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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Sask. NDP calls for SAID program changes to be reversed
Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck called the provincial government's forthcoming changes to the Saskatchewan Assure Income for Disabilities (SAID) program "cruel, callous and short-sight...
Feb 03, 2026 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck believes no one’s quality of life is going to rise because of the changes being made to the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) program, and instead many will likely see it decrease. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Anti-poverty advocate worried SAID changes will result in cuts
While the provincial government on Monday said its new changes to the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disabilities (SAID) program would make it easier to navigate and understand, at least one anti-pov...
Feb 03, 2026 Peter Gilmer, with the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, said the changes the provincial government announced to the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disabilities (SAID) program on Feb. 2 are the latest in a series of changes that have made things harder for clients under the program. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Recent federal agriculture research cuts 'unfortunate,' Scott Moe says
Premier Scott Moe has added his voice to those in Saskatchewan and across Canada upset about cuts to agricultural research. More than a week ago, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced it would be...
Feb 02, 2026 Premier Scott Moe told reporters on Friday that agricultural research isn’t a good place for the federal government to make its budget cuts. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Company with Sask. mine on major projects list to be acquired
A Canadian company with a mine in Saskatchewan that's getting a leg-up from the federal government is set to be acquired by a gold and base metals producer. On Monday, Foran Mining Corporation announc...
Feb 02, 2026 In September 2025, Foran’s McIlvenna Bay copper and zinc mine was announced as one of the major projects on the federal government’s fast-track list. (Foran Mining Corporation/submitted)
'Just so deserving': Community member praises latest Sask. lottery winner
It turns out, at least some of Cora Cuthbert's community are cheering her on as she celebrates her $18 million Lotto 6/49 win. She was publicly revealed Thursday as Saskatchewan's first big lottery wi...
Jan 30, 2026 Cora Cuthbert says she’s going to use her lottery winnings to help her community, splurge on her family, and to produce films to tell more First Nations stories. Jan. 29, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Didn't even stop to count the zeros': Sask. woman named as $18M Lotto 6-49 winner
The day Cora Cuthbert found out she was going to be Saskatchewan's newest millionaire, she said she had forgotten about the ticket. She walked into work, put her purse down and then remembered there w...
Jan 29, 2026 Cora Cuthbert says she’s taking the lottery win as a blessing and a gift from her parents, who each passed away in the last couple of years. Jan. 29, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Team Sask. eliminated from Scotties playoff contention after 8-4 loss
Jolene Campbell's Saskatchewan rink will end its run at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts this year with its Thursday afternoon game. The team, featuring Robyn Silvernagle at third, Rachel Big Eagle a...
Jan 29, 2026 Jolene Campbell’s Saskatchewan rink fell out of contention for the playoff round Wednesday night with an 8-4 loss to Ontario’s Armstrong rink. (Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Jason McKay pleads guilty in death of wife ahead of second murder trial
Jason McKay is no longer looking ahead to a second murder trial, instead he'll be heading toward a sentencing hearing. McKay was set to start a second murder trial soon in the 2017 death of his wife, ...
Jan 29, 2026 McKay was convicted of second-degree murder in 2020, but the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturned the convicted in 2024 and sent it back for a new trial. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Past the numbers: Overdose deaths down, overdoses up in parts of Sask.
After years of increases and calls about a crisis, Saskatchewan is expected to see overdose death numbers for 2025 lower than any year since at least 2020 - but digging deeper into what happened in th...
Jan 29, 2026 Saskatchewan is expected to have had fewer overdose deaths in 2025 than any year since 2020, but the overdose situation on the street has varied across the province. (CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan not expected to meet new child-care space goal: Report
Thousands of parents across Saskatchewan are still hoping and waiting for a coveted subsidized daycare space under the $10-a-day program. There aren't enough to go around, and a new report from the Ca...
Jan 28, 2026 The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said the provincial government had only created 6,915 new child-care spaces after setting a goal of 28,100 new spaces over the first five years of the subsidized daycare program. (Geoff Smith/980 CJME)
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