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Sask. Immigration minister to ask for two-year work permit extension
With a new federal cabinet announced and a new federal immigration minister getting settled in, Saskatchewan's immigration minister is looking to put together a deal. Tuesday morning, Lena Metlege Dia...
May 13, 2025 Immigration Minister Jim Reiter is planning to ask for a similar deal to Manitoba to extend work permits for immigrants after SINP numbers were cut by the federal government. (CJME file photo)
Will regional representation put Buckley Belanger in Carney's new cabinet?
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday morning, with many wondering who will be in it and what the positions will signal. According to multiple reports out of Ottawa, t...
May 13, 2025 Buckley Belanger left the NDP caucus in 2021 after about 26 years as a Saskatchewan MLA to run in the federal election. He didn't win that election, but did win in April to become Saskatchewan's only Liberal MP. June 9, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP outspent Sask. Party by 2 per cent in fall 2024 election
Months after the provincial election ended with a Sask. Party win, but a significant gain in Sask. NDP seats, the returns are published, showing how much each party spent and what they spent it on. Sa...
May 12, 2025 The elections returns are out, showing how much each party spent in the 2024 provincial election and what they spent it on. (Elections Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Dry conditions prompt high fire risk, fire bans across Saskatchewan
As the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) issued a fire ban on Thursday for part of northern Saskatchewan, much of the southern half of the province was showing extreme and high fire risk throug...
May 09, 2025 While the wildfire threatening Onion Lake has calmed down enough that residents can return home, it is still of concern. (Sarah Whitefish/Facebook)
Staff sound the alarm in radiology dept. at Regina General Hospital
Gerri Grant's voice filled with emotion as she talked about quitting her job as an interventional radiology technologist at the Regina General Hospital, knowing it would put more pressure on the emplo...
May 08, 2025 Gerri Grant joined staff in the interventional radiology department at the Regina General Hospital, warning about their understaffing and space issues and how it’s affecting patient care. May 8, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier Scott Moe looking forward to First Ministers' meeting in Saskatoon in June
For the first time in about 40 years, according to Premier Scott Moe's office, Saskatchewan will host a First Ministers' meeting. It will be the first time since the federal election that all the prem...
May 07, 2025 Premier Scott Moe said he’d invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to Saskatchewan for a meeting, and Carney suggested a First Ministers meeting be held in the province in early June. May 7, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP introduce bill to make separation vote tougher
On Wednesday, Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck brought forward a private member's bill to make it tougher to trigger a referendum on provincial separation. The bill is called The Keep Saskatchewan in Canad...
May 07, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck introduced a bill on Wednesday to raise the threshold for any plebiscite to be held in Saskatchewan raising a question of separation from Canada. May 7, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Leaked letter on Regina police chief complaint 'attempt to intimidate': Lawyer
Since a letter leaked online Monday indicating Alicia Morrow filed a complaint against Regina Police Chief Farooq Sheikh, her lawyer said she's been dealing with targeted harassment and emotional harm...
May 06, 2025 A letter from the Public Complaints Commission to Alicia Morrow leaked online, saying she had filed a complaint against Regina Police Chief Farooq Sheikh. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
City of Regina proposes giving $7 million to Costco for second location
The City of Regina's administration wants to keep a proposed second Costco Wholesale location within the city limits, and it's recommending shelling out millions of dollars to do it. Last year, the ci...
May 06, 2025 Last year, the city approved a discretionary use application for a second Costco location on the western edge of the city, but the retailer found the development costs were too high. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan NDP wants clearer answers on western separation
After a weekend with an independence rally in Alberta and Premier Danielle Smith promising a separation referendum if signatures warrant it, the Saskatchewan NDP came out again on Monday to call for c...
May 06, 2025 Sask. NDP jobs and economy critic Aleana Young said she wants to hear from the premier how he would answer a referendum on separation from Canada. May 5, 2025. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...