new framework
Sask. unveils data centre framework to ensure projects deliver 'meaningful benefits'
The provincial government says its new data centre framework will ensure new projects deliver "meaningful benefits to Saskatchewan residents and businesses."The Government of Saskatchewan unveiled the framework on Thursday, noting that it was developed following feedback from businesses and the public.The fra...
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Counter Tariffs
Ottawa tweaks tariff reprisal after industry input
Canadian businesses continue to weather U.S. President Donald Trump's latest duties while they await the planned reprisal from Ottawa to take effect.Late Wednesday evening, Finance Canada issued a statement saying it had been receiving feedback from Canadian industries and is making some adjustments to the list of coun...
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20,000 flee as explosive B.C. wildfire races toward Summerland, burning homes in path
Aug 10, 2026
Promoting music and culture
Submission for Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards 2026 are now open
local talent
Macklin's Cole Reschny named to World Junior Summer Showcase roster for Team Canada
Jul 25, 2026
Back in win column
Sexton sparks Riders in 27-22 win over Redblacks
Jul 04, 2026
Saskatchewan
Hitting all the right notes
Sask. talent dominates lineup at Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival
Waskesiu will become a hub for music lovers this weekend. Upwards of 5,000 people are expected to flock to the Hamlet within Prince Albert National Park, as the townsite prepares for its largest event of the year. The ninth installment of the Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival begins on Friday evening and wraps up Sunday...
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Tariff fallout
Some businesses seeing tariff impacts now, consumers may feel it later
Some Saskatchewan businesses are already paying more for inventory because of the Canada-U.S. trade disputeAt Windsor Plywood in Prince Albert, owner Ray Kokotailo said the biggest impact so far has been on steel and aluminum products, with the cost of some steel products rising by about 30 per cent."We have defin...
Aug 26, 2026
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Sask to tariff US alcohol
Moe says cost of living will go up for everyone, as Saskatchewan responds to trade war
For the average Saskatchewan resident, and Canadians in general, the cost of living will go up because of tariffs on Canadian goods and coming counter-tariffs, Premier Scott Moe said Wednesday in response to the U.S. trade war.How much it goes up and how quickly that happens is much less tangible, but buyers of U.S. al...
Aug 26, 2026
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In Conversation with Adam Johnson - Saskatchewan Country Closeup
Photo Credit: Adam Johnson/DMDS Adam Johnson joins us on the Saskatchewan Country Closeup
Aug 26, 2026
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Canada
Banman is 6th B.C. Conservative to quit this month, calls leader Findlay unelectable
Bruce Banman, who gave the B.C. Conservatives official party status in the British Columbia legislature when he crossed the floor to join colleague John Rustad in 2023, has joined the rush out of the party's caucus to sit as an Independent, and urged o...
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B.C. ends fire state of emergency after 20 days, thousands of evacuations, one death
BOSTON BAR - British Columbia has ended a provincial state of emergency that was imposed on Aug. 8 in response to wildfires that sent thousands of people fleeing and resulted in one death. The state of emergency had previously been scheduled to end on ...
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Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.
VANCOUVER - Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract world-leading academics. The hiring of the 64 new recrui...
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Air Canada suspends two employees after RCMP drug trafficking investigation
MONTREAL - Air Canada says it has suspended the two employees arrested by the RCMP on Wednesday in connection with alleged cocaine and cannabis trafficking out of Montréal-Trudeau Airport. The airline would not comment further on the arrests. The RCMP ...
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Anti-immigrant speaker blocked from entering Canada in time for Hamilton event
OTTAWA - Austrian anti-immigrant speaker Martin Sellner says he was not granted an electronic travel authorization in time for a trip to Hamilton to speak at a nationalist conference. In a video posted on X, Sellner says Canada not granting him permiss...
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Wasp attack warnings as swarms surge in B.C. amid warm weather and abundant food
VANCOUVER - When the wasp swarm attacked a climber on a trail north of Vancouver this week, her reaction was so severe she needed helicopter evacuation. But Maria Masiar, search manager with Lions Bay Search and Rescue, said the wasps weren't done, att...
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