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Well, pie never! Sask. community raises $10,000 with annual baking auction
Some sugar, heat and a little bit of dough, and a Saskatchewan town managed to raise $10,000 with a pie auction last weekend. Dozens of people packed into the community hall in Fleming on April 13 for...
Apr 19, 2025 Dozens of pies went up for auction in Fleming on the weekend, raising $10,000 for community events (photo Cindy Green)
Canada Votes 2025: Tariffs on the campaign trail
Tariffs have been top of mind for people across the country for months now, so it only makes sense that it would be a top issue as people head to the federal election polls. In Saskatchewan, tariffs a...
Apr 17, 2025 Even though it will have the biggest impact on Saskatchewan as a whole, not a lot has been said about the Chinese tariff on canola oil and meal on the federal campaign trail. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. health minister, NDP battle over claims about Regina's NICU
The provincial government says reports of specific problems in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Regina General Hospital aren't true. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) claimed there ...
Apr 16, 2025 Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill (R) claims the NDP has been sowing fear with expectant mothers, while the NDP’s Meara Conway (L) says there’s no doubt there’s a crisis in the Regina General Hospital NICU. Apr. 15, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Scott Moe wanted to 'take a breath' before deciding on penalty for Hilbert comments
On Monday, Premier Scott Moe answered questions for the first time outside of Question Period about his MLA calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist. The comment was made by Racquel Hilber...
Apr 14, 2025 Premier Scott Moe said on Monday that he wasn’t aware of the comment his MLA, Racquel Hilbert had made about federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh before it came out in the media. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Snooping nurse fired from Yorkton Regional Health Centre
The Yorkton Regional Health Centre was down a registered nurse last fall after one was fired for snooping into other people's personal health records. According to a report from the Information and Pr...
Apr 11, 2025 An RN at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre was found to have snooped on 70 different people in 210 instances. (CJME file photo)
Moe defends MLA's apology for calling Jagmeet Singh a 'terrorist'
There was no mention from Premier Scott Moe on Thursday about a punishment for his MLA, Racquel Hilbert, and her use of "terrorist" to describe the federal NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh. When asked about ...
Apr 10, 2025 NDP MLA Tajinder Grewal says he’s been getting non-stop texts, calls and emails from the local Sikh community asking whether the premier would remove Racquel Hilbert from caucus. Apr. 10, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Party MLA apologizes after calling federal NDP leader a terrorist
A Sask. Party MLA released a statement Wednesday, apologizing for calling federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist on the floor of the legislative assembly. Humboldt-Watrous MLA Racquel Hilbert ma...
Apr 09, 2025 During the budget debate last month, Sask. Party MLA for Humboldt Watrous Racquel Hilbert, referred to the federal NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh as a “terrorist in India”. (photo courtesy Saskatchewan legislative assembly)
Moe looking for more talk of Sask. on the federal campaign trail
Tariffs and the federal election were all top of mind, along with Saskatchewan's economy, on the first day of the Global Food Fuel and Fertilizer conference in Regina. Premier Scott Moe kicked off the...
Apr 08, 2025 Premier Scott Moe opened the Global Food, Fuel and Fertilizer conference with the keynote address, talking about export value and wealth in the province. Apr. 8, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP says drop in oil price means balanced budget claim is 'bogus'
After U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries around the world last week, the price of oil, one of the biggest industries in Saskatchewan, has been on a downward slide. Sin...
Apr 08, 2025 NDP finance critic Trent Wotherspoon says the provincial government inflated its oil price estimate to claim the provincial budget was balanced. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP questions Scott Moe's stance on western separatism
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made it clear that he doesn't support western separation on Monday, but the leader of the opposition is wondering why it took him so long to do so. Speaking to media on ...
Apr 08, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says she wonders what took the premier so long to be direct about not supporting western separatism. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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