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Regina teens vote in program to increase youth election participation
Some of them can't vote in the federal election, but dozens of Grade 12 students in Regina got to cast a ballot this spring anyway. Luther College High School and Michael A. Riffel High School both pa...
Apr 24, 2025 (L to R) Zahin Jeena and Avril Hatitchki, students at Luther College High School and Cali Cloutier and Leiyanne Nepacena, students at Michael A. Riffel High School, all took part in the pilot program from Elections Canada. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Housing builds jump in Sask., but more needed
For the first three months of the year, Saskatchewan saw a 96.5 per cent increase in housing starts in urban centres, the highest increase among the provinces, but numbers will need to go even higher ...
Apr 23, 2025 New data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says home construction starts in Saskatchewan for the first three months of 2025 was nearly double. (CJME file photo)
Premier Scott Moe offering no explanation on Hilbert committee decision
No explanation is being offering by Premier Scott Moe or his office about why a Sask. Party MLA was removed from some duties but not others. Sask. Party MLA Racquel Hilbert recently apologized after c...
Apr 22, 2025 Neither Premier Scott Moe, nor his office, offered details as to why Sask. Party MLA Racquel Hilbert was removed from some additional duties, and not others, after she called the federal NDP leader a terrorist. (CJME file photo)
Cowessess First Nation Chief recalls meaningful apologies on visits to see Pope Francis
As the world mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday, Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin remembered her trips to see him and his apologies for the Catholic church's role in Canada's reside...
Apr 21, 2025 Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin is pictured in this 2023 file photo. Beaudin travelled with a delegation to the Vatican for meetings with Pope Francis in 2022 and said the apology he made to them was very meaningful. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards)
'Thank you for this life': FSIN lifetime Chief Lawrence Joseph dies at 79
Chief Lawrence Joseph's skills and accomplishments ranged far and wide - from music, to politics, to spirituality - and he used those skills to help, advocate and heal throughout his life. A former Fe...
Apr 21, 2025
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)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...