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Topic: Traveling
The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) announced today that beginning May 18, 2013, rural passengers will have to plan a new way to travel as three STC routes will be cut including:
- Blaine Lake – North Battleford;
- Regina – Lanigan (via Nokomis and Watrous); and
- Eastend – Swift Current/Mossbank.
STC is a Crown that provides affordable and reliable transportation services between various Saskatchewan towns and cities. These service cuts come on the same day as the Sask Party announced it will strip $120 million more from Crowns in an attempt to balance their bu...
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Today we question a recent move by the current government which was conveniently left out of the budget speech last week.
Buried within departmental services when the government announced the most recent budget was an interesting move that seems to contradict their own basic ideologies--create a new Crown Corporation, or at least one with Treasury Board status. Of all the areas to go after, they choose tourism.
Tourism Saskatchewan has been operating as a separate entity from the provincial government for nearly two decades-which according to president and CEO LInda Haverstoc...
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In the final episode:
Unfortunately, the hot tub truck is no more. So instead, Chris, Mike, and Amy do a rap about
their experiences traveling around Saskatchewan this summer.
Want to see more of their adventure? Check out the other videos on our blog.
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In this episode, Chris, Mike, and Amy check out the Symphony Under the Sky concert in Regina, Saskatchewan. In between listening to the sounds of the Regina Symphony Orchestra,they talk to people about Crown Corporations.
What do you think of our video series so far? Feel free to comment on our Facebook page....
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In this episode, Chris, Mike, and Amy attend the 7th Annual Gateway Music Festival inBengough, Saskatchewan. Did you know that Crown Corporations helped sponsor this event,among others? And that’s just one of the ways that crowns give back to the province, and help support the arts in our communities.
What do you think of our video series so far? Feel free to comment on our Facebook Page....
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In this episode, Chris, Mike, and Amy head to Humboldt in the hot tub truck for the Canada Day
celebrations. Along the way, they sing a song about their experiences so far. Plus, the water in
the hot tub truck is finally hot.
What do you think of our video series so far? Feel free to comment on our Facebook page....
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In this episode, Chris, Mike, and Amy go kayaking on beautiful Kenosee Lake in Moose
Mountain Provincial Park. In between, they ask people why Crown Corporations matter to them.
In 2010, 23 rental cabins at Greenwater Lake Provincial Park were sold to a Regina-based
property management company. The new private owner will add 10 more cabins.
At Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, a private company is developing a new campground.
Services that used to be provided by park staff, such as cutting firewood, maintaining hiking
trails, and sanitation services, are being turned ov...
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Meet Chris Miller. You may recognize Chris from his video, A Young Person’s Guide To Saskatchewan Crowns. Chris was also in the running to be this year’s Saskatchewanderer. He didn’t win, but that didn’t stop him and his friends, Mike and Amy, from heading out on their own summer adventure. The three of them are travelling around Saskatchewan to ask people, “What do our Crown Corporations mean to you?” And what better way to get around than in your very own homemade hot tub truck! Watch our video series to follow their hijinks, and keep an eye out for when ... Topics
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