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Union, company dispute refinery's safety during lockout
Four days into the lockout at Regina's Co-op Refinery Complex, Unifor's national office claims the refinery is unsafe. On Monday, the union sent out a photo purported to show a tanker car from the ref...
Dec 09, 2019 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
Chinook natural gas power station opens, part of push away from coal
When the bright orange ribbon was cut to officially open the Chinook natural gas power station on Friday morning, the plant had already been feeding power into the grid for weeks. The new station is a...
Dec 06, 2019 The air-cooled condenser at the Chinook Power Station. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province keeping a close eye on labour dispute at refinery
As workers are on the picket lines, and managers and replacement workers try to run Regina's Co-op refinery, the provincial government is keeping a close eye on all of it. "When you've got an employer...
Dec 06, 2019
Leaders reflect as 2019 fall session ends
With a bit of back and forth, and a kerfuffle over questions, the fall session of the Saskatchewan legislature ended on Thursday morning. Both leaders took a look back at the previous weeks, gauging t...
Dec 05, 2019
U of R prof concerned about safety as Co-op Refinery work stoppage looms
Concerns over fatigue and potentially less-experienced workers have an associate professor at the University of Regina watching the workers' dispute at the Co-op Refinery closely. The workers' union -...
Dec 05, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
U of R launches campaign to stop distracted driving
The University of Regina campus is going to be blanketed with warnings about distracted driving for the next little while. The school launched its campaign on Wednesday, called simply "Don't text and ...
Dec 04, 2019 The University of Regina is pushing students not to drive distractedly with a campaign around campus. Dec. 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Community-based organizations asking for funding increase, multi-year commitments
Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Saskatchewan want a bit more stability in their books, and they're asking for it from the provincial government. On Monday, representatives from a few different...
Dec 04, 2019 Trish Patey with Prince Albert Mobile Crisis was one of many at the legislature on Monday to ask the provincial government for more money for community-based organizations on Dec. 2, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Kids with special needs get the chance to meet Santa
With some singing to "Jingle Bells" and others running around brandishing balloons and dolls, kids and volunteer "elves" filled the Oak Room at the Ramada Plaza Regina on Tuesday morning, just waiting...
Dec 03, 2019 Santa meets with a volunteer and one of the kids at SaskTel's event for children with special needs and disabilities on Dec. 3, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Duncan says SaskPower just investigating whether nuclear is right for Sask.
On Monday -- one day after Premier Scott Moe signed a memorandum of understanding regarding small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) -- Saskatchewan's minister responsible for SaskPower said nuclear powe...
Dec 02, 2019 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskPower, speaks with the media on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province celebrates geological research milestone
With boxes upon boxes stacked on top of each other, the warehouse for core samples at the Saskatchewan Subsurface Geological Lab stretches back nearly the length of a full city block. For those wantin...
Dec 02, 2019 Gary Delaney, chief geologist for the province, and Bronwyn Eyre, minister of energy and resources, at the Saskatchewan Subsurface Geological Lab in Regina on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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