Murray Wood: Are Saskatchewan Roughrider fans still the best in the CFL?
Murray Wood says attendance at Rider seems to be down, even though the team guards the numbers. But with a strong record...
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Record-tying game keeps Saskatchewan alive at the Brier
Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen stayed alive at the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday night with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories at the Brandt Centre. A loss would have eliminated McEwen...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen advanced to the 3-4 Page playoff game with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
McEwen drops 1-2 qualifier to Bottcher at Montana's Brier
Saskatchewan suffered only its second loss of the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday, but it can't afford another one. Mike McEwen's Saskatoon Nutana foursome lost 9-7 to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in a 1...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen lost his first game of the playoff round Friday at the Montana's Brier. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Trust at issue as Moe, STF dance over new education budget promise
Millions more in education dollars still aren't getting the province's teachers back to the table in their contract dispute with the Government of Saskatchewan. On Wednesday evening, Premier Scott Moe...
Mar 07, 2024 Premier Scott Moe commits to not reducing education funding from the level in the upcoming budget, as long as he forms government. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan gov't defends appeal of pronoun law decision
The Saskatchewan government is looking to stop arguments against its pronoun law before they even start - it's appealing a recent decision that would allow a case against the legislation to go ahead. ...
Mar 06, 2024 Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says she has sent letters to the attorneys general of other provinces to see if they want to join the Saskatchewan government's appeal of the recent decision allowing arguments to be heard against the pronoun law. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Decade-long discipline saga involving P.A. lawyer appears over
Peter V. Abrametz and the Law Society of Saskatchewan have been fighting since 2012, but now it appears it's over. The investigation started over irregularities in the use of a trust account. The day ...
Mar 06, 2024 The discipline case involving a Prince Albert lawyer began back in 2012. (paNOW file photo)
Province to foot the bill for mandatory Saskatchewan flags at schools
Some of the details are becoming more clear after the provincial government made a change to flag requirements at schools. In the fall, included in the Parents' Bill of Rights -- which made the pronou...
Feb 23, 2024 It appears the provincial government is going to bear the cost of its legislative change around flags at schools from last fall. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Health Authority looking to recycle 'a large amount' of expired PPE
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is trying to find someone to recycle what it described as "a large amount" of expired personal protective equipment (PPE) from the COVID-19 pandemic response. The SHA...
Feb 22, 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)
Now-retired Regina doctor's sexual assault acquittal upheld
Editor's note: This story contains details that are graphic in nature. The sexual assault allegations against Sylvester Ukabam won't be getting another hearing after the Crown's appeal of his acquitta...
Feb 21, 2024 Now-retired gastroenterologist Sylvester Ukabam had his acquittal upheld this month when the Crown’s appeal was dismissed. (980 CJME file photo)
Fewer than half of auctioned SLGA liquor store licences in operation
It's been about one year since the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) began putting liquor licences on the auction block as it removed itself from retail liquor sales, but as of this week...
Feb 16, 2024 Fewer than half of the liquor licences auctioned off in 2023 currently have an operating store attached. (980 CJME file photo)
'It has not translated at all to the front line:' SUN skeptical of SHA action plan
On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority talked about the progress that has been made on the action plans to deal with overcapacity issues in Regina and Saskatoon hospitals. But the head of the ...
Feb 16, 2024 SUN president Tracy Zambory says ERs in the province are still well above their capacity. (980 CJME file photo)
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