison announced that registration is now open for the fifth flight carrying Ukrainians displaced owing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The flight is being arranged in partnership with the humanitarian organizations Solidaire and Open Arms. The flight is expected to arrive on March 27. The final logistics of the flight, including which city it will land in, are still being confirmed.

Fraudsters are everywhere these days, and everyone needs to be vigilant. No organization is more aware than SGI’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) who’s seen its share of individuals trying to pull a scam for insurance money. A release by SGI states that the SIU busted hundreds of fraudulent insurance claims resulting in $58 million savings for the Crown insurer.

SGI presented some of the more eyebrow raising attempts at an insurance scam in 2022. 

Heist hoax