The Saskatchewan Department of Telephones was established by the provincial government in 1908. In 1947, it was reorganized as Saskatchewan Government Telephones (SGT), a Crown Corporation.

Phil Flude grew up and attended school in Indian Head. He worked for the Indian Head News and became its owner and editor in 1946. He served overseas in WWII, returning with the rank of captain (see Indian Head History Book pp 377-378).