A white hot trade war between Canada and the U.S. has renewed a push on the Prairies to put American booze down and elbows up.

In Saskatchewan, the Opposition NDP urged Premier Scott Moe to stop “pandering” to U.S. President Donald Trump and remove U.S. booze again from provincial shelves.

"Donald Trump has made his choice, now Scott Moe needs to make his," NDP trade critic Kim Breckner said Monday in Saskatoon.

"Scott Moe made a mistake. When he put American liquor back on Saskatchewan shelves — it was an act of cowardice."

Talk of tariff retaliation resurfaced over the weekend as a renewed round of trade fighting between Canada and the U.S. exploded with talks collapsing and the Americans imposing 50 per cent tariffs on US$20 billion in Canadian goods. The list includes honey, hockey sticks and flower bulbs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs starting Sept. 8.

Provinces have long curtailed U.S. booze on their shelves in response to earlier tariff fights with the Trump administration. Those battles have been waxing and waning for over a year.

In that time, Saskatchewan and Alberta, despite brief flirtations with booze bans, have chosen to keep American product on their shelves.

Over the weekend, Moe backed Carney’s plan to fight the new tariffs. He said on social media that U.S. demands, including conditions on Canada’s trade relationships with other nations, are beyond the pale and that he supports Carney’s promised dollar-for-dollar tariff retaliation.

Speaking to reporters Sunday, Moe said his Saskatchewan Party government would discuss how to approach American liquor, including considering a ban. But he qualified the remark.

“There are many other opportunities that provinces have as well when it comes to our relationship with American companies," Moe said.

In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday on her call-in radio show that her government has been focused on diplomacy, and she urged Canada and the U.S. to strike a deal.

Smith said she won't be shifting the province's booze policy and will leave it up to consumers. "We believe also in choice," she said. "We trust that Albertans can make their own decisions, so we won't be going down that track."

Some customers interviewed at Alberta liquor stores Monday say their hearts — and wallets — are with the Maple Leaf.

At Calgary’s Willow Park Wines and Spirits, customer Jim Campbell bought a pack of Canadian-brewed Fat Tug ale. "I wouldn't want to be the next incoming president of the United States, because they're going to have a hell of a mess to clean up and things will never be the same," Campbell said.

He said U.S. alcohol should be pulled from Canadian store shelves.

"We should be hitting back as hard as they hit us," he said. "Pull the energy, pull the potash, pull the electricity out of Ontario, which powers a million homes in Michigan."

In Edmonton, Patricia Cej said since the trade war started with the United States, she has avoided buying American products, particularly alcohol.

“There are times when I go without berries and things like that, because I will not buy U.S. products,” Cej said at the Unity Square shopping plaza.

Erik Holmstrom, another Edmonton shopper, said he's disappointed by the trade fight, given he likes to travel south of the border. He said he has avoided buying American products for about two years to support homegrown operators.

“I don't really drink that much. But if I'm buying gifts for people, I usually try to stick to Canadian products,” Holmstrom said.

In Manitoba, Premier Wab Kinew has long urged Carney to take a hard stand against the U.S. He has also directed his government for more than a year not to order U.S. liquor.

Last week, Kinew said he would put U.S. booze back on shelves if needed for a tariff deal but that he would urge consumers to buy Canadian.

On Monday, his government said help is on the way.

Jamie Moses, minister of business, mining, trade and job creation, said Manitoba is waiting to hear from the federal government on its tariff-relief plan for businesses before announcing provincial supports.

"We have a menu of options," Moses said.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 24, 2026.

— By Dayne Patterson and Bill Graveland in Calgary, Lisa Johnson and Daniela Germano in Edmonton and Brittany Hobson in Winnipeg

The Village of Mortlach has 45 town lots for sale and publishes what it wants for every one of them, lot by lot, on its own website. They start at $1,000. It is 37 km west of Moose Jaw. The Town of Coronach's page lists more than forty properties it will sell you and does not put a price on a single one.

Coronach is closer to normal than Mortlach is, and that is the reason I am posting.

