Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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One-year sentence for Michael Jackson for daughter's abduction
Michael Jackson walked out of the Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan on Friday a free man, though with a few conditions attached. Jackson was convicted in April this year of abducting his young dau...
Dec 06, 2024 On Friday, Michael Jackson was sentenced to one year in jail, but was a free man immediately because of his remand credit. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Food price, conflict of interest motions blocked by government
On Thursday, as proceedings ended for the week, government MLAs once again blocked emergency motions from the Sask. NDP. There were two motions - one to strike an all-party committee to investigate th...
Dec 06, 2024 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says there is responsibility on the provincial government to do something about food prices in Northern Saskatchewan. Dec. 5, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Affordable living in Sask.: Key bills pass, awaiting federal reply
Including support from the NDP, the Saskatchewan Party government's two affordability bills were rushed through and passed Thursday. The first, the Saskatchewan Affordability Act, makes many of the ta...
Dec 05, 2024 Just a few days after it was introduced, the Sask Party’s government affordability bill passed, making the tax changes the part promised in the election. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina library food box program expanding with need
Looking to help with a growing problem, more Regina Public Library branches have been added to distribution for Regina Education and Action on Community Hunger's (REACH) Good Food Boxes. "Libraries do...
Dec 05, 2024 Matt Leisle, executive director of REACH, said having the food boxes available at library branches helps reach customers the Good Food Boxes may not have otherwise. Dec. 4, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP disappointed with social services hotel pilots
The Saskatchewan NDP shared concerns on Tuesday after the provincial auditor's report on two social services programs. Tara Clemett's report looked at the new pilot programs implemented in the spring ...
Dec 04, 2024 The NDP's Brent Blakley echoed the auditor’s findings, saying the Ministry of Social Services need to do better on hotels, social housing, and homelessness in general. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Hotels, farmland, social housing, health incidents targeted by Sask. auditor
Saskatchewan's provincial auditor Tara Clemett released a report on Tuesday outlining government programs and services that need improvement. Here are four key takeaways from the Dec. 3 report: Read m...
Dec 03, 2024 Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor Tara Clemett released a report on Dec. 3, 2024 outlining government programs and services that need improvement. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. government act would deliver on affordability election promises
On Monday afternoon, the provincial government introduced the Saskatchewan Affordability Act, meant to make life more affordable in the province and keep the Saskatchewan Party's election promises. Th...
Dec 02, 2024 Finance Minister Jim Reiter is looking for at least some of the affordability measures promised in the election campaign to come into effect in January. Dec. 2, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Record ransomware payment and breach affected thousands in Sask.
According to a report from the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, 7,293 people in Saskatchewan were affected by a massive privacy breach at Innomar Strategies Inc. and the commissioner...
Dec 02, 2024 According to the privacy commissioner’s report, 7,293 people in Saskatchewan were affected by the data breach for Innomar Streategies Inc. and its parent company Cencora. (CJME file photo)
NDP crying foul as Willowview Recovery Centre still not open
The Willowview Recovery Centre near Lumsden was originally supposed to open in spring of this year, but it still wasn't fully open as of the end of November. It was supposed to be the largest addictio...
Dec 02, 2024 The Living Skies Retreat just outside Lumsden was turned into the Willowview Recovery Centre, but the centre has yet to fully open. (CJME file photo)
Provincial deficit more than doubled from Q1
Crop insurance payouts and higher health expenses contributed to a significantly higher deficit forecast for the provincial government at the mid-year financial report on Thursday. The report showed a...
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