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Government looking for as many as 500 employees to be redeployed in COVID surge
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Saskatchewan and the premier is keeping his hand on the brakes of any new public health orders, the provincial emergency operations centre (PEOC) is preparing for...
Jan 21, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Canadian Whisky Awards tip a glass to Lumsden distillery
A glass was raised to a Saskatchewan distillery on the national level. Last Mountain Distillery in Lumsden won the award for best wheat whisky at the Canadian Whisky Awards. It's the second year in a ...
Jan 21, 2022 Lumsden's Last Mountain Distillery picked up two Canadian Whiskey Awards. (Last Mountain Distillery/Facebook)
Jay Dearborn chasing Olympic gold during CFL off-season
Only a few years into a bobsleigh career, Jay Dearborn is heading to the Olympics. The Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back/linebacker was named to Canada's team for the Beijing Winter Olympics on ...
Jan 20, 2022 Jay Dearborn (second from left) and his teammates are one of three men's bobsleigh teams set to represent Canada in the Winter Olympics. (International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation/Submitted)
'Please help me': Mother of daughter taken by anti-vax father speaks out
A Regina mom is desperate to see her daughter safe at home. For the last two months, Mariecar Jackson hasn't been able to see, hug or talk to her seven-year-old, Sarah. The distraught mom joined Gorml...
Jan 20, 2022 Michael Gordon Jackson. (RCMP/Submitted)
Sask. moving ahead with work on Integrated Youth Services program
The Saskatchewan government is looking for a partner to help youth who need assistance in the province. The government has issued a Request for Proposals in hopes of finding an organization that will ...
Jan 20, 2022
Feds, province invest $5M in 28 agricultural research projects
A number of agricultural researchers in Saskatchewan are getting more than $5 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. On Wednesday, the governments jointly announced 28 project...
Jan 19, 2022
Airport, telecom provider discuss future of 5G in Saskatchewan
Some airline officials in the United States are worried about the impact 5G could have on aircraft technology as it starts getting rolled out throughout America. The fifth-generation technology for br...
Jan 19, 2022
SGI reports 87 deaths on Saskatchewan roads in 2021
The number of fatalities on Saskatchewan roads continued its long-term downward trend in 2021. According to preliminary data released by SGI on Wednesday, 87 people died on the province's roads last y...
Jan 19, 2022
Sask. expands program to support some sectors dealing with carbon tax
The Saskatchewan government again is taking aim at the federal government's carbon tax, this time by expanding the provincial Output-Based Performance Standards (OBPS) program. In a media release Wedn...
Jan 19, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
NDP calls for more business supports during Omicron wave
The Saskatchewan NDP feels businesses in the province are being left to fend for themselves by the government. "We are the only province without relief programs (for businesses)," Jobs Critic Aleana Y...
Jan 18, 2022 NDP Jobs Critic Aleana Young during a media availability on Jan. 18, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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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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