Murray Wood: Infrastructure projects are expensive, but important
Any time we try to build something, people start complaining about costs. Murray Wood says people are angry about the ov...
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'She's a fighter:' Regina man pushing for mother's treatment in province
Brayden Dutchak's mom, Tamara Heppner, already managed to beat cancer -- she's in remission -- but now she's in a Regina hospital, needing care for the damage the cancer treatment did. That's why Dutc...
Dec 08, 2023 Brayden Dutchak is fighting to get the hyperbaric oxygen chamber in Moose Jaw back open so his mother can get the treatment she needs. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Moe says Sask. pavilion at COP-28 has been well-attended
Over the first couple days of Saskatchewan's pavilion being open at a United Nations climate conference in Dubai, Premier Scott Moe said the pavilion has had good attendance and good engagement at its...
Dec 06, 2023 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, speaking from the Saskatchewan pavilion at COP-28 in Dubai, says the first few day have gone extremely well and he's happy with the engagement so far. (Screenshot)
'Awful:' Sask. NDP says deficit shouldn't have been a surprise
The Saskatchewan NDP pointed to the provincial government's mid-year financial report on Monday, calling it evidence of the government's awful fiscal management, awful projections, and propensity to w...
Nov 28, 2023 Sask. NDP Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said if the provincial government had been working more collaboratively with industry and watching and talking with producers more closely, it would have been able ot project this year's budget better. Nov. 27, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Gov't accusing NDP MLA of organizing protest in Assembly
Some strong words were being thrown around at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Tuesday after a protest shut down proceedings for the day on Monday. Pro-Palestinian protesters began chanting "Ceasefire ...
Nov 22, 2023 NDP MLA Jennifer Bowes is being accused of helping to organize Monday’s protest which disrupted government proceedings Monday. But Bowes says she knew people would be there but not about the disruption. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Disgusting and vile:' Premier stands by removal of Domotor from party
Speaking to media for the first time since Ryan Domotor was kicked out of caucus, Premier Scott Moe stood by the decision. "What happened is disgusting and vile, to be quite frank ... A government nee...
Nov 20, 2023 Premier Scott Moe calls the alleged actions of Ryan Domotor 'disgusting and vile' after the former Sask. Party MLA was charged with communicating for the purposes of obtaining sexual services. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina mayor sees both sides of proposed property tax increase
Regina Mayor Sandra Masters appears to be looking at both sides of the potential property tax and utility increases unveiled on Friday. "We know that between interest rates, inflation, grocery costs, ...
Nov 20, 2023 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says that nobody likes tax hikes, but the city needs to increase its revenue in order to provide services. (Daniel Reech 980/CJME)
Minister gives some answers around hiked motel bill
Saskatchewan's minister of social services is providing some answers after it was revealed Wednesday that a Regina motel, owned by a Sask. Party MLA, hiked its room rate when the ministry took over a ...
Nov 16, 2023 Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky explains that the ministry tries to get a good deal on hotel rooms but also has to balance people's need for shelter. Nov. 15, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Questions raised after MLA-owned motel in Regina hikes rates for Social Services
Saskatchewan's opposition is raising questions about the connections between a Regina motel, Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal and the Ministry of Social Services. Early in November, the Saskatchewan NDP br...
Nov 15, 2023 The Sunrise Motel, owned by Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal, increased its nightly rate when the bill for a woman who was staying there started being paid by the Ministry of Social Services. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Nurses asking for City of Regina's help with parking woes
Where there used to be about 150 parking spaces in the southwest part of the parking lot in front of the Regina General Hospital, there are now fences, construction equipment and several large holes. ...
Nov 13, 2023 Taylor Wall is a registered nurse at the Regina General Hospital and is hoping the City of Regina can help with parking woes while the parkade there is being built. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Overcrowding at Saskatoon hospital leads to fire code issues
So many people and patients were recently set up in the hallways at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon that the fire department was called in over fire code issues. According to a statement from Assista...
Nov 09, 2023 Crowding at St. Paul's Hospital resulted in a call to the fire department this week. (650 CKOM file photo)
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