The federal government has cut its gas tax for the next few months. The Saskatchewan NDP have been calling on the provincial government to do the same. Our political analysts, Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk, break down why the province hasn’t and look at other issues this week.

After running hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt, Prairie Harm Reduction is closing its doors for good. Its board says it found no signs of fraud. The cost of helping hundreds of people and families in Saskatoon simply grew too high and too quickly.

This marks the end for Saskatchewan’s first supervised drug consumption site, along with housing services for teens and families, education services, and a drop-in centre. We look at what led to the longtime Saskatoon charity’s closure, and what losing it means for the city and the people who relied on Prairie Harm Reduction to stay alive.

Wildfire nearly swallowed the entire community of Wadin Bay in the summer of 2025. Officials told everyone to leave the area immediately, but a few residents stayed back saying the only way to protect their properties was to fight the fires themselves. Not only did they risk their lives, but community members also spent $39,000 on equipment. Should the province reimburse them? CBC producer Janani Whitfield traveled to Wadin Bay to understand the difficult decisions people make as fire threatens their homes.

Same name, different party. There is a growing divide between the federal and Saskatchewan NDP. Saskatchewan Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck wrote an open letter to new federal leader Avi Lewis. In it, she warns his stance against new fossil fuel projects could hurt Saskatchewan’s economy. Our political analysts, Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk, break down the latest.

A CBC investigation revealed two people died after giving plasma at private Winnipeg collection centres. Days later, Health Canada said a centre in Regina broke some of the donation rules. The company under fire is Grifols Plasma Donation Centre. The deaths are raising questions about the safety and ethics of paying people to donate plasma. Health Canada is reviewing the matter and says it has not made a link between plasma collection and the deaths. Grifols says it has "no reason to believe" they are connected. Today, we’re sharing a special episode of This is Manitoba, whose team of journalists dug into the fallout of this news.

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A new school is set to be built in Premier Scott Moe’s hometown of Shellbrook. The opposition NDP accused the premier of political favouritism. It said more than 200 schools in 103 Saskatchewan communities are in worse shape, based on a government capital planning report. Political analysts Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk break down the latest.

After rumours, speculation and a series of questions with no sure answers, Bell Canada finally announced its official plans to build the country’s largest AI data centre south of Regina. We have details on how it will be powered, its water source, and the projected economic spinoff. But there are still questions: Will Saskatchewan people benefit?

The Official Opposition says projecting a deficit until the end of the decade is nothing to celebrate. The province says it’s trying to ‘protect Saskatchewan.’ So which is it? Our political panelists Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk sift through the budget day political rhetoric to help us understand what being in the red for several years could mean for the province.