Lower oil prices impacting provincial finances, say NDP

REGINA – With oil prices notably lower than projected in the spring 2025 budget, the Saskatchewan NDP is crying foul. In a press release on Sept. 5, the NDP said, “The Sask. Party continues to mismanage the province’s finances, failing to properly project oil...

Quick Dick McDick: 2025 Episode 1

There’s waaaay too much going on during harvest time to squeeze it all into one episode, so here’s episode one, starting with peas, barley, oats and wheat. Quick quiz: How many acres do they farm? All of them! “Some day I’ll find a perogy...

Alberta to create standards for releasing oilsands tailings into environment

  The Alberta government is planning to create standards for releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment. Creating those standards is one of four new policy recommendations pitched by a government-appointed committee tasked over a year ago with...