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Bathroom bans and tax breaks: Sask. United Party unveils platform
With a dozen of his candidates by his side, party leader Jon Hromek launched the Saskatchewan United Party's platform for the coming provincial election. As of Wednesday, the party had announced 23 ca...
Oct 03, 2024 Leader Jon Hromek says the Sask. United Party is targeting wins in two or more seats this provincial election. Oct. 2, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Votes 2024: Battleground ridings in Regina
Each of the 61 constituencies in Saskatchewan will send an MLA to the legislature after October 28, but some of the candidates will have a harder fight than others. In the Regina area, there are a num...
Oct 02, 2024 Several Regina constituencies are expected to be battlegrounds in this month's provincial election. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Overcrowded Sask. schools in need of space, but have no control
Libraries, dance studios and teachers' lounges in Saskatchewan schools are full of kids learning because they've had to be turned into classrooms. Schools across Regina and Saskatoon, in both the publ...
Sep 30, 2024 Jack MacKenzie Elementary School in Regina is the latest Saskatchewan school to have to turn its library, dance studio, and staff room into classrooms to accommodate an influx of students. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Emissions cap, methane rules would be 'deeply harmful' to Saskatchewan
A new report puts numbers onto the economic harms the Saskatchewan Economic Assessment Tribunal believes will be visited on the province by a proposed oil and gas emissions cap and Methane 75 regulati...
Sep 24, 2024 The report estimated that oil and gas production would see a 7 to 52 per cent reduction by 2050, and a 1.5 to 6.4 per cent reduction in provincial GDP for a cumulative reduction of $34.5 to $230 billion. (CANADIAN PRESS)
Court decision sheds more light on WCB, SASM court dispute
Details from a court decision between the Sask. Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) and the Safety Association of Saskatchewan Manufacturers (SASM) have shed more light on the situation. Last month, 980...
Sep 06, 2024 SASM and the WCB have been fighting in court over funding agreements and audits. (980 CJME file photo)
'Outdoor event space' use approved for former Gordon Block space
An application from the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID), to make use of space where the Gordon Block used to be, has been approved by the city. The development application propos...
Sep 05, 2024 The Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID) is looking to turn the space where the Gordon Block was, on the Pat Fiacco Plaza, into an outdoor event space. Sept. 4, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Provincial money to help Regina Street Team steady and expand
The Regina Street Team got a lot of praise for the work it's been doing, helping the most vulnerable in Regina's core areas, and on Thursday, it also got a funding boost from the provincial government...
Sep 05, 2024 Jason Knudsen (left) and Rob Kraushaar say their Regina Street Team will be able to keep their qualified staff through to next year thanks to the newly announced provincial money. Sept. 5, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina school divisions hopeful as year starts with cell phone ban
A new school year meant new books, new classes, and new rules for some on Tuesday. This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced i...
Sep 03, 2024 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
'A huge issue': Sask producers watching canola retaliation
Worries mounted for some Canadian canola producers Tuesday as China took aim at canola for retaliation over EV tariffs. On Tuesday, China announced it would launch an anti-dumping investigation into C...
Sep 03, 2024 APAS president Ian Boxall says China keeps targeting canola for retaliation, showing how important it is to Canadian trade. (980 CJME file photo)
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024 Alison Dubreuil, president and CEO of Suncrest College, says the first class of sonography students started their classes this week. Aug. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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