Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Three tornadoes touch down in southern Sask.
Environment Canada confirms three tornadoes touched down during a stormy afternoon across southern Saskatchewan on Friday. The first was a waterspout tornado over Old Wives Lake near Moose Jaw around ...
Jul 13, 2019 Screen grab from a video of a tornado near Rockglen on July 12, 2019 (Jared Mysko/YouTube)
SGI launches July spotlight: Slow down in orange zones
The summertime means construction season is well underway and SGI is reminding drivers to help keep workers safe. SGI announced highway construction safety as the focus of July's Traffic Safety Spotli...
Jul 03, 2019 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
Ottawa announces funding to help Sask. communities phase out coal
The federal government is announcing projects to help western workers and communities dependent on coal mining to become less reliant on the industry. The grants, totaling nearly $4.5 million, are par...
Jun 29, 2019
Overcrowding, teacher burnout among concerns in NDP education survey
The NDP says early responses to its public survey on education prove a deepening crisis in classrooms across Saskatchewan. There have been more than 1,000 responses since the survey was launched earli...
Jun 26, 2019 Sarah Cummings Truszkowski (L) talks to NDP Education Critic Carla Beck (R) outside École Connaught Community School on June 26, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
You hear that? 24/7 noise during construction on 15th Avenue
Residents who live along a three-kilometre stretch of 15th Avenue will have to put up with a noisy construction project lasting for most of the summer. The wastewater trunk relining project started th...
Jun 26, 2019 The pump being used during the wastewater trunk relining project on 15th Avenue on June 25, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Sask. carbon tax appeal heading to Supreme Court on Dec. 5
Saskatchewan's challenge of the carbon tax is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on Dec. 5. The provincial government previously announced it would appeal the decision of the Saskatchewan Cour...
Jun 25, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Drone company wins innovation award at Farm Progress Show
Flying robots may soon become the norm on farms in Saskatchewan if Precision AI achieves its goal. The company uses drones with artificial intelligence to automatically survey fields and differentiate...
Jun 22, 2019 Precision AI drone on display at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina on June 19, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Regina YMCA facing tough financial decisions to stay afloat
The YMCA in Regina is facing serious financial troubles and could go under unless it makes some tough decisions. It's operating an annual deficit which is expected to be at $4.4 million over the next ...
Jun 21, 2019 (YMCA of Regina/Facebook)
Sask. man shares safety lessons after near-fatal electrocution
Curtis Weber doesn't want anyone to make the same mistake he did. He spoke at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina, sharing his story of a near-fatal incident while working on a Saskatchewan farm in ...
Jun 21, 2019 Curtis Weber (curtisweber.com)
'Let's get it in the ground:' Evraz union on pipeline decision
Regina's Evraz steel plant is ready to complete its big order now that the Trans Mountain pipeline has received its second federal approval. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the green light to the p...
Jun 19, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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