Acknowledgements | Preface | Saskatchewan Before Provincehood l Saskatchewan Populations & Premiers
1905 | 1915 | 1925 | 1935 | 1945 | 1955 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1995

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool inland terminal
Unity, c. 2000

Drilling for diamonds
Fort á-la-Corne, c. 2000

Schmirler Rink wins gold at the Olympics
1998

Catriona LeMay Doan with her Olympic gold medals

Opening ceremony
First Nations University of Canada
Regina, 2003

1995

• The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is created giving First Nations the authority to operate their own casinos.
  
• The farmer-owned Saskatchewan Wheat Pool goes public with share offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

1996

• Librarians at the University of Saskatchewan develop WebCATS, a web-based program for searching online library catalogues around the world.
  
• Canada's last federally-operated Indian residential school, located on the Gordon Reserve north of Fort Qu'Appelle, closes.

1997

• Chaplin Lake is designated a Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network. Hundreds of thousands of shorebirds descend on the lake during their annual migration.
• The Saskatchewan Party is founded by former members of the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.

1998

• It is a banner year for sports fans in Saskatchewan as the Sandra Schmirler rink wins gold in curling at the Nagano Olympics in Japan, and Catriona LeMay Doan skates her way to gold in speed skating.

1999

• The McArthur River Mine in northern Saskatchewan begins to extract ore from the world’s largest known high-grade uranium deposit.

2000

• The Redberry Pelican Project near Hafford is designated by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve.
  
• The Regina Research Park opens, bringing together innovators in the fields of information technology, petroleum and environmental research.
  

2001

• Saskatchewan takes a lead in providing high-speed Internet service to almost 400 communities spread across the province, linking schools, libraries, health care facilities and government services through Community Net.

2002

• Catriona LeMay Doan wins gold at the Olympics in Salt Lake City and Saskatchewan hockey players share golds in both men’s and women’s hockey.
  
• Saskatchewan is plagued by drought and a shortage of cattle feed. The Hay West campaign brings hay from eastern Canada to hungry western cattle.
  
• The Métis Act recognizes the historic, economic and cultural contributions of the Métis to Saskatchewan and Canada.

Synchrotron, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, 2004

2003

• The First Nations University of Canada is inaugurated. It offers programs at three campuses: Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. The FNUC originated in 1976 as the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.
  
• A case of mad cow disease, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, causes a crisis in the cattle industry when the American border is colsed to Canadian livestock imports.
  
• The Saskatchewan Geo-Memorial Project, begun in 1947, is complete. Lakes in northern Saskatchewan are named after all Saskatchewan armed forces personnel who died during the Second World War.

2004

• A province-wide bumper crop is lost in a killing frost on August 20. Over 50% of the wheat is feed grade.
  
• In a CBC television competition, Canadians choose Tommy Douglas, former Saskatchewan premier and father of Medicare, as the Greatest Canadian.
  
• The Canadian Light Source Synchrotron opens in Saskatoon. It is Canada's largest scientific building project in a generation.

2005

• Saskatchewan celebrates 100 years as a province.