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SGI continues to benefit from out-of-province expansion
SGI achieved one goal and closed in on another during the 2018-19 fiscal year. In its annual report tabled Tuesday, the Crown corporation revealed it had written $371.4 million in premiums outside of ...
Jul 09, 2019
May traffic spotlight leads to record number of tickets
Saskatchewan drivers and police officers in the province had a record-setting month in May. According to numbers released Tuesday by SGI, police officers handed out record numbers of tickets for speed...
Jun 25, 2019
SGI's new robot promotes seatbelt safety
Saskatchewan drivers get hundreds of tickets a month for seatbelt offences. SGI is now using a robot to try to fight the problem of children who aren't properly restrained in vehicles. BuckleBot was i...
Jun 14, 2019 BuckleBot, which is meant to promote seatbelt safety in a unique way to children, was introduced by SGI on June 14, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Sask. police focus on speeding, aggressive driving
Speeding and aggressive driving remain problems on Saskatchewan's roads. According to a media release issued Friday by SGI, police officers in the province handed out 8,081 tickets for speeding and ag...
May 24, 2019
CAA, SGI put focus on safety of tow truck operators
Greg McCracken's close call perfectly epitomized Slow Down Move Over Day. "There was a lot of traffic," McCracken, a tow truck operator, said in a video shared Tuesday by the Canadian Automobile Assoc...
May 14, 2019
SGI reports record numbers for March
SGI had plenty of evidence Thursday to remind motorists to slow down. In a media release, the Crown corporation revealed that its March Traffic Safety Spotlight - which initially was aimed at distract...
Apr 18, 2019
New SGI standards could close down auto body shops
As new vehicles get more and more complicated, SGI is changing its standards on how to fix them -- but that could end up closing some auto body shops, especially in small-town Saskatchewan. In a memo ...
Apr 03, 2019 A damaged SUV sits on a tow truck in downtown Regina after a four-vehicle collision on Jan. 16, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
SGI offers third gender option on licences
Saskatchewan residents no longer have to specify their genders on their driver's licences and photo ID cards. In a media release Monday, SGI announced that residents who don't identify as male or fema...
Mar 25, 2019
SGI hopes study will improve data on impaired driving
SGI is trying to get a better understanding of impaired drivers in the province. The Crown corporation has filed a Request for Proposal with the goal of hiring researchers to conduct roadside surveys ...
Mar 18, 2019
Ring Road photo radar box damaged by vehicle, to be replaced
Observant drivers may have noticed something missing on south Ring Road over the past couple of months -- the photo radar box. SGI said a vehicle slid off the road during the holiday season and damage...
Mar 14, 2019
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Let's revive the one-fingered salute
The lonely trip down a never-ending highway needs a signal for "Hey, I see you." Sarah Mills says the only way...
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