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...
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Meili, NDP commit to increasing geothermal energy presence in Sask.
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP want to make geothermal energy a focal point in the province's future. In an emailed new release, Meili and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said an NDP government ...
Sep 17, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Ottawa to fund 164 school projects in Sask. with carbon tax money
The federal government has said where it will spend the first $12 million of carbon tax money meant for universities, schools, municipalities and hospitals in Saskatchewan. In a news release Wednesday...
Sep 17, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
‘Taken too soon, too violently’: Woman whose husband, kids were shot dead speaks at funeral
OSHAWA, Ont. - A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont., this month says getting from one day to the next sometimes feels like an "impossible task." ...
Sep 17, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Hutterian Safety Council attributes uptick in COVID cases to increased testing, return to school
With school back in session and more testing being done, the Hutterian Safety Council isn't surprised by an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Hutterite communities. "The Saskatchewan Health Authority was wo...
Sep 16, 2020 (Image courtesy of Hutterian Health Communities)
Saskatchewan seeking feds' help with infrastructure projects
The Saskatchewan government is asking for more than $234 million in funding from the federal government to help with 126 infrastructure projects in the province. In a media release, the provincial gov...
Sep 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Voluntary in-school COVID-19 testing set to begin
Students at a few Saskatchewan schools are getting the chance to be tested for COVID-19, but Donna Schell's daughter won't be one of them. The province is bringing in voluntary in-school testing for t...
Sep 15, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
At 11th hour, U.S. abruptly reverses course, lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has suddenly called a tariff truce with Canada, lifting its 10 per cent aluminum levy Tuesday just hours before Ottawa was to unleash a suite of countermeasures. T...
Sep 15, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke
COVID-19 controls tightened as cases rise and possible second wave looms
VICTORIA - The looming prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall has governments cautiously monitoring daily infection rates as economies restart and students return to school. A widespread retu...
Sep 15, 2020 B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Moe lays out Saskatchewan's concerns in letter to PM
Premier Scott Moe has sent Saskatchewan's wish list to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Moe wrote a letter to Trudeau outlining issues the province would like to see addressed in the Sept. 23 throne spe...
Sep 15, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
14-year-old boy, 49-year-old man dead in Candle Lake shooting tragedy
A 14-year-old boy was shot to death on the weekend in the village of Candle Lake and family members claim it was the result of foul play. The suspect later took his own life. Ashley Armstrong spoke to...
Sep 14, 2020 Chase Althouse. (Ashley Armstrong/Submitted)
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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...
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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 ...