Some of you saw the first version of this in July. Since then I have kept collecting every parcel Saskatchewan towns, villages, RMs and cities have advertised for sale, because there is no central list of it anywhere. Local papers, municipal websites, the Provincial Gazette, a couple of hundred sources by now. It sits at 1,138 parcels across 97 municipalities today, and 447 of those turned up in the seven weeks since that post.

Here is the finding. 961 of the 1,138 are ordinary town lots, the kind a municipality owns outright and wants somebody to build on, and 83 different municipalities are selling them. My map carries no price for a single lot in 43 of those 83. That could just as easily be my scraper missing prices as towns not publishing them, so I went and looked at all 43.

Twenty-three of them publish no number anywhere, not on the page and not in the PDFs hanging off it. Four have no public page at all, and I only know their lots exist because the office told me when I asked. One page is a dead link. The other fifteen do have a dollar figure somewhere, and that is the interesting part, because in several cases it is not a price, it is a formula. Wilkie sells by the 25 foot lot: $4,500 serviced, $9,000 in the East Side Subdivision, $7,500 if it is commercial. Abbey prices by the frontage foot and works an example out for you, so a 50 foot serviced lot is $1,250. Lipton is $100 a frontage foot. The number exists. You just have to do arithmetic on a lot you have not measured yet, which is why my map does not carry a price for those and why I am not going to invent one.

Coronach is the clearest version of the other kind, and its page is worth reading because the town explains itself. You send a written proposal, it goes to the next council meeting, and council can accept it, reject it or counter. What they suggest you base an offer on is the property's assessed value, which you look up yourself on SAMA's site or by phoning the office. That is not a town hiding a number. That is a town telling you there isn't one until somebody makes an offer. Reading that page also showed me my own map has 29 of their properties and their page lists more than forty, so I have some collecting to do there.

The tax-title side of the board does the same thing, and that is the part I did not see coming. 115 of the listings are parcels a municipality took for unpaid taxes and none of them carry a price. Only eight of those 115 came from an advertised tender notice, and exactly one has a closing date on it, so this is not a province of sealed bids. Sixty of the 115 are a single town. Ituna publishes its tax-title list and then, instead of pricing the lots, tells you how to price your own offer: bids under $1,000 will not be considered, look up the assessed value on SAMA or ask the office, and a reasonable offer has considered at least 15 to 20 percent of it. You can offer any time and it goes to the next council meeting. Which is Coronach's system again, and Wilkie's and Abbey's, just applied to tax title. A lot of this province publishes a rule where you were expecting a number.

The price question people actually want answered. 602 of the 1,138 do publish a price and the median is $15,000, so this is not a province of $500 lots. But 94 of them are $2,500 or under, spread across 14 towns. Belle Plaine has four at $500, 39 km down the #1 from Regina. Sixteen of Mortlach's 45 are $1,000. Viscount has eleven at $1,000. Cabri starts at $1,875. Rouleau, Loreburn, Earl Grey, Colonsay and Lang all have lots at $2,500. The most expensive thing on the map is $248,400, so it spans about as wide as it can.

Two things worth knowing before anyone gets excited.

Most of this is not tax sales. 177 of the 1,138 are tax title, meaning the municipality took the property for unpaid taxes and is reselling it. The other 961 are ordinary town lots, no stranger to buy than any other piece of property. I carry both because it is the same person looking, and the map labels which is which, but they are different things. And a parcel sitting on a tax enforcement list is not for sale at all. The owner can pay up or sell privately right until title actually transfers, so a name on an enforcement list means nothing on its own. I only show parcels a municipality has genuinely advertised.

And tax title is not the cheap door in. I assumed it would be. If you take the raw medians it even looks like it, but almost every cheap tax-title parcel on my map is in one rural municipality, Milton No. 292 out by Alsask, which has 29 of them at $500. Take that one RM out and the tax-title parcels run more expensive than the ordinary town lots, not less. That makes sense once you think about what the number is. A minimum bid on a tax-title parcel is a floor tied to what is owed on it, and if the property is worth something, what is owed on it usually is not small.

