Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Indigenous-led policing study to explore options for Sask. First Nations
The provincial and federal governments have teamed up with the Prince Albert Grand Council to examine options for Indigenous-led policing in the grand council's member communities. The three groups ar...
May 03, 2024
TikTok sensation Farideh takes comedic music on the road
When Farideh Olsen became a mother, she stepped away from the spotlight. As the Saskatoon musician navigated the highs and lows of caring for a small child, she stopped touring with her band, Rosie &a...
May 03, 2024
Company ordered to pay $260,000 after worker injured in Saskatoon
A hardware company was ordered to pay more than a quarter million dollars after an incident in 2021 which left a Saskatoon worker seriously hurt. Richelieu Hardware Canada Ltd. was fined $185,714.29 l...
May 03, 2024
'It's a blessing': Rainfall expected to dampen Sask. wildfire season
The rain falling on the province this week isn't good for just farmers. It's also helping prevent wildfires. "It's a blessing," said Cliff Buettner, director of forestry and protective services for th...
May 02, 2024
Health minister expands on plan to fund travel when kids need out-of-province care
The Government of Saskatchewan is stepping back from a decision which would've made a Saskatoon family dip into their own pockets to pay for their travel to Toronto in order to get health care for the...
May 02, 2024
Sask. inks new partnership with Alberta on nuclear power, decarbonization
The governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta have joined forces as they push ahead with the development of nuclear power. The provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, agreeing to col...
May 02, 2024
Saskatchewan mayors say CAA's Worst Roads Campaign helps speed up repairs
Some mayors in small Saskatchewan communities say CAA's annual Worst Roads Campaign has helped get the bad roads in their communities get the fixes they desperately need. In 2014, Highway 24 at Leovil...
May 02, 2024
Province to provide financial help to parents requiring care for kids outside Sask.
The Government of Saskatchewan says it will offer financial assistance to families when they need to leave the province to get health care for their children. The move comes after Kaitlyn Soron and he...
May 01, 2024
Saskatchewan's GDP grew by 1.6% in 2023, ahead of national average
Saskatchewan's gross domestic product grew by 1.6 per cent in 2023, beating the national GDP growth of 1.2 per cent. According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan's GDP...
May 01, 2024
Sask. will require all regulated workplaces to develop policies on violence
All provincially regulated workplaces in Saskatchewan will soon need to have a violence policy and prevention plan in place. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, changes...
May 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...