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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Keep the Fight in Flight: Mosaic makes $2.5M donation to STARS
The revamping of the STARS fleet of helicopters got a lift from The Mosaic Company on Wednesday. Mosaic announced a $2.5-million donation to the Keep the Fight in Flight campaign, which was launched i...
Mar 16, 2022
SGI shares top five wacky insurance fraud claims of 2021
It's Fraud Prevention Month and SGI is marking the occasion with some wacky stories of insurance fraud. The company shared the top five stories of the past year in a news release Wednesday. Running in...
Mar 16, 2022
Provincial government taking aim at feral pig problem
Saskatchewan is taking steps to limit the impact of feral pigs and wild boars on the province. With experts saying wild boars and feral pigs are running amok in Saskatchewan, the provincial government...
Mar 16, 2022 A pack of wild boars. (Ryan Brook/Submitted)
Rural municipalities get $262M from provincial government
Saskatchewan's municipalities are getting more than $262 million in funding from the provincial government in 2022-23. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement Wednesday at the Saskatchewan Association...
Mar 16, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Police investigating man's death in Whitmore Park neighbourhood
Regina police are probing the death of a man who was found injured in the Whitmore Park area of the city Tuesday. According to police, officers went to the 100 block of Davidson Crescent at about 2:40...
Mar 16, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan adds more than 1,200 new child-care spaces
Parents in 21 Saskatchewan communities are getting help when it comes to finding child-care spaces. The federal and provincial governments announced Wednesday they're creating 1,202 new, licensed, not...
Mar 16, 2022 The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced $23.5 million in funding for 2,349 new child care spaces across the province. (Canadian Press file photo)
March 16 Show Segments
8:30 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Canada’s parliament yesterday, thanking our nation for the aid and support, but begging for NATO to implement a no-fly zone over Uk...
Mar 16, 2022
War in Ukraine causing costs to climb for Sask. bakeries, consumers
By Drew Stremick Ukraine is known as “the breadbasket of Europe,” and the war in that country is having an impact on the bottom lines of bakeries in Saskatchewan. The global price of wheat...
Mar 15, 2022
Gov't hopes new OR at Pasqua Hospital can help address surgical backlog
A new operating room at the Pasqua Hospital could increase surgeries in Regina by more than 1,000 procedures a year. The Saskatchewan government announced Tuesday a new interventional radiology suite ...
Mar 15, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Contractor fined for workplace injury in April of 2020
A workplace injury in Saskatoon nearly two years has resulted in a $70,000 fine against a contracting company. On March 9, Ryderz Contracting Inc., pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one ...
Mar 15, 2022
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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...