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Regina City council searches for cuts on Day 3 of budget talks
Regina city council spent most of the third day of budget talks combing over the general operating and capital budgets, eventually deciding to reduce city operating staffing levels to realize the savi...
Mar 19, 2025 A full five days is reserved this week for budget deliberations. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Health care, schools and policing: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2025-26 budget on Wednesday. Here are some highlights: - $12-million surplus predicted on total spending of $21 billion. - taxpayer-supported debt...
Mar 19, 2025
Tariffs threat not built into Sask. 2025-26 budget
The Saskatchewan budget delivered Wednesday afternoon was normal in that it showed revenues and expenses, potash projections and spending on health care. What was notable was what wasn't included in t...
Mar 19, 2025 Finance Minister Jim Reiter says they couldn’t predict with any certainty which tariffs could be implemented when and for how long, so they weren’t included at all in the budget estimates for the coming year. Mar. 18, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. budget: Tax breaks, tariffs and what it means for you
The provincial government unveiled its 2025-26 budget Wednesday, touting a balanced plan despite acknowledging there is no money set aside as a contingency amid uncertainty around tariffs. The budget ...
Mar 19, 2025 The 2025-26 provincial budget includes funding for the new teachers' contract, five more urgent care centres, additions to the Marshal's service and various tax breaks for families.
Albert Street North Overpass upgrade project begins Monday in Regina
Commuters in Regina may see some delays as the Albert Street North Overpasses get some much-needed upgrades. The overpass upgrade project will begin Monday, and the City of Regina said traffic will be...
Mar 19, 2025 Measles is highly contagious and can spread very easily by breathing contaminated air after an infected person coughs or sneezes, or by touching a contaminated surface such as a doorknob or a shopping cart. (City of Regina/Submitted)
Sask. Crown corporations supporting Evraz steel mill in Regina
The provincial government is doing its part to support local companies, placing a big order at the Evraz steel mill in Regina. Mike Day, president of the United Steelworkers Union Local 5890, said the...
Mar 19, 2025 “We were in a position to respond pretty rapidly in this case, and we're going to be monitoring really closely the impacts that are are coming,” said Jeremy Harrison, minister responsible for Saskatchewan's Crown corporations. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Sask. Government prepares to deliver 2025-26 provincial budget
The Sask. Party Government has been dropping hints for the last couple of weeks about what will be in the provincial budget, which will be unveiled Wednesday afternoon. At the SARM convention, Premier...
Mar 19, 2025 Finance Minister Jim Reiter will unveil the provincial budget on Wednesday afternoon, though he and other government officials have already dropped a number of hints about its contents. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Energy CEOs want Ottawa to use emergency powers to speed projects
OTTAWA - A group of energy sector chief executives is calling on the leaders of the four federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis and use emergency powers to help speed the develo...
Mar 19, 2025
Taxpayers Federation calls on Moe to stop the growing provincial debt
Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is sounding the alarm on Saskatchewan's growing debt ahead of the ahead of the provincial budget to be unveiled on Wednesday. CTF - a non-profit advocacy group dedi...
Mar 18, 2025 Canadian Taxpayers Federation Prairie Director Gage Haubrich stands in front of the truck carrying the provincial debt clock on March 18, 2025 in Regina. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Explosives training to be held at Holy Rosary Community School
Don't be alarmed if you hear loud bangs coming from Regina's former Holy Rosary Community School from tomorrow - they are all part of the Regina Police Service (RPS) explosives training. RPS said in a...
Mar 18, 2025 Regina Police Service's Explosive Disposal Unit training is scheduled at the former Holy Rosary Community Schoo from March 19 to 21. (980 CJME file photo)
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...