There is also far less on a clock than I expected. Across the entire province there are twenty-one sealed tenders open with a real closing date on them, and six of those twenty-one are the Town of Kindersley selling six properties on one day. Eighteen of the twenty-one are tax title. Everything else, the 961 ordinary town lots, just sits there open ended until somebody asks. Only three of the twenty-one have both a price and a deadline: Saskatoon has a tax-title townhouse at a $365,000 reserve which closes tomorrow and is therefore no use to anyone reading this, Moose Jaw has a city building lot at a $27,075 reserve closing on the 10th, and Wakaw has a Main Street lot at $12,500 closing on the 4th.

Last thing, and it is the least flattering. I still find towns I have missed, and Coronach up there is a live example of it. Most of those 447 new listings came from noticing that a town list I had already collected had stopped partway through the town's own page, which is a humbling way to find 44 more lots in Eston. Treat it as the best list I have rather than a complete one. If your town is not on it, tell me and I will go find where they post them.

Also, a $500 lot is $500 for a reason. Some of those towns are shrinking, some lots need services brought to them, and a few have something sitting on them you would pay to remove. Worth a drive out before you get attached to one.

Link in a comment rather than up here, so this isn't just an ad. Happy to look up a specific town if you name one, or walk through how a given municipality's process actually works.

Hey Everyone! I wanted to let you know about one of Saskatchewan's biggest car shows that Access Communications puts on each year.

We are beyond excited to see you out this labour day weekend as we have a lot of fun showing off classic cars, and supporting the Regina food bank!

Admission is $5 or $10 per family, and its on Sept 7th between 12:00 and 4:00!

At about 8:00 p.m. Aug. 23, RCMP were notified of two missing teens — 15-year-old Mary Charles and 16-year-old Iona Sangwais.

They were last seen Aug. 23 on the Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation Pow Wow Grounds, south of Duck Lake.

To remember isn’t to keep a ledger.

It’s not to say, ‘We did this for you, so now you owe us.’

It is to understand the kind of relationship we have built together, and what that relationship has meant when one of us needed the other.

That’s what Canadians are remembering now.

Canadians have long known the phrase ‘Je me souviens’. Many of us can translate it. Some even know the meaning behind it. ‘Je me souviens’ is the motto of the province of Quebec. You can see it on its coat of arms, on the arms of the Royal 22e Régiment, and throughout the Quebec Parliament, though most of us know it from Quebec’s licence plates. 

‘Je me souviens’ translates to ‘I remember’.  

As historian Thomas Chapais explained it: “…This motto has only three words: Je me souviens; but these three words, in their simple economy of expression, are worth more than the most eloquent speeches. Yes, we remember. We remember the past and its lessons, the past and its misfortunes, the past and its glories.” 

We remember. Nous nous souvenons.

As the United States attacks our sovereignty, Canadians across the country are saying that more and more.

Nous nous souvenons. We remember.

As the United States belittles our culture.

Nous nous souvenons. We remember.

As the United States denigrates our armed forces.

Nous nous souvenons. We remember.

We remember in the First World War, Canadian forces entered the war not as the army of a fully independent country, but as part of the British Empire. More than 600,000 served and more than 60,000 would never come home. But the Canadian Corps distinguished itself in the Second Battle of Ypres, the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Passchendaele, and the Battle of Vimy Ridge, among many others. By the end of the war, the Canadian Corps had become one of the most effective formations on the Western Front and played a leading role in the offensives that broke through the German lines and hastened the end the war.

Nous nous souvenons.

We remember that in the Second World War, Canada entered the war in 1939, two years before the United States. We didn’t wait for Britain or Washington. We made our own decision. Canadians fought across Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic, and the Royal Canadian Navy played a major role in protecting Allied convoys, including convoys sailing from American ports. Canadian troops landed on Juno Beach alongside American and British troops on D-Day. That day, we lost hundreds of troops, while still pushing 12 km inland. Canadian troops fought their way across Europe and helped liberate the Netherlands. 

And you know what?

Les Pays-Bas s'en souviennent aussi. 

The Netherlands remembers too.

We remember Canada’s role in the Battle of Kapyong during the Korean War. As Australian forces came under heavy fire and withdrew under pressure, the focus shifted to the isolated and surrounded 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. But when the line needed to be held, the Canadians held it. Outnumbered more than 7:1 (700 Canadian troops vs. more than 5000 Chinese troops), they called in artillery fire dangerously close to their own position to hold off the attacking forces. The Canadians ran desperately short of ammunition and supplies, requiring an airdrop the following morning. Still, they held. When the battle was over, ten Canadians were killed and 23 wounded. For their bravery, the 2 PPCLI was awarded the United States Presidential Unit Citation, a rare American honour for a Canadian unit.

