Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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NDP says Sask. budget lacks a recovery plan
The Saskatchewan NDP says the budget is nothing more than a 'pre-election placeholder' that does nothing to show how the government intends to get the province back on track from the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jun 15, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili is critical of the province's updated 2020-2021 budget, saying it doesn't invest where it should. Jun. 15, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Pandemic puts a $2.4 billion wound in the Saskatchewan budget
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant hole in the Saskatchewan budget that will take more than a vaccine to cure. The reduction in provincial revenues and additional costs related to ...
Jun 15, 2020
UPDATED: Mild May, windy June so far, says Environment Canada
UPDATE: Environment Canada’s Terry Lang says wind events, warnings and speeds have now been compiled for the first two weeks of June, and show that indeed there have been a spike in above averag...
Jun 15, 2020
Sask. reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, 13 in Far North
There are 18 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, according to a release from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Thirteen of the new cases are in the Far North. Most are connected to a wake on June ...
Jun 15, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, 13 in far north
There are 18 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, according to a release from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Thirteen of the new cases are in the far north. Most are connected to a wake on June ...
Jun 15, 2020
Man faces more than 30 charges after weekend incidents
A man is facing 35 charges after multiple incidents in Regina over the weekend. The first occurred around 2:50 a.m. Saturday when police were dispatched to a business on the 4100 block of Fifth Avenue...
Jun 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
‘People are happy to be out again:’ Restaurants reopening in Saskatchewan
Restaurant owners are excited about reopening. Many restaurants have already begun opening their doors to the public, seating up to 50 per cent of their normal capacity. Saskatchewan's $2.4 billion do...
Jun 15, 2020
Two Calgary men facing drug trafficking charges in Regina
Regina police say a fentanyl trafficking investigation has resulted in two Calgary men facing several drug charges. On June 11, police completed their investigation in the City View area of Regina. A ...
Jun 15, 2020
Show Segments
Gormley, Monday June 15, 2020 8:30 – Dr. Saqib Shahab, fashion icon and chief medical health officer for Saskatchewan, joins Gormley to share his thoughts on the latest steps in the Re-Open Sask...
Jun 15, 2020
Full, updated provincial budget to be released Monday
On Monday, Saskatchewan politicians will pick up where they left off nearly three months ago, heading back into the legislative chambers to debate a budget and finish the spring sitting. The sitting w...
Jun 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...