https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/majority-of-saskatchewan-supports-social-media-limits-for-youth-survey/

How did I have hope? Why am I surprised? Why did I think maybe people in Saskatchewan might be against government overreach, such as being forced to upload legal I.D to be stored who knows where in order to access Facebook?

Took a photo of this on a road trip out West in 1996. Is it still there? I hear these are being phased out and replaced by more modern materials. These are often over 100 years old and too costly to restore. A bit of Canadian nostalgia.

Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation

Does anyone know if this project was started or completed? There haven't been updates for over a year on their social media and website.

A Saskatchewan man who killed two RCMP officers in 2006 is fighting to keep the truck at the centre of the deadly shooting. Laura Woodward reports.

A Saskatchewan man serving life in prison for killing two RCMP officers is fighting to keep ownership of the truck he was driving when he fired the fatal shots.

Curtis Dagenais, 61, is serving three life sentences.

He was convicted in 2009 of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

Dagenais shot and killed RCMP constables Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages and wounded Const. Michelle Knopp during a police chase on a rural road northwest of Saskatoon in 2006.

He was driving a blue 1986 GMC pickup truck at the time. The vehicle has remained in RCMP storage since the shooting.

The Crown is seeking forfeiture of the truck — meaning Dagenais would lose his ownership rights and the vehicle could be destroyed.

Dagenais appeared by video conference from Saskatchewan Penitentiary for Monday’s hearing at Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench.

He argued that he should retain ownership of the truck.

“There’s a lot of value in parts,” Dagenais told the court.

“Bring it back to my farm, or I can get it picked up if it’s in their way.”

Dagenais argued self-defence at his 2009 trial, testifying that the officers shot at him first and that he returned fire because he feared for his life. The jury rejected that argument.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upheld his convictions in 2012.

During Monday’s hearing, Dagenais suggested the truck continues to have evidentiary value.

“They don’t want to risk any other member of the public laying eyes on that truck, seeing all the police-bullet holes,” he said.

Crown prosecutor Scott Bartlett noted that the 40-year-old truck is severely damaged and “would never pass an inspection.”

Bartlett said the vehicle has been a liability in police custody for the past two decades.

Dagenais told the court he has struggled to arrange a meeting with his lawyer and asked Justice Daryl Labach to adjourn the hearing. He had already been granted an adjournment in June.

Bartlett opposed the request.

“I’m looking for a reason for us to believe that if we adjourn it one more time, that something would be different,” Bartlett said.

Labach noted that while the matter is not complicated, it can be difficult for an incarcerated person to meet with a lawyer.

“The court wants to give Mr. Dagenais every opportunity to be able to make the arguments he wants to make,” the judge said.

He granted the adjournment, but warned that the hearing will proceed on Oct. 19 — whether Dagenais has a lawyer or not.

“There will be no further adjournments ... My patience is starting to wear a little thin,” Labach said.

Hi!

First, I love your province. If I could kiss it, I would.

Looking for feedback for a first time visitor of Grasslands National Park. I’m a slow, but avid backpacker here in BC and my normal trips average around 15km/day with 600-800m elevation - this length would have me tired and ready to sleep ASAP but not on death’s doorstep (for context). I’m looking at “Bearpaw Sea Trail” and “Timbergulch Trail” in the West side of the park and looking for opinions if it is feasible/worthwhile to do both of these trails as one trip, over two days? Weather dependent of course - no desire to give myself heat stroke out there.

Additionally, I see a lot of reviews that note the lack of signage. Is it sufficient to have the AllTrails map downloaded on my phone (with a battery pack) and my Garmin Inreach as backup? I see notes of “bring a compass!” - I just don’t want to be caught unprepared.

If you have any recommendations of things to bring that I wouldn’t necessarily think of bringing (beyond the normal stuff I would bring into the alpine/subalpine). I will pack gaitors for snakes and loooots of water, promise!

Thank you xoxo

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Make one in 48 hours at the Saskatoon Game Jam! Make videogames, meet new friends, eat pizza & win prizes!

Can't code? It takes a village to make a game. No matter what, there's something you can contribute - writing, play testing, research, music, voice-acting, level design, video editing, art, etc. ALL skill levels are welcome.

Can't make the whole event? Come at the end to play the finished games!

There may be a group driving from Regina come to Saskatoon if you need a lift from Regina.

https://saskatoongamejamsep2026.eventbrite.ca/

There’s a parade of boats launching into Lake Diefenbaker on any typical summer day in Beaver Flat, Sask.

Now, the council that runs the resort village is going to have to turn over the steering wheel to someone else.

“Talking to the government, they said there [were] deadlines and you guys didn't meet the deadline,” said Beaver Flat Mayor Bill Bresett.

Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Government Relations said the Resort Village of Beaver Flat, approximately 177 kilometres south west of Saskatoon, will dissolve into the Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 on Jan. 1, 2027.

In a statement, the ministry said it monitors for municipal compliance on education property tax remittance, submitting yearly audited financial statements and having a qualified administrator.

The ministry said it notified Beaver Flat of non-compliance in December 2023 and gave it until Jan. 1, 2026 to rectify it. The ministry said that didn’t happen, triggering the restructuring.

“We don't want that,” Bresett said. “And the RM doesn't want it.”

