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Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Liquor permit auctions half over, government raking in millions
The auction of liquor store permits is proving to be a cash cow for the Saskatchewan government. The first three auctions with a total of 17 permits netted more than $18 million for the province. The ...
Feb 21, 2023
Sask. NDP says government needs to do better keeping immigrants in province
According to the Saskatchewan NDP, new immigrants will move to the province but they don't stay for long. The official Opposition is pointing to Statistics Canada numbers that show Saskatchewan has th...
Feb 20, 2023 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Former teacher had 'inappropriate' relationships with more than one student
A former teacher in Grenfell who pleaded guilty last year to sexual assaulting one teenage boy had an inappropriate relationship with another teen boy before that, according to the teachers' disciplin...
Feb 17, 2023
'We're not taking care of them': Family upset as only pediatric gastroenterologist leaves Sask.
Emotion filled Tracy Gartner's voice as she talked about the severe sickness her young daughter dealt with and the one doctor who figured it out and put them on a treatment plan -- the same doctor who...
Feb 16, 2023 Tracy Gartner is frustrated and upset after finding out her daughter's pediatric gastroenterologist -- the only one in the province -- is closing down her practice. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SARM joins calls for better RCMP communication
The lack of communication between the RCMP and communities east of Round Lake last week is a big concern for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb, the president of SARM...
Feb 15, 2023 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Union president calls for federal money to go to public health care in Sask.
As the provincial government holds out its hands for the federal money just agreed to on Monday, the head of one of Saskatchewan's health-care unions believes that money should be kept in the public s...
Feb 14, 2023 SEIU-West President Barbara Cape.
Mental health 911: Nurses move in permanently at the RCMP comms centre
In and among the ringing phones, dispatching police and calm but firm voices in the RCMP operational communications centre is a desk now permanently reserved for a nurse. Crystal Tholl is one of the f...
Feb 10, 2023 Jocelyn James manages the Operational Communications Centre for the Saskatchewan RCMP. (980 CJME)
'Can't be saved:' Holy Rosary School to close permanently
Just a little over a year after the community rallied to keep the school open, the Regina Catholic School Division is telling families that Holy Rosary Community School will have to close soon. In 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (File photo/980 CJME)
'We're there to serve them': Service top of mind for Docherty as he exits legislature
Through the nearly 12 years of his tenure at the Legislative Building, Mark Docherty said serving the public was always his No. 1 priority. "For MLAs, the people are your boss, the people (are) who yo...
Feb 08, 2023 Mark Docherty. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina looking ahead to big infrastructure projects
The City of Regina is working ahead -- far ahead, in some cases -- to get its ducks in a row for several construction and infrastructure projects coming up in the next months and years. It has posted ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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