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Province pushing Saskatchewan teachers' union to sign MOU
Nearly a week after he announced he'd be open to an accountability framework on classroom support money, Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill announced the province's teachers' union, the S...
Mar 28, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill argues that, whether they're in the teachers' contract or not, accountability agreements still come out as good for students. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'They're after the money:' Sextortion of teens on the rise in Sask.
Parents across Saskatchewan are being asked to be more aware of what their teenagers are doing online as police warn about a rise in sextortion scams targeting teens. "As technology advances, so does ...
Mar 28, 2024 The RCMP in Saskatchewan has been seeing a marked increase in complaints about teens being extorted after sending nude photos to someone online. (980 CJME file photo)
Conservative premiers are lying about carbon pricing: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says conservative politicians across Canada, including premiers, are lying to Canadians about the carbon price. Most premiers and the federal Conservatives are pushing th...
Mar 27, 2024 Premier Scott Moe raised his objections to the carbon tax to a standing committee in Ottawa on Wednesday. (Screenshot)
Saskatchewan income benefit increase not enough: Advocate
While the Saskatchewan government calls its increases to income assistance in the coming year's provincial budget reasonable, advocates say the increases -- and the programs themselves -- aren't nearl...
Mar 26, 2024
Saskatchewan putting millions into shelter security
Homelessness has been getting worse in Saskatchewan, requiring more shelter spaces. But as those spaces have opened, there are some who've been concerned about crime. This week, in the provincial budg...
Mar 22, 2024 The site of the provincial government's planned complex needs shelter on Idylwyld Drive North in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Labour prof lays out what could happen as province, teachers continue to fight
Frustration is mounting for many in Saskatchewan as the provincial government and teachers' union continue their contract fight, and the question on the lips of many is "When will this end?" Both side...
Mar 19, 2024 Classrooms around the province will be empty Wednesday as teachers stage a one-day strike. (980 CJME file photo)
Eyes in the sky: Police plane keeping watch over Regina
More than 3,000 feet above the ground, the streets and houses and back alleys of Regina are spread out below the Regina Police Service's Aerial Support Unit on a daily basis. The plane has been in the...
Mar 19, 2024 Sgt. Steven Wyatt flies the Regina Aerial Support Unit plane over the city, keeping an eye out and backing up officers on the ground. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Local student gives back with roof repair to Regina non-profit
The drips and drops at Indigenous Christian Fellowship will soon be things of the past after a donation from Regina Trades & Skills, and after one student in particular gave something back. The ro...
Mar 15, 2024 A student at Regina Trades & Skills, Jarrett Gordon is giving back to the Indigenous Christian Fellowship he's gotten services from in the past, helping to repair its roof with other students. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Health Authority clarifying circumstances around expired PPE
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is still looking for someone to help recycle what's likely thousands of pieces of expired PPE, but now it's giving a bit more information about why. Originally,...
Mar 13, 2024 The Saskatchewan Health Authority has a number of pieces of personal protective equipment that have passed their expiry date. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fernando Llano)
Saskatchewan heading to final at 2024 Montana's Brier
With another win in the books and a berth in the final clinched, Saskatchewan took another step in the direction of ending the province's decades-long drought at the Brier. Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen ...
Mar 10, 2024 Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen beat Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in the Montana's Brier semifinal on Sunday. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
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