Saskatchewan Tradition Returns Following Pandemic

Underground infrastructure delivers heat, electricity, water, phones and internet, making modern life possible for you and your family. Every year, however, thousands of buried wires, cables, pipelines, water mains, and sewer lines are damaged in Canada by excavation activities.  

When damages occur, the result is almost always an interruption in service but at worst, it can lead to injury, death and/or environmental contamination. It can also harm your businesses’ reputation and hit you hard in the wallet due to the costs of repairs and fines.

The Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) is dedicated to ensuring worker and public safety, environmental protection and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices in connection with underground infrastructure activities.

The annual SCGA DIG SAFE Breakfasts and presentations have been successfully delivering the Dig Safe message to front-line workers in Saskatchewan for more than 30 years. There are 23 sponsoring companies who work together with the SCGA on this important public awareness campaign. 

Managers, owners, supervisors, equipment operators, land owners and their crews who dig for a living are invited to a complimentary breakfast to see our brief safe digging presentation, including a made-in-Saskatchewan video you can share within your dig safe network or employees.

We also extend the invitation to local fire and police departments, volunteer fire fighters, EMS and town or city councillors.

This year marks the return to the full in-person program since the pandemic. Twenty locations will host a breakfast presentation including six new communities. Click here to find out more about Dig Safe month in Saskatchewan and how you can register to attend!