Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Moisture arrives in Sask. as seeding reaches 35% complete
Hot and dry weather prior to this week allowed Saskatchewan farmers to make great progress on seeding. The latest weekly crop report shows 35 per cent of the provincial crop is now in the ground. "Tha...
May 12, 2016
Cameco CEO calms investors as uranium price, demand lags
Cameco reassured nervous investors Wednesday morning after deep cuts in Saskatchewan last month. "We had anticipated things would get better sooner," said Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel in the annual general m...
May 11, 2016
Fort McMurray's rebuild to have positive economic impact: analyst
The Fort McMurray wildfire has hit right at the foot of Canada's oilsands. CJME business analyst Paul Martin believes the wildfires will have an impact on oil production in the area. "It...
May 10, 2016
Sask. unemployment rate highest in almost 17 years
More and more people are hunting for a job in Saskatchewan, and the unemployment rate hasn't been this high in almost 17 years. According to Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate in Canada stayed s...
May 07, 2016
PotashCorp reports 1st-quarter profit down, cuts guidance for the year
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (TSX;POT) cut its earnings guidance for the year as it reported Thursday a sharp drop in its profit for its latest quarter. The company said it was hurt by weaker pri...
Apr 28, 2016
Deficit growing ahead of Saskatchewan's June 1 budget
The provincial budget isn't out for several more weeks, but already it doesn't look good. Premier Brad Wall confirms that the deficit is bigger than the $427 million forecast at third-quart...
Apr 22, 2016
Regina airport eyes on-site hotel, continues talks for more U.S. flights
Despite an economy that some consider grounded, the CEO of the Regina International Airport seems to be optimistic things will take off in the future. Speaking at the airport's annual general meeting,...
Apr 21, 2016
April sales of Saskatchewan land rights down to $3.1M
Sales of petroleum and natural gas drilling rights are the latest sign of the impact of low oil prices on the Saskatchewan oil patch. The April sales raised $3.1 million for the province, down from $5...
Apr 14, 2016 (980 CJME file photo)
Bump in oil prices, loonie could signal trend: business analyst
The price of oil is up and so is the value of the loonie, but could that be a sign of better things to come? On Monday the price of oil closed up by 63 cents at 40.37 cents US a barrel, while the Cana...
Apr 12, 2016
Estevan Chamber of Commerce: Trudeau should see Sask.'s hard-hit oil patch
Jackie Wall wishes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have visited her southeast city a couple of years ago before the impact of the huge oil industry slowdown. "He didn't see that every hotel was fi...
Mar 31, 2016
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...