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Gov't says it has tentative agreement with STF, teachers to vote on 'final offer'
The labour dispute between Saskatchewan's teachers and the provincial government could be nearing an end. In an email sent out Wednesday evening, the chair of the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committ...
Apr 17, 2024 The contract between the teachers and the government expired in August. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Details presented by NDP raise more questions about Grewal hotels
New information coming out this week showing the Ministry of Social Services' use of two hotels a Saskatchewan Party MLA has a hand in is casting an even deeper shadow on the situation. In November, t...
Apr 17, 2024 New numbers obtained by the Saskatchewan NDP in committee show the Thriftlodge in Regina, which Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal has a hand in, wasn’t used at all in the three years before his election, but that changed drastically afterwards. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Métis Nation Saskatchewan pulls support for Liberals' belaboured self-government bill
OTTAWA - The Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan is pulling its support for a federal bill that proposes to enshrine its self-government over concerns about the other two groups it recognizes. President Glen M...
Apr 17, 2024
'Shot out of a cannon:' Agribition draws largest crowd since 2005
As Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) started its 53rd annual general meeting Wednesday, it touted a successful 2023 event. Officials of the Regina event said 142,807 people attended through the week l...
Apr 17, 2024 A cow gets a little grooming at Canadian Western Agribition. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Construction on Dewdney Avenue project to begin later this month
The long-awaited revitalization of Dewdney Avenue is set to begin in late April. On Wednesday, the City of Regina said the first phase of construction is to start the week of April 28, which means lan...
Apr 17, 2024 A conceptual design of a revamped Dewdney Avenue in the Warehouse District. (City of Regina)
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who a...
Apr 17, 2024
Protesters block railroad tracks in east Regina in support of Palestine
Six people were arrested Wednesday morning after protesters blocked some railroad tracks in Regina. Holding a banner that read "Treaty 4 Stands With Palestine, Arms Embargo Now," at one point, eight p...
Apr 17, 2024 Police officers broke up the Palestine rally that occurred Wednesday morning in north Regina. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
All federal ministers will participate in process to find 5,000 jobs to cut: Anand
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of th...
Apr 17, 2024
Capital gains are going to be taxed more, and these economists say it's a good thing
OTTAWA - Canada's wealthiest individuals and corporations will soon pay taxes on a larger share of the capital gains they earn, a change that economists say will make the tax system more efficient, de...
Apr 17, 2024
RCMP, coroner investigating inmate's death at Regina jail
The RCMP is investigating after a 36-year-old man died Tuesday at the Regina Correctional Centre. In a media release, the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said the man was found unr...
Apr 17, 2024 Paramedics pronounced the inmate dead at around 10 a.m. Tuesday. (980 CJME file photo)
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...