Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Poilievre requests Trudeau call meeting with premiers opposing federal carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should convene an emergency meeting with the country's premiers to discuss the federal carbon price, Conservative Pierre Poilievre wrote in a letter Tuesday. Poi...
Apr 02, 2024
Big Muddy amber holds clues to ancient insect turnover
By Steven Wilson A discovery in the Big Muddy Badlands near Bengough has been making scientific headlines around the world, as it helps to answer some of the questions about insects at the time of the...
Apr 02, 2024 An amber deposit like the one seen here, found in the Big Muddy Badlands, was the first containing an insect fossil discovered in Saskatchewan. (Submitted)
FCL investing more than $140 million in 47-day refinery turnaround
The annual refinery turnaround in Regina is always a major undertaking, and this year the project will see $140 million invested into the facility. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) said the turnarou...
Apr 02, 2024 The Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
STF waiting for language clarification on MOU from Ministry of Education
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte is waiting for clarification on language used in a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) before scheduling any dates to resume bargain...
Apr 02, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte says the union is seeking clarification on some language in the MOU before it signs. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Ottawa to launch $6B infrastructure fund to help build homes - with strings attached
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will include a $6-billion infrastructure fund that would require provinces and territories to adopt certain housing policies in order to access the money, Prime Mi...
Apr 02, 2024
Grocery code of conduct won't drive prices higher, Sobeys chief executive says
TORONTO - Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline said there's no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food prices for Canadians. The president and CEO of Sobeys' parent company...
Apr 02, 2024
Canadian-American citizen among seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza
A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza. The World Central Kitchen says three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish nat...
Apr 02, 2024
Family claims 92-year-old faced violent assault at Warman care home
Charmaine Macooh's 92-year-old father was supposed to live out his days at Diamond House, a private assisted living facility in Warman. However, an alleged assault at the home in February has left the...
Apr 02, 2024
In the news today: Key politicians to testify at foreign interference inquiry today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Han Dong to address foreign interference inquiry A federal inquiry into foreign...
Apr 02, 2024
'It just needs to stop': Carbon price protesters slow traffic on Trans-Canada Highway
COCHRANE, Alta. - Horns blared along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary on Monday as a protest against the hike in the federal carbon price slowed traffic to a crawl. Hundreds of protesters, man...
Apr 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...