Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan's throne speech a blueprint for... what?
The Government of Saskatchewan has laid out its legislative plans for the year ahead, but Sarah Mills says families meas...
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Moe defends lack of town halls on Regina AI data centre
While the first phase of the Bell AI data centre is slowly being built just outside Regina's city limits, Premier Scott Moe questioned why anything like a town hall would be needed on the issue. Some ...
Oct 22, 2026 Premier Scott Moe says the province doesn’t hold town halls when other large projects are being built, like mines, so he asked why the government would hold one for the Bell AI data centre. (CJME file photo)
Speaker admits 'oversight' in handling rule exemptions for Sask. Party MLA
The Sask. NDP is happy to hear the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly apologize for an oversight in procedure, but still wants the exemptions around advertising in Sask. Party MLA Kevin Weedmark's ne...
Oct 17, 2026 Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly building. The Sask. NDP provided a letter to media on Friday in which the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly admitted to an oversight in not informing the Board of Internal Economy when he granted exemptions to allow government MLAs to advertise in a colleague’s newspaper. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina Public Library doubles tax increase ask for new branch
Regina's public library has reassessed its position and is upping its ask from the city's taxpayers to build a new central branch in the downtown. RPL Board chair Marj Gavigan unveiled the library's s...
Oct 16, 2026 Marj Gavigan, chair of the RPL Board of Directors, hopes city council will acknowledge the library’s ask as fiscally responsible and will support it. Oct. 16, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. ministers to join largest Canadian trade delegation to India in 30 years
For the second time this year, Saskatchewan will send a trade delegation to India, and for the second time, will join with a Canadian delegation while there. Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding a...
Oct 9, 2026 Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding left for India on Friday, set for a week-long trad mission in India, Saskatchewan’s 10th largest agri-food trading partner by value. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
No power plant for Bell AI centre in RM of Sherwood, says interim reeve
The RM of Sherwood's interim reeve, as of Friday, didn't expect a 900MW power plant will be built at the Bell AI data centre site. This week, the RM started the process to possibly approve the expansi...
Oct 9, 2026 Ray Orb at the construction site for the first phase of the Bell AI data centre. Orb was one of a number of local leaders who attended a recent event at the construction site for the first phase of the centre just outside Regina on Oct. 1, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Man charged in Foam Lake fatal highway crash granted release
It was a relatively short court appearance Thursday morning for Kelly Knopf, the man charged in the highway crash that killed a woman and her two young daughters over the weekend. A judge in the Yorkt...
Oct 8, 2026 People in Foam Lake put stuffed animals on their porches in the days after the Oct. 2 crash to remember Amber Olsen and her daughters Everly and Isla. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Sask. delays involuntary addiction treatment rollout to 2027
The legislation underpinning Saskatchewan's involuntary treatment program may have passed in spring of 2026, but it's not expected to be up and running for several months yet. At the end of the spring...
Oct 5, 2026 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr says the regulations and committee for the Compassionate Intervention Act were still being developed as of October. (CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan wants feds to renew millions in targeted health funding
Health ministers all across the country are eyeing possible holes in their budgets as the days count down to two significant federal funding agreements ending. Lori Carr is Saskatchewan's Minister of ...
Oct 4, 2026 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr says all the provinces are on the same page when it comes to pushing the federal government to renewed two soon-to-be finished bilateral funding agreements. (CJME file photo)
'The future scares me': Regina mother calls for better supports for families with autism
In Vanessa Rodriguez's son's bedroom, there's a sensory fish tank, a swing in the closet doorway, a sensory toy station on the wall, a spinning chair, a small trampoline, and a zip-up tent around his ...
Oct 2, 2026 Vanessa Rodriguez says her nine year-old son is high-needs, non-verbal and requires a lot of care, and the supports provided by the provincial government aren’t enough. (photo/submitted)
PHOTOS: Bell calls pace of construction at AI data centre 'extraordinary'
As colder weather approaches, the Bell AI Data Centre just outside Regina is well on its way to beginning operations in 2027. On Thursday, the provincial government and Bell hosted local leaders at th...
Oct 1, 2026 Bell Canada Group President John Watson said the first two buildings at its AI Data Centre just outside Regina are expected to be up and running by the first half of 2027. Oct. 1, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: 'Associate member' is wrong wording in any Canada-EU pact
It appears Canada officially tying itself to Europe isn't part of what any future trade relationship looks like. Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Oct. 30
On Friday's show, Evan talked about how the political change in B.C. might impact Saskatchewan oil. Plus, helping those ...