Sarah Mills: Pierre Poilievre's post-election silence doing him no favours
Sarah Mills says Pierre Poilievre's silence is not winning him any political points. The Conservative leader lost his se...
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New wind, solar projects to have largest Indigenous ownership in Sask.
A pair of new renewable power projects announced on Thursday are expected to set a record for Indigenous ownership in the province. As part of its drive towards adding more renewable power into the sy...
14h ago Meadow Lake Tribal Council Tribal Chief Jeremy Norman says to create power from what the creator has given them, the wind and the sun, was a no brainer for the tribal council. May 1, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP calls for an end to virtual health care in emergencies
When a person is in a life threatening health emergency they'll likely head to the closest emergency room, but Saskatchewan's NDP doesn't think they should be greeted with a doctor on a screen when th...
Apr 30, 2025 NDP Rural and Remote health critic Meara Conway says doctors treating patients virtually isn’t appropriate when that patient is in a life threatening situation or is about to give birth. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New trial ordered for man convicted in 2020 Moose Jaw stabbing death
Vincent Picken will head back to court for a new trial on his second-degree murder charge in the death of Shaun Holmes after a decision from the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan. The court issued its ...
Apr 30, 2025 The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal found the trial judge should have given the jury instructions on a possible provocation defence in Vincent Picken’s case. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier Scott Moe looks for reset on Sask. relationship with Ottawa
Premier Scott Moe and members of his government spent much of the federal election campaign subtly, and not so subtly, supporting the federal Conservative party, but the morning after election day Moe...
Apr 29, 2025 Premier Scott Moe said on Tuesday he would invite Prime Minister Mark Carney to Saskatchewan for a meeting about finding a path forward. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Teenagers set to work the polls on election day in Regina
Even though some of them can't legally cast a ballot yet, dozen of Grade 12 students will be working at polling places around Regina on Monday for election day. Elections Canada allows 16 and 17 year ...
Apr 28, 2025 Elections Canada will have dozens of teenagers prepped and ready to work at polling places Monday as part of its efforts to get young people more engaged in elections. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Regina teens vote in program to increase youth election participation
Some of them can't vote in the federal election, but dozens of Grade 12 students in Regina got to cast a ballot this spring anyway. Luther College High School and Michael A. Riffel High School both pa...
Apr 24, 2025 (L to R) Zahin Jeena and Avril Hatitchki, students at Luther College High School and Cali Cloutier and Leiyanne Nepacena, students at Michael A. Riffel High School, all took part in the pilot program from Elections Canada. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Housing builds jump in Sask., but more needed
For the first three months of the year, Saskatchewan saw a 96.5 per cent increase in housing starts in urban centres, the highest increase among the provinces, but numbers will need to go even higher ...
Apr 23, 2025 New data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says home construction starts in Saskatchewan for the first three months of 2025 was nearly double. (CJME file photo)
Premier Scott Moe offering no explanation on Hilbert committee decision
No explanation is being offering by Premier Scott Moe or his office about why a Sask. Party MLA was removed from some duties but not others. Sask. Party MLA Racquel Hilbert recently apologized after c...
Apr 22, 2025 Neither Premier Scott Moe, nor his office, offered details as to why Sask. Party MLA Racquel Hilbert was removed from some additional duties, and not others, after she called the federal NDP leader a terrorist. (CJME file photo)
Cowessess First Nation Chief recalls meaningful apologies on visits to see Pope Francis
As the world mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday, Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin remembered her trips to see him and his apologies for the Catholic church's role in Canada's reside...
Apr 21, 2025 Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin is pictured in this 2023 file photo. Beaudin travelled with a delegation to the Vatican for meetings with Pope Francis in 2022 and said the apology he made to them was very meaningful. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards)
'Thank you for this life': FSIN lifetime Chief Lawrence Joseph dies at 79
Chief Lawrence Joseph's skills and accomplishments ranged far and wide - from music, to politics, to spirituality - and he used those skills to help, advocate and heal throughout his life. A former Fe...
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