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Premier justifies spending in 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget
Just like his finance minister, Premier Scott Moe wishes the 2024-25 provincial budget unveiled on Wednesday didn't have a deficit attached. But, Moe said, there's a need for new schools and a need fo...
Mar 21, 2024
In the news today: Brian Mulroney's tribute moves to Montreal
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Quebecers to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney Quebecers will get their chance to p...
Mar 21, 2024
Israel envoy says country can defend itself despite Canada ending future arms exports
OTTAWA - Israel's ambassador to Canada isn't saying whether this week's vote in the House of Commons to end future arms exports to his country will actually impact the war with Hamas. Iddo Moed says t...
Mar 21, 2024
Thousands of teachers pack the picket lines on Saskatchewan budget day
More than 4,000 protesters surrounded the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on budget day Wednesday, frustrated that teacher contract negotiations have gone on for this long. Music played and flags wa...
Mar 20, 2024 Teachers were at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday as part of a provincewide strike. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
'Better than nothing:' Players react to shortened basketball provincials
The final buzzer sounded Wednesday on the chance for a full Hoopla 2024. With Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation sanctions not being lifted for Thursday and Friday, the three-day Saskatchewan High Scho...
Mar 20, 2024 Jake Soltys (left) and Alexis Lindgren of the Norquay Knights took their concerns about the cancellation of Hoopla to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan NDP gives provincial budget a failing grade
The Saskatchewan NDP isn't putting much faith in the provincial government's 2024-25 budget. With another deficit on record, the Official Opposition maintains the budget shows more examples of the gov...
Mar 20, 2024 NDP Leader Carla Beck (left) and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon react to the government's 2024-25 budget on Wednesday. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Out of time: SHSAA cancels Hoopla, unveils plan for one-day event
The clock has hit zeroes for Hoopla 2024. The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) announced Wednesday that its provincial basketball championships have been cancelled due to the ong...
Mar 20, 2024 The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association had given the teachers until Wednesday at 3 p.m. to lift their sanctions. (650 CKOM file photo)
What you need to know about Saskatchewan's provincial budget
The Government of Saskatchewan tabled its provincial budget Wednesday afternoon, outlining its revenue, spending and priorities for the year ahead. Here's what you need to know: Classrooms Thanks to a...
Mar 20, 2024
Cenotaph in Regina's Victoria Park vandalized with spray paint
People walking through Victoria Park on Wednesday morning may have seen graffiti had been spray-painted onto the Cenotaph. A vulgar phrase was scrawled on the war memorial, just above the base of the ...
Mar 20, 2024 Graffiti was sprayed on the Cenotaph in Victoria Park. 980 CJME has blurred out the vulgar phrase. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
WCB statistics say Sask. had lowest workplace injury rate ever in 2023
Saskatchewan's workplace injury rate for 2023 was the lowest in the province's recorded history. Statistics released by the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) show the total injury rate fo...
Mar 20, 2024 According to the WCB, 90 per cent of Saskatchewan workplaces reported no deaths or injuries in 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Americans need to dial back talk of World Cup dominance
Being a World Cup host comes with bragging rights and automatic entry, but Sarah Mills says if you have watched France o...
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