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...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Health minister defends $6M deal to have surgeries performed in Calgary
Over the next year, several dozen people from Saskatchewan will be sent to Calgary for surgery, with a price tag of $6 million for the Saskatchewan government. The deal was signed this week for 240 su...
Mar 31, 2023 Health Minister Paul Merriman (980 CJME)
Sask. PC party accusing Sask. United Party of underhanded dealings
After what it calls a foiled takeover attempt last year, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan now says a hard drive with member and donor information is missing, and it's pointing a fing...
Mar 30, 2023
Saskatchewan MLAs share memories of the late Derek Meyers in Assembly
It was another day full of tears at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. Instead of the normal proceedings for government, the MLAs took that time to speak about Derek Meyers, the MLA f...
Mar 29, 2023 A book of condolences, a candle and flowers are set up in the rotunda at the Legislature for Derek Meyers. (980 CJME)
Medical students join call for safe consumption site funding
In a few years, they're going to be the ones out helping to treat these problems, so a group of medical students is asking the provincial government to act now and put more money into mental health an...
Mar 28, 2023 Ryan Krochak, second-year medical student at the University of Saskatchewan and Regina president for Students for Harm Reduction and Informed Policy (SHRIP), holds up a nasal naloxone spray. He and other members of SHRIP want the provincial government to make the spray more available and to fund safe consumption sites in a bid to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths in the province. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It really makes it impossible:' Advocates say SIS, SAID increases nowhere near enough
Among the few groups to directly get a bump in the provincial budget Wednesday were income assistance clients, but advocates say rates are still too low. As part of the budget, Saskatchewan Income Sup...
Mar 23, 2023 (Peter Gilmer/Facebook)
'A very good feeling': Health minister happy with $6.9B in budget
While social services and education got boosts as well, health care was the centrepiece of the province's spring budget this week. The total amount for the Ministry of Health was $6.9 billion -- an in...
Mar 23, 2023 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan's '23-24 budget sees $1B surplus, health care top priority
The numbers in the new budget are looking pretty rosy for the Government of Saskatchewan, and one doesn't have to be wearing glasses of the same colour to see why. The province is expecting a $1-billi...
Mar 22, 2023 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Provincial budget to be released amid questions about health care
On Wednesday afternoon, the provincial government will release its spring budget, outlining its priorities and predictions for the year ahead. And it appears the gravy train is still running for Saska...
Mar 22, 2023 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer answers questions on the 2021-22 provincial budget on April 6, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
MLA raises capped at 3 per cent
Saskatchewan MLAs will be getting a smaller pay raise next month than first anticipated. Their pay is, in part, tied to inflation, so with high inflation numbers last year, the base MLA pay would have...
Mar 21, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Sentence for 2019 sex assault more than tripled on appeal
After a conviction and sentencing in provincial court, a Court of Appeals judge has more than tripled the original sentence for a 2019 sexual assault in Prince Albert. Wade Merasty was found guilty in...
Mar 21, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...