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Harpauer defends PST expansion; NDP decries 'no-help budget'
Saskatchewan's finance minister sees the expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax and the projected reduction of the surgical wait list as a tradeoff. "(The expanded PST) will generate annually a little ...
Mar 23, 2022
How the 2022-23 Saskatchewan budget affects you
Here's how the Saskatchewan budget, released Wednesday, is going to impact you. Psst! Get ready for an expanded PST The province is expanding the Provincial Sales Tax for the third time since 2...
Mar 23, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Expanding PST, contracting surgical wait list part of 2022-23 budget
People in Saskatchewan are going to have to pay a few dollars more to be entertained starting in October. As part of the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced th...
Mar 23, 2022 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer discusses the 2022-23 budget on March 23, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
A break from breaks: Regina, Saskatoon dealing with fewer water main breaks
Lower than average. That's what Kurtis Doney -- the City of Regina's director of water, waste, and environment -- says about the number of water main breaks in the city for this time of year. He says ...
Mar 23, 2022 Crews working on a water main break at Lorne Street and 14th Avenue in Regina on March 1, 2019. (980 CJME file photo)
Mysterious streak of light spotted above Saskatchewan
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. No, it wasn't any of those things, but Saskatchewan people are scratching their heads over a streak of light that flew through the sky Tuesday night. Multiple...
Mar 23, 2022
Moose Jaw hockey team in the running for the Chevy Good Deeds Cup
The Moose Jaw U15A Warriors' season may be over, but the team still has its sights set on a trophy of a different kind. The minor hockey team is one of 12 teams across Canada vying for the Chevy Good ...
Mar 23, 2022 Members of the U-15 Moose Jaw Warriors hosted a skate for newcomers on March 5, 2020 (Facebook)
Moe, Meili react to federal Liberal-NDP partnership
A move at the federal level is drawing reaction from the Saskatchewan political landscape. On Tuesday, the federal Liberals and NDP announced an agreement that will see the NDP support the Liberals un...
Mar 22, 2022
Sask. potash producers dig deep to set new records in 2021
Saskatchewan's potash industry had a record-setting 2021. The provincial government revealed Tuesday that potash production in Saskatchewan last year reached 14.2 million tonnes of K2O while sales tot...
Mar 22, 2022
Business analyst reacts to CP Rail agreement, NDP-Liberal pact
A couple of deals will have impacts on Canadians, according to one business analyst. Paul Martin pointed to CP Rail's agreement to enter binding arbitration with its employees as good news for the Can...
Mar 22, 2022
Saskatchewan-born Ukrainian Catholic bishop reacts to war
Kenneth Nowakowski's heart is broken by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nowakowski, whose hometown is North Battleford, is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London. He jo...
Mar 22, 2022 Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski. (Ralph Goodale/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: The name Lake Ontario stands, regardless of any presidential decree
Sarah Mills says petty tantrums are not the way to negotiate a trade deal, and they don't benefit anyone paying bills an...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, August 28
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