Tag: Saskatchewan

It’s past time for serious planning in Saskatchewan toward a just transition. The question remains: will unions take the lead before it’s too late – and which union will lead the charge?

Low-income people spend more money on energy costs. Regina’s Wascana Solar Co-op is thinking about how to make renewable energy accessible for low-income people.

As the Canadian government phases out coal, we set out to learn what a just transition could mean for Saskatchewan’s coal-producing communities

A major geothermal power generation facility is set to be built in Estevan, SK, Treaty 4 territory.

The Ministry of Social Services says that “approximately 4,000 cases were closed between December 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.” Unless those 4,000 people who had been cut off appealed the decision before July 1, they would never be eligible to receive the supplement again.

Saskatchewan has the second-lowest minimum wage in the country – but there’s hope in a fledgling fight for a living wage.

We’re trying out a low-cost, low-risk way to produce and publish more journalism about Saskatchewan.

To those who oppose us, young NDP organizers calling for Erin Weir’s resignation, I say: How dare you discourage young people from demanding a better party?

Could a new crown corporation – SaskOil – allow us to wind down the industry, get off oil, keep people employed, and repatriate land, resources, and decision-making to Indigenous peoples?

Tracking the work of a loosely coordinated right-wing network that spurred on an enormous public reaction

Colten Boushie’s killing and Gerald Stanley’s acquittal make it clear: justice has nothing to do with lip service, and everything to do with tangible action.

In oil-producing southeast Saskatchewan, people’s doubts about climate change reflect the real economic pressures they face.

Review of new film Crude Power: Oil, Money & Influence in Saskatchewan

Philip Brass of Peepeekisis First Nation explains the impact of Saskatchewan Party’s decision to auction off Crown land.

Another long-standing pasture program in Saskatchewan was cut in the spring of 2017.

The government ditched the STC without lining up alternatives, counting on private companies to step up. This isn’t how it went for other Crown sales.

The Saskatchewan government has circumvented the decision of the Northern teacher education program.

Understanding the pipeline spill that has sparked a water crisis in communities along the North Saskatchewan River.

Bonus video feature for Joshua Campbell’s story, “A Very Fertile Occupation.”

A Canadian fertilizer giant and the Saharawi people.