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Stephen Harper, author Yann Martel to speak at Midwestern Legislative Conference in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan is getting the chance this week to host lawmakers and leaders from across midwestern North America as part of the Midwestern Legislative Conference. The conference is being held in Saskat...
Jul 26, 2025 Saskatoon will host the CSG Midwestern Legislative Conference, including talks from local and international business leaders and politicians. (CKOM file photo)
Sask. looking at involuntary drug treatment, details expected in the fall: Moe
The Sask. Party Government has talked about the possibility of an involuntary treatment program for people with addiction issues before, but on Tuesday, the premier gave the strongest suggestion yet t...
Jul 23, 2025 Premier Scott Moe giving the biggest tease yet on Wednesday that Saskatchewan could implement some sort of involuntary drug treatment program, saying his government is looking at it and he’ll likely have more to say on it in the fall. (CJME file photo)
Moe praises work on breaking down trade barriers at premiers' meeting
As it has been for more than seven months, trade was top of mind for many of the premiers as they met in Ontario this week for the Council of the Federation summer meeting. The prime minister spoke wi...
Jul 23, 2025 Premier Scott Moe says Canada is seeing positives from the international trade uncertainty, that Canadians are looking internally to control what they can – pointing to recent MOUs signed and lowering barriers. (screenshot)
Insurance company brings in private personnel to protect homes from wildfires
This year, Saskatchewan had one of the worst starts to the wildfire season in years, declaring a state of emergency at the end of May. Not only were provincial fire crews out battling the flames this ...
Jul 11, 2025 More than 100 homes were protected by Wildfire Defense Systems during the height of the Shoe Fire in Saskatchewan. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
Fixing Regina hospital culture will 'take time,' minister says
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said he wasn't exactly surprised by the findings of a new report into the doctor culture in Regina's hospitals. The report detailed problems like a lack of...
Jul 10, 2025 Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says some of what he read in the review was concerning, but he thinks having the review has kicked off honest conversations in the health-care system. (CJME file photo)
'Surprised, disappointed': Sask. policing minister wants more details on Blackmore ouster
Saskatchewan's corrections, policing and public safety minister says he was surprised and disappointed when he found out Rhonda Blackmore had been removed as the head of the Saskatchewan RCMP. "We, as...
Jul 09, 2025 Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Tim McLeod says he's asking for more detail from the federal public safety minister about why Rhonda Blackmore was removed as assistant commissioner of the Saskatchewan RCMP. (980 CJME file photo)
Appeals Court affirms sex assault stay, writes sharp words for Crown over delay
A Saskatchewan appeals court decision dismissing a stay appeal ended with some sharp words toward the Crown. The case against Mohammed Zabihullah had been going on since May 7, 2018, when the informat...
Jul 08, 2025 The three-justice panel for the Court of Appeal pointed out it took a year for the Crown to do anything on record for the appeal, and even that took prompting from the court. (CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan NDP calls out provincial government over Regina urgent care centre hours
On Monday, the Saskatchewan NDP said it's an "abject failure" that the Regina Urgent Care Centre is not yet open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When the centre was first announced, it was promised...
Jul 07, 2025 The urgent care centre in Regina was on reduced hours again on Sunday. This time, the health authority said it was due to a lack of available doctors. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Fred Sandeski wins battle to be admitted to long-term care
After months of not only battling with his health issues, but also the health authority and provincial government, Fred Sandeski has finally been approved for a spot in long-term care in Weyburn. Sand...
Jul 03, 2025 Fred Sandeski and his wife Teresa had to involuntarily separate at one point for them to be able to afford the cost of his respite care while she recovered from surgery. (File photo courtesy Discover Weyburn)
Tobacco settlement plays role in smaller Sask. government deficit
Saskatchewan's provincial government ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with a deficit nearly at what it budgeted for a year prior, but a good part of the reason it wasn't higher was a landmark tobacco set...
Jul 01, 2025 Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the settlement could end up more than $400 million for Saskatchewan and pay out over decades. (CJME file photo)
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