Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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'It was kind of more normal': O'Day looks back at his off-season
Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day has been generally managing his time well this CFL off-season. Speaking with Jamie Nye and Drew Remenda on the Green Zone on Friday, O'Day said he...
Apr 01, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Oh deer: Researchers find white-tailed deer infected with COVID-19
By Drew Stremick Researchers in Saskatchewan are concerned after studies have shown white-tailed deer in the province are testing positive for COVID-19. Dr. Iga Stasiak is a provincial wildlife health...
Apr 01, 2022
Saskatchewan seeking more organ and tissue donations
The Government of Saskatchewan is urging people to sign up to be organ donors. April is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, and people are being encouraged to sign up for the provincia...
Apr 01, 2022 Humboldt Broncos player Logan Boulet's organs were donated to give hope to six people. (Humboldt Broncos)
Roughriders sign former NFL defensive back
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added former NFL defensive back C.J. Reavis to their roster. The CFL team announced the transaction Friday. Reavis, 26, played four games for the Jacksonville Jaguars...
Apr 01, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Provincial Protective Services Branch launches in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's new Provincial Protective Services Branch is up and running. The branch -- the creation of which was announced in the March 23 budget -- brings conservation officers, highway patrol off...
Apr 01, 2022
Two face manslaughter charges after shooting death in Moose Jaw
Two people are facing manslaughter charges after a 25-year-old man was shot to death in Moose Jaw on Wednesday. Police had said the man's death was suspicious. On Friday, they issued a media release s...
Apr 01, 2022
‘The timing couldn’t be worse’: Farming community reacts to carbon tax increase
A 25 per cent carbon tax increase that took effect Friday is putting many farmers in an awkward situation. A rising inflation rate on crop supplies and machinery factored in with last year's drought h...
Apr 01, 2022
April 1 Show Segments
8:30 – Canada’s carbon tax is increasing to $50 a tonne today. The move is expected to add 2.2 cents to the cost of a litre of gasoline, for 11 cents total per litre, and SaskEnergy says t...
Apr 01, 2022
Pope apologizes for church's role in residential schools
Indigenous delegates from Canada got what they were seeking during a visit to Rome this week: An apology from the Pope. Pope Francis delivered the apology Friday in front of dozens of members from Met...
Apr 01, 2022
Moe ends European trade mission with visit to Ukrainian refugees in Germany
Saskatchewan will do whatever it can to help Ukrainian refugees when they come to Canada. Premier Scott Moe made that promise Thursday during a conference call with reporters. During his trade mission...
Mar 31, 2022
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