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Canola tariff situation with China intricate, but middle ground could be found: Lyndsey Smith
While Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Scott Moe take meetings in China, farmers across Saskatchewan are waiting to see what might change on the canola front. China is one of the biggest export ...
Jan 14, 2026 Profitability is a key worry these days for farmer. Lyndsey Smith, editor of RealAgriculture, told the Evan Bray Show that it’s likely going to be a tough year to pull profit out of the ground. (980 CJME file photo)
Sentence reduced for Saskatoon woman convicted of child abuse
A woman, originally sentenced to three and a half years in prison for abusing two little boys in her care, will only spend three years in jail after an appeal. There is a publication ban on the woman'...
Jan 14, 2026
Sask. changes inmate discipline rules after Supreme Court ruling
When an inmate at a provincial jail is brought up on disciplinary charges, the committee hearing then will now have to decide whether the inmate is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." The previous sta...
Jan 08, 2026 Like other provinces, Saskatchewan’s guidelines around inmate disciplinary hearings used to require that guilt be determined on a balance of probabilities, but a Supreme Court of Canada decision last year found it needed to rise to guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (CJME file photo)
Industrial carbon tax could factor into SaskPower rate increase application
SaskPower is set to move ahead with the first of two upcoming rate increases in less than a month, but the application could change depending on the industrial carbon tax. The Crown's application is t...
Jan 07, 2026 The SaskPower application said the included financials assumed the province’s industrial carbon tax, in the Output Based Performance Standards, wouldn’t apply to it in the 2026-27 fiscal year, and it’s unclear what a continued tax would mean to the rate application. (CJME file photo)
Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck focused on tariffs, health care in new year
Carla Beck has big plans for 2026. The Saskatchewan NDP leader sat down with 980 CJME senior reporter Lisa Schick to look ahead to the new year and discuss issues like health care, tariffs and more. R...
Jan 02, 2026 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck sat down with 980 CJME to break down the party's plans 2026. (980 CJME file photo)
Health care, wildfires, and trade: 2025 through the eyes of Premier Scott Moe
Everyone's past 12 months have been different, but for the province as a whole, it's been an eventful year. Premier Scott Moe sat down with 980 CJME senior reporter Lisa Schick to talk about the year ...
Dec 29, 2025 Premier Scott Moe said his government's biggest accomplishment in 2025 was the progress made on staffing up health care. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Humboldt Broncos bus crash lawsuit dismissed
A lawsuit over the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash was tossed out of court this month. The suit was originally filed just a few months after the crash, which happened in April of 2018. A semi driven b...
Dec 23, 2025 The lawsuit alleging negligence was originally filed in 2018 and ended up including families of five of the people who died in the crash. (980 CJME file photo)
Wildfires, campaigning and attendance: Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck looks back on 2025
Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck, like many looking back at 2025, said there was "a lot" this year. She sat down with 980 CJME senior reporter Lisa Schick to talk about the year that was, starting with the...
Dec 23, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck reflected on the work she and her team did as the Official Opposition in 2025. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Worse than it's ever been': NDP sounds the alarm on overcapacity ERs at Sask. hospitals
According to data obtained by the Saskatchewan NDP, people in ERs across the province have been waiting hours and hours to be seen this week, and capacity issues have hiked up the safety risk. "It's c...
Dec 18, 2025 According to data obtained by the Sask. NDP, the Regina General Hospital was at or near 100 per cent capacity in the emergency department for the first three days of this week and was listed at a high or very high safety risk because of it. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It's given us hope': Regina woman offered medical treatment with the help of U.S. political commentator
The last week or two for Miles Sundeen and Jolene Van Alstine has been overwhelming. At the end of November, the Regina couple made their way to the Saskatchewan legislative building to ask for help f...
Dec 16, 2025 After speaking out at the Saskatchewan legislative building, Miles Sundeen and Jolene Van Alstine have been offered help to get medical treatment in the U.S. by political commentator Glenn Beck. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...