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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Sask. harvest remains ahead of five-year average
Harvest is progressing well in Saskatchewan, but especially in southern areas of the province. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said farmers have combined 96 per cent of the crop...
Sep 24, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Nutrien fined for 2018 workplace injury at Rocanville mine
A Saskatchewan-based mining company has been fined $150,000 for a workplace injury that occurred two years ago. According to a media release from the provincial government, Nutrien Ltd., pleaded guilt...
Sep 24, 2020
Show Segments
8:30 – Parliament resumed yesterday with Governor General Julie Payette delivering the Throne Speech, followed by a televised address to the nation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Many in Sa...
Sep 24, 2020
Health authority warns of COVID-19 exposure at two Regina locations
People who later tested positive for COVID-19 were likely infectious when they visited two Regina locations last week. That's according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, which put out an advisory ...
Sep 23, 2020
Flow of consumer goods should remain stable through fall and winter, says University of Saskatchewan expert
An associate professor of marketing at the University of Saskatchewan doesn’t believe this fall and winter, the province will experience the widespread shortage of some basic items like we did l...
Sep 23, 2020
SaskTel to add new cell towers to improve rural connectivity
Cell and internet service in rural Saskatchewan is getting a $72-million bump from SaskTel. The Crown corporation announced Wednesday it plans to build 74 new macro cell towers in underserved rural an...
Sep 23, 2020 SaskTel workers install a cell tower. (SaskTel/Submitted)
Sask. reports six new COVID cases, 19 more recoveries
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan dropped by 13 on Wednesday. The provincial government reported six new cases and 19 recoveries, lowering the active caseload to 133. The new cases -...
Sep 23, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Provincial gov't investing $16.5M in roads in 55 RMs
Drivers on some of Saskatchewan's roads will start seeing and feeling improvements. The provincial government announced Wednesday it's investing $16.5 million to improve roads in 55 rural municipaliti...
Sep 23, 2020
Interpersonal violence call line gets financial assistance
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding to the United Way to help those who are dealing with interpersonal violence. In a media release Wednesday, the province announced it was providing the ...
Sep 23, 2020 (United Way of Regina/Facebook)
Regina airport could be 'out of cash' soon, says CEO
The CEO of the Regina Airport Authority will be among those watching the federal throne speech closely Wednesday. James Bogusz is hoping for signs that the federal government will provide financial re...
Sep 23, 2020
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 ...