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Nutrien to keep Rocanville site closed despite end of CN Rail strike
As CN Rail and the Teamsters union announced a tentative deal to end an eight-day labour strike, potash company Nutrien said it still plans to proceed with a two-week shutdown of its Rocanville potash...
Nov 26, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Rescuers comb building rubble after Albanian quake kills 18
THUMANE, Albania - Rescue crews with excavators searched for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings and hotels Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 18 peop...
Nov 26, 2019
Grain-growers cancel Ottawa plans as CN, union reach tentative agreement
OTTAWA - Now that Canadian National Railway Co. has reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters Canada and the strike is set to end, Canadian farmers and producers cancelled their plans to descend on...
Nov 26, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
CN, Teamsters reach tentative deal, with economic fallout still top of mind
MONTREAL - Canada's largest railway and Teamsters Canada have reached a tentative deal to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that triggered layoffs, disrupted in...
Nov 26, 2019 CN rail workers gather outside CN headquarters in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Saskatchewan premier, Regina mayor have meetings with deputy prime minister
REGINA - Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet with the Saskatchewan premier and mayor of Regina today. Freeland's office says she is to first speak with Mayor Michae...
Nov 26, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Sask. CN Rail workers ask for provincial support
As Saskatchewan's politicians carried on with their business at the legislature, on Monday they were watched by more than 100 members of the local union representing CN Rail workers who were there to ...
Nov 26, 2019 A CN train crosses Broad Street in Regina, Sask. on March 27, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Feds won’t explain claim pipeline expansion will raise $500M in tax revenue
OTTAWA - The federal government says the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will bring another $500 million a year in corporate tax revenue to be spent on fighting climate change, but the Liberals won'...
Nov 25, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Saskatoon man asks province to expand coverage for insulin pumps
Before Paul Kuspiro had his insulin pump, life was chaos. "It was high blood sugars, low blood sugars. I had paramedics have to come help me multiple times -- and that's even in the States as well," K...
Nov 25, 2019 Paul Kuspiro was at the legislative building to ask the provincial government to remove the age restrictions on health coverage for insulin pumps on Nov. 25, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Transport Canada official says software blamed for Boeing Max 8 crashes must go
OTTAWA - A Transport Canada official is urging global aviation regulators not to let Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft fly again until the company removes anti-stall software that has been tied to two crash...
Nov 25, 2019
Bibeau meets with Saskatchewan farmers, urges end to CN rail strike
REGINA - Canada's agriculture minister is urging Canadian National Railway Co. and its workers to reach a deal to alleviate the impact an ongoing strike is having on farmers. Marie-Claude Bibeau deliv...
Nov 25, 2019 Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit took part in the "Burning of the Brand" ceremony on the first day of the Canadian Western Agribition on Nov. 25, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: As the final school bell rings, let the summer begin
Sarah Mills says school is done for another year, so let's give thanks to all those who all those who make a positive im...
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8:30 - Premier Scott Moe is back from a trade mission to Europe that saw Saskatchewan sign new agreements on nuclear ene...