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SGI shows 'stable' year in 2023-24 annual report
With a combination of good investment returns and lower costs from storms, SGI reported a successful year in its 2023-24 annual report. The report, out Monday, showed $1.096 billion in claims flowing ...
Jul 08, 2024 A successful year is being described for SGI in its 2023-24 annual report, out Monday, though no dividends or rebates are being paid out. (CJME file photo)
Jessica Campbell's parents excited to watch her in the NHL
One more Saskatchewan family can talk about their child's NHL career this week, but this time it's a daughter. Jessica Campbell grew up in Rocanville, which is almost two and a half hours east of Regi...
Jul 05, 2024 Jessica Campbell started her hockey career in Saskatchewan, playing shinny in Rocanville. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
Sask gov't funds garnished over carbon tax dispute, justice minister says
The Government of Saskatchewan's fight over the carbon tax took another turn on Thursday, with the apparent filing of an injunction against the Canada Revenue Agency. Last fall, the federal government...
Jul 04, 2024 Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says in a social media video that the province has filed an injunction to stop the CRA taking money over the non-payment of the carbon tax. (CJME file photo)
STF, gov't still working to find a teachers' contract arbitrator
Nearly three weeks after the province's teachers agreed to take their contract dispute to binding arbitration, the two sides are still trying to find an arbitrator. After months of, often acrimonious,...
Jul 03, 2024 The STF and government are still trying to find an arbitrator to deal with the teacher contract issues. (CJME file photo)
Sask. reports $182 million operating surplus at end of fiscal year
Despite two previous updates in the red, Saskatchewan ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $182 million. The Ministry of Finance released the Public Accounts Volume 1 on Thursday...
Jun 27, 2024 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says higher than expected corporate income taxes helped move the province's books from red to black in 2023-24. June 27, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Tribunal report 'hard to take seriously': Federal Environment Minister's office
A report from the Saskatchewan Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal on the coming Clean Electricity Regulations from the federal government came to incorrect conclusions, according to the office of Ste...
Jun 26, 2024 Steven Guilbeault, Canada's minister of environment and climate change. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle)
'It's just not feasible': Sask. ministers explain decision on clean electricity rules
The Government of Saskatchewan has chafed for years under federal environmental regulations, and on Tuesday, it officially announced it would be stepping out from under some. The provincial government...
Jun 25, 2024 Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre and Crown Investments Corporation Minister Dustin Duncan explain the Government of Saskatchewan won't be abiding by the federal Clean Electricity Regulations (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Seven Stars Energy Project will produce power for 100,000 Sask. homes
Six Indigenous partners and Enbridge have all come together to build one of the largest wind power projects in the province, enough to power 100,000 homes. The Seven Stars Energy Project is a collabor...
Jun 25, 2024 Pasqua First Nation Chief Matthew Peigan says the revenue from the new wind project with Enbridge will help support about 20,000 First Nations People in Saskatchewan and even more Métis people. June 24, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Drug users 'turning to needles' after Saskatchewan cuts pipe program
It's been six months since the Government of Saskatchewan decided to stop providing free, clean drug tools for users like pipes, but negative consequences are already being felt. Fifty-eight-year-old ...
Jun 24, 2024 Support workers say those dealing with drug addictions in Saskatchewan are moving to more dangerous ways of taking them after government shut its drug pipe program down. June 23, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Solar panels expected to offset Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant power use
The mayors of Regina and Moose Jaw unveiled the new solar panel project for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant on Tuesday. The $4 million project will power the plant's administration building, a...
Jun 20, 2024 New solar panels for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant were unveiled Tuesday, with Regina and Moose Jaw's mayors saying it was a step toward better sustainability. (submitted)
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...