Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
Category Archives: zFeatured Story – Shared
Sask. reports six new COVID cases, 19 more recoveries
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan dropped by 13 on Wednesday. The provincial government reported six new cases and 19 recoveries, lowering the active caseload to 133. The new cases -...
Sep 23, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Provincial gov't investing $16.5M in roads in 55 RMs
Drivers on some of Saskatchewan's roads will start seeing and feeling improvements. The provincial government announced Wednesday it's investing $16.5 million to improve roads in 55 rural municipaliti...
Sep 23, 2020
Interpersonal violence call line gets financial assistance
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding to the United Way to help those who are dealing with interpersonal violence. In a media release Wednesday, the province announced it was providing the ...
Sep 23, 2020 (United Way of Regina/Facebook)
NDP promises to take corporate, out-of-province money out of Sask. politics
NDP Leader Ryan Meili says Saskatchewan has the worst campaign finance laws in the country, and he's pledging to fix them if his party forms government this fall. "We need to level the playing field a...
Sep 23, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili announcing his party's intention to ban corporate and out-of-province political donations on Sept. 23, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Canada’s carbon tax conundrum continues as Supreme Court reserves judgment in cases
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment on the national carbon tax Wednesday. After two days of hearings and presentations from more than two dozen interested parties, the court adjourn...
Sep 23, 2020
'Won't be gathering for Thanksgiving:' Trudeau says COVID-19 2nd wave underway
TORONTO - A dramatic tripling of daily new cases of COVID-19 in the past month, mostly among young people, has prompted the prime minister to declare the arrival of the second wave of the pa...
Sep 23, 2020
Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Liberal government’s carbon tax
OTTAWA -- Supreme Court justices pushed lawyers from Saskatchewan and Ontario hard Tuesday, demanding to know how Canada can help stop climate change if any single province chooses not to help. But se...
Sep 22, 2020
‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world's richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-f...
Sep 22, 2020 (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Saskatchewan purchasing more influenza vaccine
With flu season fast approaching, the Saskatchewan government has increased its order of influenza vaccine. In a media release Tuesday, the government announced it had purchased 36.5 per cent more vac...
Sep 22, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Majority of Canadians support wearing masks during COVID-19, oppose protests: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests the recent rise in new COVID-19 cases across Canada comes with a similar increase in support for the mandatory wearing of masks in public places. The online survey by Le...
Sep 22, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
Evan celebrates Canada Day with a test of your citizenship knowledge, hears about the latest happenings in the Canadian ...