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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)
Premier defends comments addressing conspiracy theories at town hall
Premier Scott Moe is explaining himself for the first time after a video clip surfaced of the premier addressing questions around conspiracy theories at a town hall event. The town hall took place in ...
Jun 19, 2024 Moe responded to questions about chemtrails and bioweapons at the town hall event in April. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina doctor suspended for prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
A Regina doctor has been suspended from practicing for a month this summer for prescribing Ivermectin for COVID-19. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons found that over two years, betwe...
Jun 18, 2024 A Regina doctor has been suspended for a month for prescribing a drug for COVID that wasn't approved to treat the virus. (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Moe sticking to the script on potential harassment investigation
To every question asked on the possibility of an investigation into the allegations made last month by Speaker Randy Weekes, Premier Scott Moe pointed on Tuesday to the legislature's anti-harassment p...
Jun 18, 2024 Premier Scott Moe says any investigation into harassment allegations should go through the legislature's anti-harassment policy, and the Speaker can avail himself of that if he wants. June 18, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Government members vote down committee investigation into Speaker's allegations
With the majority government members voting together on the House Services Committee Monday morning, no independent investigator was called to look into allegations made by Saskatchewan's legislative ...
Jun 18, 2024 With 'no' votes from the government members, the House Services Committee did not end up appointing an independent investigator to look into allegations made by Speaker Randy Weekes last month. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Potential residents upset as Grenfell long-term care home pushed back again
The William Albert House in Emerald Park is very nice, with lush hallways, common rooms and even home pets, but it's not where Doug Kent and his wife Eileen would have preferred to be living. They'd r...
Jun 14, 2024 Doug Kent and his wife would prefer to live in their home town of Grenfell but the long-term care home meant to be built there keeps being delayed. June 13, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP's Jagmeet Singh says report shows 'a number of MPs' have helped foreign states
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a recent spy watchdog report shows a "number of MPs" have knowingly provided help to foreign governments - behaviour he calls unethical or even illegal. Singh sa...
Jun 13, 2024
Sask. NDP upset with premier's conspiracy response at town hall
Conspiracy theories abound online, but recently Premier Scott Moe was faced with several of them at a town hall in Speers, which is part of his constituency - and the Sask. NDP doesn't like how he han...
Jun 12, 2024 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says the premier should have addressed conspiracy theories and defended Saskatchewan health-care workers at a recent town hall. June 12, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Government won't support committee recall for investigation into Weekes' claims
The Sask. Party Government is giving a big "no" to the Sask. NDP's plan to launch an investigation into allegations made by Speaker Randy Weekes, saying there's already a process to address and resolv...
Jun 11, 2024 Randy Weekes says his entire term as Speaker has been marred with harassment and intimidation from government MLAs. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...