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20 hours ago | 
discoverestevan.com | Scott Boulton
While wildfires continue to burn across northern Saskatchewan, the southeast may escape the worst of what could float towards us this weekend. Last weekend, an air quality warning from Environment Canada stalled weekend activities for southeast communities.
Now we're in for another blast of smoke as Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says we'll see some cold weather sweep in.
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21 hours ago | 
discoverhumboldt.com | Scott Boulton
The Saskatchewan and Ontario provincial governments came to an agreement on trade barriers and how best to remove those. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the removal of trade barriers across the two jurisdictions.
"Now is the time to take strong action to strengthen trade across Canada," said Moe. "Our province remains committed to removing restrictive barriers that limit the flow of trade.
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23 hours ago | 
discovermoosejaw.com | Scott Boulton
With plants sprouting from the ground and farmers confidently finished with seeding, tractors in the field might find some new friends popping up in their farmland this summer. Burrowing owls can be found in the Saskatchewan prairies during the summer, having returned from their trip down south over the winter.
They're now moving into their namesake burrows in prairie meadows, grasslands, and even farmers' fields.
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1 day ago | 
swiftcurrentonline.com | Scott Boulton
The first provincial audit was released for 2025, showing off some of the latest items that the Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan, Tara Clemett, picked up. That ranged from education, justice, health, and other areas that the province oversees.
Clemett noted one discrepancy in funding for the number of beds available at some opioid addiction treatment centers.
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1 day ago | 
discoverestevan.com | Scott Boulton
At the latest school board meeting, the South East Cornerstone Public School Division had a conversation around how they keep connected with parents and the wider community and what might need to change. Kassandra Lawrenz, communications officer for SECPSD, and Keith Keating, the director of education, talked about the issue, giving the board members information and ideas around the needs and uses of their communications system.
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1 day ago | 
discoverestevan.com | Scott Boulton
Work is continuing on getting wildfires in Saskatchewan's north controlled, with the latest update from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.
As of Yesterday afternoon, around 10-15 thousand people have been evacuated, with 30 communities seeing residents flee the fires. In northern Saskatchewan, 27 wildfires are currently raging, with six of those uncontained, another six contained, 12 undergoing assessment, and three protecting values.
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1 day ago | 
discoverweyburn.com | Scott Boulton
With plants sprouting from the ground and farmers confidently finished with seeding, tractors in the field might find some new friends popping up in their farmland this summer. Burrowing owls can be found in the Saskatchewan prairies during the summer, having returned from their trip down south over the winter.
They're now moving into their namesake burrows in prairie meadows, grasslands, and even farmers' fields.
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2 days ago | 
discoverestevan.com | Scott Boulton
With plants sprouting from the ground and farmers confidently finished with seeding, tractors in the field might find some new friends popping up in their farmland this summer. Burrowing owls can be found in the Saskatchewan prairies during the summer, having returned from their trip down south over the winter.
They're now moving into their namesake burrows in prairie meadows, grasslands, and even farmers' fields.
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2 days ago | 
discovermoosejaw.com | Scott Boulton
With summer starting up in the southeast, we're now looking at summer travel taking over the highways all around the province. That means a lot more travel and a lot more chances of something going wrong, which is why SGI is sending out their June Traffic Safety Spotlight, centred around summer driving.
Heather Hubic, manager of media relations, talks about what they hope Saskatchewan drivers will prioritize this summer season.
"We're focused on being alert and making sure you're not speeding.
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2 days ago | 
discoverestevan.com | Scott Boulton
In a new release from the federal and provincial governments, money is immediately headed to the Canadian Red Cross to provide money to help with ongoing forest fires in Canada's northern areas.
The federal government is providing that money for both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with the federal government matching every dollar donated to the Red Cross to support wildfire relief.
