Murray Wood: A 'high test' compromise tax
Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs on Canadian alcohol. Murray Wo...
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Russian products pulled from SLGA shelves
The provincial government is heading to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority's shelves to show its disapproval of what Russia is doing in Ukraine. On Monday, the government confirmed it was pu...
Feb 28, 2022
'OK, it's on:' Saskatchewan man offers glimpse of war in Ukraine
A Saskatchewan man who moved to Ukraine three years ago has found himself in the middle of a war. Bryce Walker -- who lives in Rivne, roughly 350 kilometres west of Kyiv -- joined John Gormley on Mond...
Feb 28, 2022 A photo from inside a basement shelter in Lviv, Ukraine on Feb. 26, 2022. (Odri Stachiw/Submitted)
Saskatchewan NDP to elect new leader in June
It'll still be another few months before the Saskatchewan NDP has a new leader. The party said its council decided on the weekend to hold the leadership convention in late June to replace Ryan Meili. ...
Feb 28, 2022 Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon faced off in the party's first leadership debate at its annual convention on Oct. 28, 2017. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewanderer becoming full-time, permanent job
The Saskatchewanderer is going full time. The provincial government announced Monday the position is becoming a full-time, permanent position starting in April after more than a decade as a 12-month t...
Feb 28, 2022
Saskatchewan dairy farm fined $80K for worker's death in 2020
A company that operates a dairy farm near Summerberry has been fined $80,000 in connection with the death of a worker in November of 2020. Jimlee Farms Ltd. pleaded guilty in Fort Qu'Appelle Provincia...
Feb 28, 2022 Fort Qu'Appelle Provincial Court. (Google Maps)
No more mandates: A timeline of COVID public health orders in Saskatchewan
As of 12:01 Monday morning, the Government of Saskatchewan no longer had any public health orders related to COVID-19 in effect. Mandates have been a bit of a rollercoaster in the province, coming on ...
Feb 28, 2022 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina man facing arson charges after weekend blaze
A 33-year-old man is facing a charge of arson with disregard for human life after a fire at a home in Regina. Police and fire crews responded to the 3700 block of Dewdney Avenue on Saturday. When they...
Feb 28, 2022 (Regina Fire/Twitter)
Speech therapist pleased to see masks come off for young children
With masks no longer required in Saskatchewan, a speech therapist believes face coverings may have contributed to speech delays for young children. Kirsten Kelly is the owner of It's a Speech Thing, w...
Feb 28, 2022 A pair of kids in masks play while social distancing during the rally at the legislature on Aug. 7, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Suspect killed, RCMP officer wounded in shootout near Lloydminster
A man from the Lloydminster area was killed and an RCMP officer was wounded during a shootout Saturday in Waseca, a town about 40 kilometres southeast of Lloydminster. The RCMP said in a media release...
Feb 27, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Moose Jaw local living day-to-day life in war-torn Ukraine
A man from Moose Jaw currently finds himself in the country of Ukraine trying to take things one step at a time. Robert Thomas is the acting editor for the Moose Jaw Independent newspaper, but his mai...
Feb 26, 2022
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Sarah Mills: Interprovincial trade barriers are still Canada's weak spot
Sarah Mills says the U.S. trade war continues to expose the fact that provinces and territories act like independent nat...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 27
8:30 -Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, joins Evan to look at what the escalating tr...