Author Archives: Lisa Schick

In a few years, they're going to be the ones out helping to treat these problems, so a group of medical students is asking the provincial government to act now and put more money into mental health an...

Among the few groups to directly get a bump in the provincial budget Wednesday were income assistance clients, but advocates say rates are still too low. As part of the budget, Saskatchewan Income Sup...

While social services and education got boosts as well, health care was the centrepiece of the province's spring budget this week. The total amount for the Ministry of Health was $6.9 billion -- an in...

The numbers in the new budget are looking pretty rosy for the Government of Saskatchewan, and one doesn't have to be wearing glasses of the same colour to see why. The province is expecting a $1-billi...

After a conviction and sentencing in provincial court, a Court of Appeals judge has more than tripled the original sentence for a 2019 sexual assault in Prince Albert. Wade Merasty was found guilty in...

The rotunda in the Legislature was full of people Monday morning, asking for help from the provincial government. They were all clients of the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) program...

Saskatchewan's minister of agriculture is seeing opportunity in the recent approval of a move by Canadian Pacific Rail (CP Rail). The company's takeover of Kansas City Southern Railway has now been ap...

The galleries at the Saskatchewan Legislature were full of people on their feet Thursday morning, standing to support the Official Opposition as it voted 'no' on Bill 88's third reading. The bill, als...

As with anyone looking at a higher paycheque, the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) said the boost to the rural and remote doctor incentive is welcome, but its president believes more could be do...

For about three hours last week, the emergency room at the Regina General Hospital was so overcrowded, it had to go on bypass and send all but the most severe cases to the city's other hospital. "They...