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Mental health, addictions central intake system in Saskatchewan one step closer
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) website announcement this week is another step toward the government's goal of a central intake system for mental health and addictions treatment. The provincia...
May 09, 2026 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr and SHA COO Derek Miller announced the new search function on May 8, 2026, explaining it is meant to help people find support faster. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Party, NDP battle over cost of coal power plant refurbishment
After the release of a leaked document from SaskPower, the provincial government and Saskatchewan NDP have been going back and forth over the cost of refurbishing the province's coal plants. Last year...
May 08, 2026 After documents were leaked this week that appeared to show different costing for the refurbishment projects for Saskatchewan’s coal-fired power plants, the Sask. Party government and Sask. NDP have been trading barbs. (980 CJME)
Sask. involuntary drug treatment to be centred in North Battleford
The Sask. Party Government's Compassionate Intervention Act passed third reading this week, and the minister in charge offered a few more details about what the program will look like. Once the bill i...
May 07, 2026 Patients who are committed to the involuntary drug treatment program will be treated in a bed at the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford, not taking up a bed in the voluntary treatment system, according to Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr. (battlefordsNOW Staff)
Former NDP MLA says she was muzzled by party leader on Compassionate Intervention Act
Newly independent MLA Betty Nippi-Albright revealed a bit more about her frustrations with her former party on Wednesday. The former NDP MLA said she commissioned an analysis of Bill 48, The Compassio...
May 06, 2026 Former NDP MLA Betty Nippi-Albright announced on Tuesday that she was leaving the NDP and would sit the rest of her term as an independent. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
VIDEO: Sask. parents to be asked for their opinions on social media bans this spring
The Government of Saskatchewan is sending survey postcards to households around the province as it works to gauge public interest and opinion on a potential ban on social media for kids 16 and under. ...
May 05, 2026
'My son should be the last one': Losco family to see regulation changes for carbon monoxide detectors
Standing with her husband, wearing a #justiceforHenryLosco shirt, Henry's mother Marina Hills expressed her gratitude to the Sask. NDP and the Sask. Party government. Henry Losco died in December of c...
May 04, 2026 Henry Losco, 11, died in December of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Regina apartment. His parents, Marina Hills and Sergio Losco, have since been pushing for tougher regulations. Photo taken on May 4, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan mom calls for for better support for students with diabetes
Seven-year-old Kinsley Simmons' favourite class in school is math, she says it's the easiest one. And she's sad she hasn't been able to attend more than a handful of days at school since November. Tha...
May 01, 2026 Jennifer Simmons says her family has offered to educate and train workers at her daughter Kinsley’s school so they can handle her Type 1 diabetes, but they’ve been denied. Photo taken on April 29, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. man asks for government help improving safety at train crossing where his wife died
Just a few months after his wife was killed at a rail crossing in Churchbridge, Sask., Matthew Thompson arrived at the legislative building in Regina to try to convince the provincial government to ma...
May 01, 2026 Matthew Thompson appeared at the Saskatchewan legislature this week to ask the provincial government to step up and do something about a dangerous train crossing in Churchbridge where his wife was killed. April 28, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. finance minister finds 'interesting' things in federal spring economic update
On Tuesday, the federal government gave its spring economic update and Saskatchewan's finance minister said it included some interesting things. "Pleased to see contribution rates on CPP (lowered), I ...
Apr 30, 2026 Sask. Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the key part of the spring update announcement this week is the sovereign wealth fund, but he echoed the premier’s comments calling for regulatory changes as well. Apr. 29, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
$2.2M annual funding for Saskatoon-Minneapolis direct flights extended by Sask. government
The Saskatchewan government is extending its backstop of Saskatoon's Minneapolis-St. Paul direct flights for another three years, after paying more than $5.6 million over the original three years of t...
Apr 29, 2026
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 22
8:30 - Last night, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made an address about the separatism debate in the province. She said ...