Murray Wood: The public has a right to know details when someone is killed by police
Imagine living in a country where police shoot and kill someone, then don't tell the public who it was. Well, that's wha...
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Todd Lewis, former APAS president, named to Canadian Senate
The Canadian Senate will gain a new member this spring with a little soil on his boots. Todd Lewis was recently announced as one of three new appointments to the upper house. He's a well-known figure ...
Feb 13, 2025 Todd Lewis says he’ll be the only ones in the Senate with his kind of farming and agriculture background. (CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency sees improvement, runoff report still mixed
Southern Saskatchewan reservoirs appear to be in a good position, but the runoff forecast for this spring varies widely across the province in the Water Security Agency's preliminary report. The repor...
Feb 13, 2025 The preliminary report out on Thursday says winter precipitation has been variable across the province – better in some areas, worse in others. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Sad and disappointed': Communities mourn with Carry the Kettle
It's not just the community on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation mourning after the quadruple murder last week, nearby communities are sharing in their grief. On Tuesday last week, four people were f...
Feb 12, 2025 The mayor of Sintaluta said community members are mourning the loss on Carry the Kettle First Nation. (Google Maps/screenshot)
Staffing at Wolseley care home 'grim,' union president says no improvement
A recent labour relations decision has shed light on the staffing conditions in Saskatchewan facilities, how it affects staff and patients and what it takes for the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA)...
Feb 07, 2025 A recent labour decision found the Sask. Health Authority violated the CUPE contract by hiring contract workers at the Wolseley Memorial Integrated Care Centre without providing the appropriate costing information. (Photo courtesy Google Maps)
Sask. stores emphasizing local products as tariff threat lingers
Tariffs from the U.S. and counter-tariffs in Canada may have been postponed, but the threat is still there, and it's got some shoppers looking for local products. Kevin Jensen, manager of the Co-op Fo...
Feb 05, 2025 Kevin Jensen, manager of the Harbour Landing Co-op food store in Regina, says the store will be working to make Canadian products and labelling more obvious for customers. Feb. 4, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Advocate glad to see focus on prevention in domestic violence report
Much of what Jo-Anne Dusel saw in the province's new report on intimate partner violence-related deaths wasn't new to her. Dusel is the executive director of PATHS, Provincial Association of Transitio...
Jan 31, 2025 Jo-Anne Dusel, executive director of PATHS, says reactive support is important but she says a shift toward prevention is positive. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
Doctor who prescribed Ivermectin in danger of suspended license
A Regina doctor who was reprimanded last year for prescribing Ivermectin for COVID-19 is now in danger of his license to practice being suspended. According to a unanimous decision of the competency h...
Jan 30, 2025 A competency hearing found Dr. Tshipita Kabongo didn’t have the skill and knowledge in medicine to practice. (CJME file photo)
Moe looks for changes to equalization as Sask. seeks intervenor status
The Government of Saskatchewan has long had problems with the equalization formula in Canada, and this week it announced it would again be taking this problem to court. On Wednesday, the provincial go...
Jan 30, 2025 The Sask. Government announced Wednesday it’s applying for intervenor status in a Newfoundland court case against over the equalization program. (CJME file photo)
Worries mount in Regina business community over tariffs threat
The impact of the full threatened Trump tariffs on Regina and Saskatchewan would be "widespread, devastating, and swift," according to Chris Lane, President and CEO of Economic Development Regina. "Th...
Jan 30, 2025 At the beginning of 2025, Chris Lane, president and CEO of Economic Development Regina, says the full impact of the U.S. tariff would peel off about $175 million in business out of the Regina area almost immediately. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan applies to intervene in Newfoundland's equalization challenge
The Government of Saskatchewan announced Wednesday, it wants to add its voice to a court case over Canada's equalization formula. Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice said it applied earlier this month ...
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Evan discusses the latest on the Sask. government's pronoun policy, local crime in Saskatoon with the Acting Chief of Po...