Saskatchewan is celebrating 120 years as a province, and historians say its story is one of ambition, hardship and reinvention.

When Saskatchewan was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1905, it was paired with Alberta as Canada’s “twin provinces.” Historian Bill Waiser said the dream at the time was clear — build a Prairie powerhouse through farming.

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“By the First World War, we were growing half the wheat in Canada,” Waiser said. “We were one of the fastest growing provinces in the country.”

But that growth came a

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