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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Hundreds gather in Regina to show support for Ukraine
Blue and yellow were prominent colours outside the Legislative Building in Regina on Friday. Hundreds attended a rally to show support for Ukraine, with many waving Ukrainian flags. Chants calling for...
Feb 25, 2022 Hundreds came out in support of Ukraine outside of the Legislative Building in Regina on Feb. 25, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Province considering removing Russian product from SLGA shelves
The Saskatchewan government is looking to the liquor board's shelves to find a way to express its displeasure with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, a government spokesperson said that is curre...
Feb 25, 2022
SHA to start easing visitation restrictions at long-term care homes Monday
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is to begin relaxing visitation restrictions at most of its long-term care homes in the province on Monday. At 8 a.m., SHA long-term care homes will start easing COVI...
Feb 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Bronze for Ben: Moose Jaw's Coakwell savouring Olympic medal
Ben Coakwell and his teammates kept their heads down in Beijing -- and that helped them win a bronze medal. Coakwell, a 34-year-old product of Moose Jaw, was the brakeman in the Canadian sled that fin...
Feb 25, 2022 Justin Kripps (front) and his teammates -- including Moose Jaw’s Ben Coakwell -- celebrate their bronze medal in four-man bobsleigh at the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Team Canada/Twitter)
SaskPower providing funding boost to EV charging station program
Electric vehicle owners in Saskatchewan are getting a boost from SaskPower. The company announced Friday it's investing about $2 million in the SaskPower Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which...
Feb 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskTel waiving fees for calls, texts to Ukraine
SaskTel is trying to help people in the province connect with friends and family in Ukraine. The Crown corporation announced Friday it's waiving long-distance charges for SaskTel wireless, landline an...
Feb 25, 2022
Saskatoon man worries about safety of family, friends in Ukraine
Saskatoon’s Petro Skirchuk hasn’t had a lot of sleep over the last couple of days. His phone regularly beeps and chirps with messages not just from journalists wanting to speak with him, b...
Feb 25, 2022
Telemiracle Week proclaimed as annual telethon approaches
Saskatchewan is getting ready to "ring those phones" during the 46th edition of Telemiracle. Telemiracle Week is to begin in the province on Sunday and run until March 5, when the annual telethon is t...
Feb 25, 2022
State of emergency being extended in Saskatchewan
The situation with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is good enough that all of the public health orders will be dropped as of Monday, but the province's state of emergency will continue. On Wednesday, Premier...
Feb 24, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (980 CJME file photo)
Charges laid in connection with two Regina murders from 2021
The Regina Police Service has charged a third person in connection with a murder that happened in December. A charge also has been laid in relation to another murder that occurred in the city in Octob...
Feb 24, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
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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...