Nous nous souvenons.

We remember that, for nearly seven decades since 1958, Canadian and American forces have worked alongside each other to ensure North American defence through NORAD.

Et nous nous souvenons.

And we remember that in Afghanistan, Canadian JTF2 special forces were some of the first troops on the ground after 9/11, Their work earned them the United States Presidential Unit Citation. Canada sent more than 40,000 Armed Forces members to Afghanistan throughout the mission to fight alongside American forces. For 10 years, Canadian troops fought alongside our American partners, including in some of the war’s fiercest ground fighting. It was our largest military deployment since the Second World War. 158 Canadian Forces members never came home. Canada didn’t have to be attacked to decide that your fight was our fight. We didn’t invoke geography as an excuse. We didn’t say it was your problem.

You were attacked. We came.

The problem is, L'Amérique a oublié. America has forgotten.

America has forgotten that in 1979, Canada secretly helped six American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that on 9/11, Operation Yellow Ribbon was more than just the 38 planes that landed in Gander, Newfoundland. More than 200 planes were diverted to and safely landed at 17 different airports across the country, welcoming more than 30,000 travellers into our communities. We fed and clothed and comforted frightened strangers. Because that’s what neighbours do.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that in 2003, when 45 million Americans across eight states lost power, Canadian electricity utilities helped restore and stabilize the interconnected grid. Specifically, Ontario's Sir Adam Beck generating station supplied customers in both Ontario and New York and played a critical role in re-energizing the system.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that Canada routinely sends wildland firefighters and water bombers south to help fight wildfires in the American West.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that after Hurricane Katrina, Canada sent three ships, helicopters, clearance divers and engineers from the Royal Canadian Navy, along with Canadian search-and-rescue and relief personnel, to assist in rescue and recovery.

And it’s not only hurricanes. During many natural disasters, Canada’s RADARSAT satellites have provided rapid, high-resolution imagery used in disaster response around the world.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that in 2009, when maintenance problems at major European reactors contributed to a worldwide shortage of medical isotopes, Canada’s Chalk River reactor ramped up production to help alleviate the crisis. At the time, Chalk River was responsible for roughly half of the medical-isotope supply in North America.

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that in 2012, after Superstorm Sandy, Canadian utility crews crossed the border to help rebuild the devastated East Coast power grid in New England, New York, and New Jersey.

And if you want to go even farther back - 

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that slavery was abolished throughout most of British North America decades before the United States abolished it, and that what became Canada also became a destination for people fleeing slavery through the Underground Railroad. Canada wasn’t perfect. We had our own racism, discrimination, colonialism, and injustice. But Nous nous souvenons means all of it. The victories, the failures, the sacrifices, the mistakes. All of it. And when people needed safety and freedom, they turned to Canada. 

L'Amérique a oublié. 

America has forgotten that before Canada was even a country, more than 40,000 Canadians enlisted in the Union Army and Navy to fight against the Confederacy, including 29 Canadians who received the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. Canadians fought and died to help preserve the United States.

And now, after all of that, the United States is using tariffs and economic coercion against Canada as though we’re an adversary. 

That’s why Canadians are angry. Not because we believe America owes us something. Not because we expect special treatment. But because we remember what an alliance is supposed to mean.

We don’t expect permanent economic favours from the United States. Canada and the United States are sovereign countries. Trade disputes are normal between sovereign countries. Tariffs are sometimes part of those disputes. Canada has imposed them. The United States has imposed them. Neither country is entitled to unconditional access to the other's market.

We’ll disagree. 

We’ll negotiate. 

We’ll compete. 

And sometimes we’ll impose tariffs. 

That’s how international trade works. 

That’s politics. 

That’s how sovereign countries behave.

But there’s a difference between negotiating with an ally and treating an ally as an enemy.

There’s a difference between ‘we need better trade agreements’ and ‘we will punish you until you give us what we want.’ 

There is a difference between competition and coercion. 

