Saskatchewan news

• Regina wants federal housing accelerator money, but may need to make changes to get it

  26-10-2023 23:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa's housing accelerator fund is meant to increase a region's housing supply, and promote the development of affordable and diverse communities. 
  
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• Ottawa exempting rural home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says

  26-10-2023 22:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The government is creating a rural carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
  
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• Ottawa exempting home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says

  26-10-2023 22:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The government is creating a carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
  
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• Christine Sinclair sees farewell tour with Canada as 'great opportunity' to thank fans

  26-10-2023 22:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Christine Sinclair, the 40-year-old captain from Burnaby, B.C., admitted to having "mixed emotions" Thursday as she started her farewell tour, having seen former Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe and U.S. stars like Megan Rapinoe honoured at their final games.
  
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• Buffy Sainte-Marie calls Indigenous identity questions hurtful

  26-10-2023 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Buffy Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, says she's always been honest that she doesn't know the identity of her birth parents ahead of a CBC News report questioning her First Nations ancestry.
  
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• Trudeau meets with opposition parties as Israel-Gaza conflict intensifies

  26-10-2023 20:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting with opposition parties in Ottawa Thursday to discuss the ongoing Israel-Gaza war and the role Canada should play as the conflict intensifies.
  
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• Bank of Canada governor won't say when interest rates will drop, but insists it won't take a recession

  26-10-2023 20:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says he knows Canadians feel financially squeezed by aggressive interest rate hikes, but insists doing nothing to curb inflation would have been worse
  
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• Dentists say they're being left in the dark about federal dental insurance plan

  26-10-2023 18:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian dentists are demanding details of Ottawa's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government plans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage.
  
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• Canadian writers Zarqa Nawaz, Emily Riddle among winners for 2023 High Plains Book Awards

  26-10-2023 18:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The awards recognize regional literary works about life on the High Plains in North America, a region that includes Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  
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• Ottawa Senator Shane Pinto suspended for sports betting

  26-10-2023 18:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The young forward has been suspended for 41 games by the NHL for "activities relating to sports wagering." Details are scarce, but the team says he has their support.
  
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• How this 76-year-old kokum is fighting grief and loss with kettlebell kickboxing

  26-10-2023 12:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Iva Geddes-Mcnabb knows her family wouldn't want her to be sad, so she decided to find something that would help her.
  
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• With El Niño expected to stretch into the winter, all eyes are on 2024

  26-10-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts say that so far, El Niño has played a small part in 2023’s soaring temperatures. Its bigger role is yet to come.
  
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• Why open-source intelligence can help and hinder understanding of what's happening in Gaza, Israel

  26-10-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Social media platforms have been flooded with horrific footage from Israel and Gaza since Oct. 7 — the day the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a surprise assault on Israel, armed with cameras and smartphones in the arsenal of weapons used in the slaughter and kidnapping of hundreds of Israeli civilians.
  
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• Regina woman waits months for a breast biopsy amid 'really bad' backlog

  26-10-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A 35-year-old Regina woman has been waiting months to find out if she has breast cancer. As recently as last week she was told her breast biopsy was delayed yet another month, and her fear and frustration build with each delay.
  
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• 'It's bad, it's really bad': Regina woman waits months for a breast biopsy amid backlog

  26-10-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A 35-year-old Regina woman has been waiting months to find out if she has breast cancer. As recently as last week she was told her breast biopsy was delayed yet another month, and her fear and frustration build with each delay.
  
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• Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland lead the nation on supplying $10-a-day child care

  26-10-2023 06:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Cities in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador are leading the country on offering $10-a-day childcare services, but the availability of spaces remains an obstacle, says a new report.
  
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• Temporary Regina shelter to continue operating through the winter

  26-10-2023 01:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor Sandra Masters says The Gathering Place: New Beginnings shelter will now operate through April 2024.
  
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• With school pronoun legislation passed, Sask. government rescinds original policy directive

  26-10-2023 01:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Having passed legislation enshrining its rules on pronouns in schools, the Saskatchewan government has rescinded the original policy directive meant to enact those rules, in a move that could bring an end to a court case around the directive.
  
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• Behind the concerns and complex feelings some Indigenous audiences have about Killers of the Flower Moon

  26-10-2023 00:36 via cbc.ca
  
  While Indigenous critics praised actor Lily Gladstone’s performance in Martin Scorsese's new film Killers of the Flower Moon, which depicts the Osage Nation murders of the 1920s, some felt the Osage characters were underwritten or stereotypical and the violence unnecessarily graphic.
  
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• Climate crisis could cause 'catastrophic harm' to human health, 200-plus medical journals warn

  26-10-2023 00:30 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, while warning of the potential for “catastrophic harm” to human health.
  
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