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Federal bill would give Saskatchewan $61M to address surgical backlog
Saskatchewan's push to reduce its surgical wait list got a nudge from the federal government on Friday. The feds introduced Bill C-17 which, if passed, would give a one-time top-up of $2 billion to pr...
Mar 25, 2022 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
SaskTel won't charge for calls, texts to Ukraine until end of June
SaskTel is extending its assistance to Ukrainian-Canadian families for a further three months. The Crown corporation announced Friday it will continue to waive long-distance charges for SaskTel wirele...
Mar 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Cut it out: Ban on pruning elm trees set to take effect
It's nearly time for those with elm trees on their properties to put away the pruning shears. The Saskatchewan government says the annual ban on pruning elm trees in the province starts next Friday an...
Mar 25, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Filmmaker calls budget good first step to recovery for film industry
It won't fix the damage done years ago, but Layton Burton thinks Wednesday's budget is a good first step. The Saskatchewan filmmaker called the news of an $8-million increase to the Creative Saskatche...
Mar 25, 2022 The Saskatchewan Sound Stage. (Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association/Twitter)
Clark, Masters react to Saskatchewan budget
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is disappointed Wednesday's provincial budget only included $8 million in targeted funding for mental health and addictions programs. He said there's a mental health and ...
Mar 24, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Numbers of new COVID cases, deaths, hospitalizations all rise in Sask.
The key indicators for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all rose during the latest reporting period. In the weekly epidemiological report issued Thursday by the Ministry of Health, the number of new cases inc...
Mar 24, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'A sad day for our students': Teachers' federation, school boards react to Sask. budget
Higher-ups in Saskatchewan's education system are not happy with the provincial budget. The province announced $3.8 billion for schools on Wednesday, an increase of 1.3 per cent from the previous year...
Mar 24, 2022
Astronomer says large meteor behind Tuesday's bright flash in the sky
What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor! Lucky Saskatchewan residents who were outside Tuesday night got to see a bolide light up the night sky. Lorna Janeczko saw it on...
Mar 24, 2022
Surgical wait list addressed in budget, but some organizations expected more
Saskatchewan's government is vowing it won't wait to address the province's surgical wait list. In the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Party put an increase of $21.6 million toward...
Mar 23, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...