Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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New incentive for oil investment in Sask.
The provincial government is looking to keep oil money in Saskatchewan and get even more, with a new incentive program for waterflooding injection wells. The program would allow oil companies to defer...
Dec 06, 2018 Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre Dec. 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
First ministers meeting shaping up to be most acrimonious in years
OTTAWA - Wrangling over the agenda doesn't bode well for Friday's first ministers' meeting, which is shaping up as one of the most fractious gatherings of Canada's federal, provincial and territorial ...
Dec 06, 2018
SaskPower crews still working on permanent fixes to lines
The major power outage this week may have left some people with a little extra appreciation for electricity and heat as power came back on for most areas, but smaller outages continued for the next fe...
Dec 06, 2018 (SaskPower/Twitter)
Northlands board member removed over assault convictions
A Northlands College board member has been removed from the position after the NDP revealed he has multiple assault convictions. During Question Period on Tuesday, education critic Carla Beck pointed ...
Dec 05, 2018 Vince Natomagan was removed from the board of directors at Northlands College. (paNow)
Sask Health Authority marks 1 year, says more changes coming
The gift for a first anniversary is paper, something to keep in mind as the Saskatchewan Health Authority marks one year in operation this week. On Dec. 4, 2018, the twelve health regions in Saskatche...
Dec 05, 2018
Estevan happy to host curling's Canada Cup
The biggest names in curling have descended on Estevan this week. The Home Hardware Canada Cup is underway in the Energy City and it's brought with it the likes of Jennifer Jones, Rachel Homan, Brad G...
Dec 05, 2018 The Canada Cup got underway in Estevan on Dec. 5, 2018. The winner gets a berth in the Olympic pre-trials and a share of a $140,000 pot.
Riders and VP of Player Personnel John Murphy part ways
The Roughriders have parted ways with a member of their football operations staff. John Murphy, the club's assistant vice-president of football operations and player personnel, made the announcement o...
Dec 05, 2018
Power outage leaves woman frantic to find room for mother
Paulette Vanderhelm's visit to see her 93-year-old mother, Stella Raczynski, at Regina's Bentley Hillsdale retirement home was far from routine on Tuesday. The Ituna woman said when she got there, the...
Dec 05, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
2 men facing gun, drug charges after stand-off in Regina
Regina police have charged two men and a teenage girl after an early morning stand-off on Winnipeg Street Tuesday. It started at about 4:45 a.m. at a home on the 1800 block of Winnipeg Street by 11th ...
Dec 05, 2018 Heavy police presence on Winnipeg Street by 11th Avenue on the morning of Dec. 4, 2018. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
CP Holiday Train lights up railway in Sask.
After much of the province spent a day in the dark, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will be lighting up the railway at stops across Saskatchewan Wednesday and Thursday. The lit-up train was schedul...
Dec 05, 2018 The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is scheduled to make stops across Saskatchewan on Dec. 5 and 6, 2018. (Canadian Pacific Railway)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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