Saskatchewan and Manitoba This Week
The $500 affordability cheques that will start hitting Saskatchewan mailboxes this week will be a topic of political discussion.
The $500 affordability cheques that will start hitting Saskatchewan mailboxes this week will be a topic of political discussion.
According to Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan led the country in year-over-year construction sector growth with a 56.2 per cent increase in activity.
The Government of Saskatchewan will be providing an additional $15.5 million in operating funding to the province’s school divisions for the 2022-23 school year to support the largest enrolment growth in over 20 years.
Following Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne, Saskatchewan will be focused on the privatization of liquor stores and other legislative commitments
The provincial government has announced a $7.5 million boost in funding for the Creative Saskatchewan Feature Film and Television Production Grant Program.
As referenced above, the Government of Saskatchewan has released a white paper entitled “Drawing the Line: Defending Saskatchewan’s Economic Autonomy,” which outlines a number of policy options the province could take to affirm and advance Saskatchewan’s “constitutional authority and autonomy within Canada.”
The governments of both Manitoba and Saskatchewan have announced funding for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon to address the shortage of rural vets in both provinces.
According to Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan recently recorded its largest quarterly population increase ever in the second quarter of 2022.
Saskpower has narrowed down the site for a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) to two potential areas of the province.
On September 14, the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan secured a regulation exemption from the federal government to allow oil service rigs to move freely between the two provinces.