He blamed a previous administrator for causing the village to fall behind on its financial reports and said it didn’t quite get caught up in time.

“We're up to date with everything now and we're hoping they can let it slide,” Bresett said.

“There’s villages in the province that are in trouble and I understand the reason for their ruling. But we're not like that. We have money. We have lots of volunteers that keep the village up to snuff.”

The resort village had a population of 82 in the 2021 census. Bresett said it has 145 cabins, with only about 25 to 30 of them occupied year-round.

A history on the resort village’s website says it was created as the Goodwin Subdivision in the late '60s, before becoming a municipality on April 1, 1981.

“The government is the one that encouraged us to set up the resort village because they wanted nothing to do with us,” said longtime resident Kevin Unger. “Now, 50 years later, they want to take us back. Nobody wants it.… I think we're going to be neglected.”

Unger pointed to the village building a boat launch, paving roads and putting in water systems.

“We've done a lot of work down there,” he said. “I think most people are pretty proud of it and now the provincial government wants to take it away from us?”

Currently up north at the lake (north of Blaine Lake) and what I assume was a military helicopter (dual rotor I think it’s called) just did a low flying by. Nothing on Flight Radar.

Very cool to see but also a little unsettling. Anyone else get a sighting?

Can someone please explain to me the horrendous job being done marking construction zones on Saskatchewan highways?

I travel Highways 6 and 16 into Saskatoon frequently, and I honestly cannot understand the way some of these construction zones are being signed.

There are signs everywhere—construction begins, construction ends, 60 km/h, no passing, reduced speed, electronic signs—and half the time I have no idea where the actual construction zone begins or ends.

For example, you'll come across a 60 km/h sign and start slowing down. The first few kilometres, most people are at least somewhat following the posted speed. Then 2 or 3 km later, traffic starts speeding up. By kilometres 4 or 5, you're basically back to highway speed. Then, around kilometre 7 or 8 or longer, you finally encounter the actual construction.

And once you're through that area, you're left wondering whether the construction zone has even ended because there is no sign saying construction ends.

I've experienced this travelling through the Jansen/Wynyard area. I passed construction around Jansen and am now travelling through Wynyard, yet following signage the construction zone never ended. This has been going on all summer. Am I still to be driving 60?

I've also passed two electronic signs that both say "Construction next 35 km." Yet there is no construction anywhere near the next 35 km.

I am 100% in favour of keeping highway workers safe. I understand how dangerous their jobs can be, and I absolutely support appropriate reduced speeds and properly marked construction zones when workers are actually present or when road conditions require it.

But when drivers are being told to drive 60 km/h for kilometres and kilometres with absolutely no visible construction, workers, equipment, lane restrictions, or hazards, what exactly is being accomplished?

Eventually, people stop taking the signs seriously.

You have drivers who are genuinely trying to obey the 60 km/h limit, while everyone around them is doing 90, 100 or even highway speed. The drivers following the limit gets bullied, tailgated and eventually swerved around. The drivers behind them get frustrated and drive recklessly. People start passing in places they shouldn't. Some drivers become reckless.

And that's the exact opposite of what these signs are supposed to accomplish.

If a construction zone is 35 km long, then clearly mark the actual zone and make it obvious where it begins and ends. If there is no work happening for 20 or 30 km, why are drivers being subjected to construction-zone restrictions for that entire distance?

There has to be a better way to manage this.

Proper signage should make drivers more aware and more compliant, not train them to ignore construction signs because they have learned from experience that the signs often don't correspond with what they're actually seeing on the road.

I'm genuinely curious—is there a legitimate reason these construction zones are being signed this way? Is it because the entire stretch is technically considered a work zone even when no work is taking place, or is this simply poor signage/traffic management?

Because from a driver's perspective, it makes very little sense.

seems like half the people say bell is generating its own power for data centre use, others think its saskpower. What is the real answer? Bellow is at the time of the announcement of the AI data centre plus the latest talk about our power bills going up. Seems the power is coming from saskpower with saskenergy providing the gas needed for a backup generator setup.

https://www.cjme.com/2026/03/16/bell-canada-and-sask-government-partner-on-data-centre-project-outside-regina/

The provincial government said Saskatchewan Crown corporations are supporting the project in several ways. SaskPower has already begun work on the transmission connections, while SaskTel’s fibre optic network will connect to the facility and SaskEnergy will develop the gas infrastructure for Bell’s on-site power generation, including the creation of a new high-pressure pipeline and a high-volume meter station.

Minister responsible for SaskPower, Jeremy Harrison, said Saskatchewan is in a unique position because it’s one of only a few provinces which has the power to spare to be able to host such a project.

https://www.ckom.com/2026/08/28/saskpower-bills-could-rise-as-much-as-6-4-per-cent-in-february-rate-review-panel-warns/

Those materials include information on the anticipated revenue coming from Bell Canada’s data centre project, which is currently under construction in the RM of Sherwood, just outside of Regina.

“The timing of revenue from the Bell data-centre project is particularly important because SaskPower’s improved 2026-27 financial forecast is driven in part by anticipated additional electricity sales to the project,” the panel noted.

Was this for Sasktel copper phone lines? Is it obsolete now? I am in a city that has the Sasktel fiber cable.

Just spreading awareness. Remove if not allowed.

I think they might be worth a visit.