Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Poplar River Power Station repair cost pegged at $4.9M and counting
After heavy rain and flooding at the SaskPower Poplar River Power Station, the Crown is having to chip in a pretty penny for repairs. The station, one of the biggest coal-powered plants for SaskPower,...
Sep 07, 2023 After heavy rain and flooding at the SaskPower Poplar River Power Station, the Crown is having to chip in a pretty penny for repairs. So far the bill totals nearly $5 million. (980 CJME file photo)
Interest rate hikes having less effect on Sask. government debt
While steadily rising interest rates are playing havoc with some people's mortgage and car payments, the Saskatchewan government isn't having as much of a problem. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada ann...
Sep 07, 2023 The Saskatchewan government says rising interest rates aren't having a huge impact on the overall debt in its budget. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Higher interest rate has more people looking for less home
Some people in Saskatchewan may be taking a look at interest rates and re-evaluating their home-buying plans. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada chose to keep its trend-setting interest rate steady at f...
Sep 07, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina Minor Football forced to reschedule games due to thick smoke
While the smoke cleared out a bit for the Saskatchewan Roughriders' game on Sunday, other football players in the province had to miss their games on the long weekend. Regina Minor Football had to pos...
Sep 05, 2023 Regina Minor Football games at Leibel Field were cancelled Monday due to wildfire smoke. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. one of two provinces with a reduction in per-student funding: Report
It appears Saskatchewan has been lagging behind other provinces when it comes to money in schools. According to a new report from the Fraser Institute looking at public school funding between the 2012...
Aug 30, 2023 Saskatchewan saw a decrease of 10 per cent in inflation-adjusted, per-student spending from 2012-13 to 2020-21. (980 CJME file photo)
Premier doubles down on education policy changes
Speaking to reporters for the first time on the issue since they were announced, Premier Scott Moe doubled down and defended the education policy changes around sex education and gender. Moe said his ...
Aug 30, 2023 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Aug. 29, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New education minister reiterates Sask. government position on school policies
Education has been right in the middle of the spotlight for the past week after announcements were made about sex education and gender policy changes -- and now there's a new minister at the helm. Jer...
Aug 29, 2023 Jeremy Cockrill was appointed to a new position as Saskatchewan's education minister on Aug. 29, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan school divisions working through pronoun, sex ed policy changes
A week after Education Minister Dustin Duncan's announcement and a week away from classes starting again, many school divisions in the province are still trying to figure out how to deal with the new ...
Aug 28, 2023 The Regina Catholic School Division is still examining the Government of Saskatchewan's policy changes on pronouns and sexual education. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. sees highest percentage agree with parental consent for pronoun change: Poll
It appears that people in Saskatchewan are split on whether a parent's consent should be required for a child's pronoun change at school, but more lean toward "yes" in Saskatchewan than in other provi...
Aug 28, 2023 Angus Reid has conducted a poll about students changing their names or pronouns at school. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan mother plans human rights complaint over school policy changes
Saskatoon's Fran Forsberg is no stranger to a fight, having gone to court -- multiple times -- in past years to argue for her kids' rights. Now she's planning to do it again. Forsberg was part of a gr...
Aug 24, 2023 A transgender pride flag flies in Regina (980 CJME)
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