Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Saskatchewan's trade minister talks China trip and foreign trade offices with Evan Bray
In just over a week, Premier Scott Moe will head out on a trade trip to China, trying to clear the way for the Canadian and Chinese federal governments to work out a trade deal. China has slapped tari...
Aug 28, 2025 Sask. Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding will be on a trade mission with in South Korea while the premier is in China, and they’ll meet in Japan for another few days afterward. (980 CJME file photo)
NDP looking for value from trade offices as Moe prepares for China trip
Over the past several weeks, while Saskatchewan canola producers have been frustrated and worried about tariffs on their products heading to China, the Sask. NDP wants to know what the provincial gove...
Aug 26, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck said on Aug. 26, 2025, that the Premier needs to explain what his trade office in China has been doing while the tariffs on canola have been going on, and needs to release objectives and goals for his mission to China in September. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier defends whereabouts in the wake of Sask. wildfires
After many opportunities to throw criticism at him and his government from the Sask. NDP, Premier Scott Moe defended his whereabouts in the wake of the devastating wildfires this summer. The Oppositio...
Aug 16, 2025 Premier Scott Moe visits Beauval and La Loche to talk about the wildfires that have, and continue to, affect the communities. (Scott Moe social media)
Sask. NDP raising questions about procurement in pipeline MOU
Saskatchewan's NDP has been looking at a news release from the government in Ontario and wondering what it means for Saskatchewan, while Premier Scott Moe's office urged further reading. In mid-July, ...
Aug 15, 2025 The NDP’s Aleana Young raised questions on Aug. 15, 2025 about where the steel will be coming from in interprovincial pipeline and rail deal between Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Severe storms bearing down on Central Saskatchewan
Wednesday afternoon, Environment Canada began raising the alarm about storms moving across Saskatchewan. Severe thunderstorm watches went up around noon for much of west-central Saskatchewan about a s...
Aug 13, 2025
UR Pride anxious to continue pronoun law case after appeal decision
The decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal said everything UR Pride wanted it to say, according to Dr. j wallace skelton. However, skelton, a board member of UR Pride and assistant professor o...
Aug 12, 2025 The appeals court decision on the pronoun law moved the case forward, but doesn’t do anything to change what’s happening today, according to Dr. j wallace skelton, a board member of UR Pride. (CJME file photo)
Lawyer challenging Sask. pronoun law 'relieved and happy' after appeal decision
A lawyer for Egale Canada was very happy with the decision that came down on Monday morning from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal on the provincial government's pronoun law. In a 4-1 decision, the cou...
Aug 12, 2025 The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal released a ruling on Monday, affirming a lower court decision that invoking the notwithstanding clause doesn’t stop the courts from weighing in on the constitutionality of a law. (980 CJME file photo)
Court decision expected on Saskatchewan pronoun policy appeal
On Monday morning, a decision is expected from Saskatchewan's highest court, the Sask. Court of Appeals, on a lower court decision around the provincial government's controversial pronoun policy. UR P...
Aug 11, 2025 The decision for an appeal on whether the courts should even be able to consider the constitutionality of the Sask. Government's controversial pronoun policy is expected out Monday morning. (CJME file photo)
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)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...