Saskatchewan
Canadian Property Management
Cleantech start-ups tapped for Sask tax credit
Saskatchewan-based deantech start-ups are newly included in a provincial incentive program that will convey up to $225,000 in non-refundable tax credits per annual investment to their investors.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Saskatchewan backs secondary rental suites
A new incentive program will offer Saskatchewan homeowners up to $35,000 toward the costs of building a separate rental suite at their primary residence.
REMI Network
Saskatoon hospital opens seizure and epilepsy unit
Design input from patients and family members helped create a nurturing, home-like atmosphere for people with difficult-to-diagnose or difficult-to-treat seizures or epilepsy.
REMI Network
First Nations celebrates multi-purpose health facility in Saskatchewan
The hospital will enhance primary care and mental health services throughout the three communities of Cote First Nation, Keeseekoose First Nation, and The Key First Nation.
REMI Network
150 new affordable homes coming to Saskatchewan
The Government of Canada has allocated $30 million in funding toward the construction of 150 new affordable homes in Saskatchewan under the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).
REMI Network
Early work begins on Prince Albert hospital
Prince Albert Grand Council has partnered with the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Health Authority on the project.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Heritage properties on 125th birthday wish list
Local councils and residents throughout Saskatchewan are urged to identify heritage properties within their communities leading up to the province’s 125th birthday in 2030.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Liquor store sell-off nears end in Saskatchewan
Significantly more revenue has been raised through the auction of the retail permits associated with the stores than from the sale of the properties themselves.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Sask tardy to enact accessibility standards
Proposed legislation comes more than seven years after a provincially appointed panel made the recommendation and more than 10 years after a strategy for people with disabilities was first promised.
Canadian Property Management
Sask electricity rate set for 8% jump by April
SaskPower will introduce a 4 per cent electricity rate increase on September 1, 2022 and another on April 1, 2023.
Canadian Property Management
Saskatchewan parks to remain dry this summer
Saskatchewan's legislative assembly has adjourned until October before making a decision about changing the rules around alcohol consumption in parks and other outdoor public places.
Canadian Property Management
Mill rate adjustments for Saskatchewan EPT
Saskatchewan's commercial ratepayers face an increase in the education portion of their property taxes due to a bump-up in the mill rate, but the spread across tax classes has been tightened.
REMI Network
New EV chargers coming to Saskatchewan
A $2-million investment in the Saskatchewan Power Corporation will bring up to 40 electric vehicle fast chargers to the province by December 2023.
REMI Network
Indigenous themes illuminate Dakota Dunes Resort
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation collaborated with designers on the new Dakota Dunes Resort in Saskatchewan.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Sask ends exemptions for smoke and CO alarms
Saskatchewan landlords and homeowners will have to install smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in older residential buildings that were previously exempt. Enforcement begins July 1, 2022.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ice rink operators offered SaskPower discount
It’s actually too late for Saskatchewan’s ice rink operators to apply for the funding outlined in the 2021-22 provincial budget earlier this week, but they could still qualify for electricity rate relief this spring and summer.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Saskatchewan to tax EV owners for road upkeep
The 2021-22 Saskatchewan budget also commits more than $937 million to upgrade the provincial electricity system and nearly $175 million to underwrite an electricity rebate for SaskPower customers.
