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Sask. reports $182 million operating surplus at end of fiscal year
Despite two previous updates in the red, Saskatchewan ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $182 million. The Ministry of Finance released the Public Accounts Volume 1 on Thursday...
Jun 27, 2024 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says higher than expected corporate income taxes helped move the province's books from red to black in 2023-24. June 27, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Tribunal report 'hard to take seriously': Federal Environment Minister's office
A report from the Saskatchewan Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal on the coming Clean Electricity Regulations from the federal government came to incorrect conclusions, according to the office of Ste...
Jun 26, 2024 Steven Guilbeault, Canada's minister of environment and climate change. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle)
'It's just not feasible': Sask. ministers explain decision on clean electricity rules
The Government of Saskatchewan has chafed for years under federal environmental regulations, and on Tuesday, it officially announced it would be stepping out from under some. The provincial government...
Jun 25, 2024 Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre and Crown Investments Corporation Minister Dustin Duncan explain the Government of Saskatchewan won't be abiding by the federal Clean Electricity Regulations (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Seven Stars Energy Project will produce power for 100,000 Sask. homes
Six Indigenous partners and Enbridge have all come together to build one of the largest wind power projects in the province, enough to power 100,000 homes. The Seven Stars Energy Project is a collabor...
Jun 25, 2024 Pasqua First Nation Chief Matthew Peigan says the revenue from the new wind project with Enbridge will help support about 20,000 First Nations People in Saskatchewan and even more Métis people. June 24, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Drug users 'turning to needles' after Saskatchewan cuts pipe program
It's been six months since the Government of Saskatchewan decided to stop providing free, clean drug tools for users like pipes, but negative consequences are already being felt. Fifty-eight-year-old ...
Jun 24, 2024 Support workers say those dealing with drug addictions in Saskatchewan are moving to more dangerous ways of taking them after government shut its drug pipe program down. June 23, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Solar panels expected to offset Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant power use
The mayors of Regina and Moose Jaw unveiled the new solar panel project for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant on Tuesday. The $4 million project will power the plant's administration building, a...
Jun 20, 2024 New solar panels for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant were unveiled Tuesday, with Regina and Moose Jaw's mayors saying it was a step toward better sustainability. (submitted)
Premier defends comments addressing conspiracy theories at town hall
Premier Scott Moe is explaining himself for the first time after a video clip surfaced of the premier addressing questions around conspiracy theories at a town hall event. The town hall took place in ...
Jun 19, 2024 Moe responded to questions about chemtrails and bioweapons at the town hall event in April. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina doctor suspended for prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
A Regina doctor has been suspended from practicing for a month this summer for prescribing Ivermectin for COVID-19. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons found that over two years, betwe...
Jun 18, 2024 A Regina doctor has been suspended for a month for prescribing a drug for COVID that wasn't approved to treat the virus. (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Moe sticking to the script on potential harassment investigation
To every question asked on the possibility of an investigation into the allegations made last month by Speaker Randy Weekes, Premier Scott Moe pointed on Tuesday to the legislature's anti-harassment p...
Jun 18, 2024 Premier Scott Moe says any investigation into harassment allegations should go through the legislature's anti-harassment policy, and the Speaker can avail himself of that if he wants. June 18, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Government members vote down committee investigation into Speaker's allegations
With the majority government members voting together on the House Services Committee Monday morning, no independent investigator was called to look into allegations made by Saskatchewan's legislative ...
Jun 18, 2024 With 'no' votes from the government members, the House Services Committee did not end up appointing an independent investigator to look into allegations made by Speaker Randy Weekes last month. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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