The NDP Opposition is asking the government pointed questions about how a health worker who raised concerns about seniors care came to be suspended.

"I wouldn't call it a budget that's disappointing nor truly exciting. It's just a good, fair I think, balanced budget for us to look at," Don Atchison says.

The early snow melt means an early grass fire season for the Prince Albert Fire Department.

A raging fire at a truck stop in Paynton, Sask., consumed a restaurant in the early hours of Tuesday. Fire crews were able to rouse and rescue one person, a motel worker, in a nearby building.