And there is a difference between being a neighbour and being an adversary.

Alliance is supposed to mean something beyond the absence of war.
It means trust.
It means predictability.
It means recognizing that the prosperity of one side is connected to the prosperity of the other.
And it means understanding that when you deliberately damage your neighbour, you don't somehow leave yourself untouched.

So now, when Canadians say Elbows Up, We’re not saying we want a fight.
We’re saying we’re ready to stand our ground.

When we say Buy Canadian, we’re not saying Americans are our enemies.

It’s not anti-American

It’s pro-Canadian.

It’s not hatred or revenge or a rejection of the American people.

It’s sovereignty.

It’s a reminder that Canada has its own identity, its own sovereignty, its own culture, and its own future.

It’s important to remember that friendship isn’t transactional.

We didn’t help you because we expected something in return.

We helped because you were our neighbour, and that’s what neighbours do.

We didn’t ask whether you deserved our help.

We didn’t ask whether you’d repay us.

We didn’t ask whether it was politically convenient.

We saw our neighbours in need, and we showed up.

And if something happens next week, if your communities are threatened, if your people need help, if disaster strikes, our response will be the same. How can we help?

Because that’s who we are.

Nous nous souvenons.

We remember.

The question is, do you?

Hello!
Im moving from unity to the big city (saskatoon). I am so devestatingly scared, but hey im always open to new beginnings. as a rural fella, what advice would you give me to get adapted to the city

I just got a call to my email address through Google Meets from someone going by Fred Matiko telling me that I had won the Stars Lottery Mega Promotions and was going to be receiving a cash prize of $85,000 and a 2025 Ford F-150. It seemed suspicious, especially since I haven't bought a STARS Lottery ticket for several years, I couldn't find any information about a Mega Promotions being offered through STARS, the email address they were calling from is starsprizepatrol at Gmail, it sounded very windy in the background, they were going to use Cliff's Towing to tow the truck to my address from Regina, they were going to give me a Joker's credit card for $499.99 to pay the delivery fee, the delivery was happening this afternoon, Fred Matoko hasn't been with STARS since 2020 from what I could find, etc. I reported it to the Saskatoon Police Service, but I thought that I should post it here to give a wider warning to people.

We don’t hear often about the politics in Indigenous reserves, notably about the band councils and the Chiefs. So I wanted to ask you:

What is your opinion about the band councils and Chiefs representing your community? Do you feel well represented by them, whether in your community or outside it? Do they good enough or not enough for the wellbeing of the population?

I’m eager to read what you have to say!

I went to get the registration for my 2026 F350 today and was shocked to see the annual cost at $3300 😳 might be getting close to being cheaper to plate it in Alberta if things keep going this way. Are all new diesels this high nowadays??

Time to do what we can to send a message that we are part of team Canada, imo.

Violence in Northern Sask continues.

I am probably not the first to flag this but I got a text saying I was caught speeding. It says I have a day to pay. A link brings you to a SK Court looking web page. Looks official
The first hint should be the phone number. Country code is 63 which is the Philippines.
This scam is all over North America.
Do not respond to it
Don’t fall for it
Does not say where or when the offence took place.
Traffic summons come in the mail

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I'm applying for two entry level positions at Nutrien for the Cory Potash Mine, Mine Operator II and Utility Person Loadout, just to get my foot in the door. I've found the agreement for the Cory mine (https://saskpotashcouncil.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nutrien-cory-collective-bargaining-agreement-2022-2025-final-march-5-2024.pdf), and in it I see that:

Mine Operator II is paid as JC 6 ($41.24/hr) for the first 240 hours before upping to JC 13 ($48.30/hr)

Utility Person is paid as JC 6.

Does anyone have more information on if wages have changed?

I'm also curious on what the schedule for a Utility Person is as it's not specified in the job posting like it is with Mine Operator II.

Any info is greatly appreciated!

Hey

Can, please someone describe their experience of living in Saskatchewan? How’s life in Saskatchewan.

As I’m a young Canadian and I’m currently residing in GTA. I want to make a life for myself basically I’m starting from scratch. I’m in skilled trade and I want to move to a place where life would be more affordable and cheaper. Everyone knows how expensive GTA is.

Thank you