Tag Archives: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan’s workforce reached an all-time high in September. According to Statistics Canada figures released Friday, the labour force in the province comprised nearly 616,000 people last mont...

A dry spring and a tough harvest season have put farmers in a tough situation. The number of calls to the Farm Stress Line have more than doubled from 2018 to 2019. John McFadyen, the executive direct...

A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and one of the Saskatchewan Crowns that was hit by a strike on Friday. On Thursday afternoon, the provincial government announced a deal had been ...

Around 250 visually impaired students in Saskatchewan will be able to access new braille materials, thanks to a donation from the Canada Post Community Foundation. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Altern...

The Crown strike isn’t even a week old yet and it appears that bad feelings are beginning to grow. Employees represented by Unifor at seven of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations, including SaskTe...

Unifor members at Directwest and the Water Security Agency spent Wednesday morning at the bargaining table, hearing new proposals from the Crown corporation and the Crown agency five days after they a...

There is no longer a need to visit the doctor for the sole purpose of learning the results of a laboratory test in Saskatchewan. To save time and provide better access to patients, the province has la...

While unionized employees of five Crown corporations returned to the picket line Tuesday, workers at two other Crowns returned to work. Scott Doherty, the executive assistant to Unifor national presid...

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Saskatchewan man who’s facing a charge of second-degree murder. The RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating Jonathan Dufraine or either...

Some of Saskatchewan's private independent cannabis shops are forming a co-operative to thwart what they see as the challenges from the already dominant corporate sector in the new legal cannabis mark...