Province dodges three questions; consulting firm’s page goes dark after BorderPulse story; FOIP now filed
Lloydminster residents are no closer to seeing a $254,000 health assessment of their community – and the trail of what happened to it is getting harder to follow.
The province has pushed the release of the Lloydminster Health Services Needs Assessment at least three times. When asked directly why, the Ministry of Health did not answer. The consulting firm that completed the work quietly scrubbed the only public summary of the report’s contents from its website after BorderPulse reported on it. The page now returns a 404 error.
On May 26, BorderPulse filed a formal access to information request under the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, seeking the full, unredacted report as originally delivered by Cornerstone Planning Group to the province.
Scrubbed, Dodged, Delayed: A timeline of delays
Residents were first told in fall 2025 that the assessment’s findings would be shared with the community in January or February 2026.
That deadline passed. Saskatchewan Executive Council then said the findings would be released in the spring. Christian Kainz, a senior media relations officer with Executive Council, confirmed that timeline in February.
BorderPulse reported on the delay on Feb. 24. The same day, the Ministry of Health issued a statement pushing back.
“There is no delay,” wrote Dale Hunter, senior media relations consultant for the Ministry of Health. “This is still the expectation. We continue to look forward to discussing this with the community.”
It is now late May. The report is not public. The new timeline is “this summer.”
Scrubbed, Dodged, Delayed: Three questions, zero answers
When BorderPulse asked the Ministry of Health three direct questions 1) when the report would be released, 2) whether the full and unchanged document would be made public, and 3) why a report promised months ago remained hidden, the ministry answered none of them.
“The Ministry of Health expects to share the findings this summer once a date can be arranged with Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Bi-Provincial Health Committee,” wrote Brandi Boxall, a Ministry of Health communications officer.
That was the entire statement.
Scrubbed, Dodged, Delayed: The page that disappeared
When BorderPulse first reported on the assessment in February, the only publicly available details about its contents came from Cornerstone Planning Group’s own website.
The firm’s portfolio page described a study that produced a future-state service model across 13 service areas – six in acute care, five community-based, and three levels of continuing care spanning both provinces. It referenced 35 clinical, operational and administrative engagement sessions and described the project as addressing health service planning for two provinces operating within one shared service region.
RThat page is now gone. The URL – cornerplan.com/portfolio/lloydminster-health-services-needs-assessment returns a 404 error. The timing of the removal is not known.
The province has not said whether it had any role in the page’s removal.
Scrubbed, Dodged, Delayed: NDP makes demand
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the government to release the document without further delay.
Jared Clarke, Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health, said families have waited long enough for answers about the Lloydminster Hospital and Jubilee Home long-term care facility.
“Families, seniors and frontline workers have waited long enough to know whether there are plans to address aging infrastructure and capacity issues at the Lloydminster Hospital and Jubilee Home, or whether these critical upgrades are being shelved for other projects,” Clarke said.
“Rural and remote communities and residents deserve transparency, answers and respect, not excuses, delays and political games,” Clarke said.
BorderPulse filed a formal LA FOIP request with the Saskatchewan Health Authority on May 26, seeking the complete, unredacted assessment as originally submitted by Cornerstone Planning Group. SHA has 30 days to respond.
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