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Provincial gov't accused of hiding carbon tax impact report
The provincial government is being accused of burying a report on the carbon tax which showed the tax would have a less severe effect on Saskatchewan's economy. Last summer, the province released a re...
May 14, 2019 Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Ochapowace eyeing growth with wastewater storage site
A lot can happen when people get their sewage together. That's what the Ochapowace First Nation has done by striking a deal with the Muskowekwan First Nation and Tell Properties. Together, they've for...
May 14, 2019 A large pit east of Regina that the Atâmipêk Land Corp. has purchased. The partnership between the Ochapowace First Nation, Muskowekwan First Nation and Tell Properties plans to build a wastewater storage facility on the land. (Outlaw Communications)
Canadian among at least four dead in mid-air float plane crash in Alaska
VANCOUVER - A Canadian was among at least four people killed when two sightseeing planes crashed in mid-air in Alaska, officials confirmed Tuesday as investigators began working to piece together the ...
May 14, 2019
RCMP wants to see evidence that led to demise of Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - RCMP investigators say they're not sure why the Mark Norman case collapsed because they haven't seen the new evidence that led to the stay of a breach-of-trust charge against the naval office...
May 14, 2019
Liberals push Tories to show climate-policy hand with climate-change motion
OTTAWA - In a battle to see who can prove they care more about the environment, both the Liberals and the federal New Democrats are pushing motions this week to declare climate change a national emerg...
May 14, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Anger at wee hours Amber Alert via cellphones shows education needed: experts
TORONTO - Anger at cellphone Amber Alerts that rouse people from their sleep is misplaced and shows the need for more public education, observers said on Tuesday. People need to understand that the em...
May 14, 2019 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
Freeland to meet Lighthizer, Grassley in Washington to push for tariff removal
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is bound for Washington to meet with Trump trade czar Robert Lighthizer in a renewed push to get punitive steel and aluminum tariffs lifted. The mee...
May 14, 2019 Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 13, 2019. The Canadian Press has learned that Freeland is bound for Washington to meet with Trump trade czar Robert Lighthizer in a renewed push to get punitive steel and aluminum tariffs lifted.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
CAA, SGI put focus on safety of tow truck operators
Greg McCracken's close call perfectly epitomized Slow Down Move Over Day. "There was a lot of traffic," McCracken, a tow truck operator, said in a video shared Tuesday by the Canadian Automobile Assoc...
May 14, 2019
Moose Jaw sells Industrial Park land to B.C.-based Carpere
Moose Jaw city council has approved the sale of nearly 780 acres of land in the Moose Jaw Industrial Park to a British Columbia-based developer that will pay the city $7.8 million for the land and the...
May 14, 2019 Moose Jaw City Hall (Submitted by City of Moose Jaw)
Jon Ryan fulfils a lifelong dream
Jon Ryan's childhood dream has come true. The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders officially announced Tuesday that they had signed Ryan, a 37-year-old Regina product who grew up cheering for the team and ...
May 14, 2019 Britton Gray/980 CJME
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Sarah Mills: FIFA seems to be incapable of integrity
After FIFA lifted a red-card suspension for an American player at the World Cup, Sarah Mills says fans are left with que...
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