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Sask. Finance Minister says deficit unchanged despite new spending
Despite claims to the contrary from the NDP, Saskatchewan's finance minister said the province's deficit for the year remains unchanged from the figure presented in the mid-year update last week. The ...
Dec 05, 2025 Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the money approved in supplementary estimates earlier this week was already included in the mid-year report, which was released last week. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP demands answers as province approves additional $1 billion in spending
The Saskatchewan NDP is looking for answers about a billion-dollar increase in expenses for taxpayers. On Wednesday, the provincial government voted to provide an additional $813 million to SaskPower ...
Dec 04, 2025 Crown Investments Minister Jeremy Harrison said the $813 million will be invested in Saskatchewan’s transmission system, connecting the northern and southern power grids. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Producers say 75% of southwest Sask. farms may disappear if drought conditions persist
Farmers and leaders in southwest Saskatchewan say the province is running out of time to prevent a widespread collapse of local agriculture, warning that many farms in the region could disappear if dr...
Nov 27, 2025 Producer Tyson Jacksteit says up to 75 per cent of farms in the southwest region could disappear without changes to crop insurance. (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Sask. government doesn't know how many people are waiting for addictions treatment
Addictions continue to tear apart lives and families in Saskatchewan and across the country, with governments trying to figure out a solution. As part of that, the Saskatchewan NDP's mental health and...
Nov 20, 2025 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr said the provincial government will have a better idea of the wait list one its central intake system is up and running. (980 CJME file photo)
Some Ukrainian university students feel 'betrayed' as tuition could increase up to five-fold
Post-secondary students who fled the war in Ukraine are hoping a program that allows them to pay domestic tuition rates rather than international tuition rates will be renewed by the provincial and fe...
Nov 05, 2025 Ivan Teteria said he will not be able to afford his studies if the Ukrainian tuition support program is not extended. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
'Just atrocious': Sask. seniors ask provincial government for rent control
If Jean Carroll's rent keeps going up, she said she'll be forced to move in with her kids. "People can't afford it," she said. "We're all going to be living in the park pretty soon if this is the way ...
Oct 28, 2025 Jean Carroll says she wants the provincial government to implement rules around rent control. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Safety, compassion and tailgating highlight Saskatchewan Throne Speech
A new legislative session began in Saskatchewan on Wednesday afternoon with the reading of the Speech from the Throne. In the speech, the Saskatchewan Party government laid out its agenda for the year...
Oct 22, 2025 Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Bernadette McIntyre delivers the Speech from the Throne in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Union leader Rob Ashton pitches 'working class' candidacy for NDP leadership
Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, pitched himself as a voice for the "working class" as he launched his bid for the federal NDP leadership on Wednesday. The 30-...
Oct 01, 2025 Rob Ashton, standing behind the podium, is joined by supporters in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, as he announces he's running for the federal NDP leadership. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Saskatchewan NDP looks for 'big, bold' solution to health-care problems
Problems in Saskatchewan health care have been a major focus for the Sask. NDP for the last number of years - when the legislature is sitting, not a week seems to go by without the Opposition bringing...
Sep 22, 2025 Meara Conway, the Sask. NDP's health critic, says her party is trying to find bold solutions to the province’s health-care woes, and put Saskatchewan back at the top of health care in the country. Sept. 22, 2025. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP raising questions about procurement in pipeline MOU
Saskatchewan's NDP has been looking at a news release from the government in Ontario and wondering what it means for Saskatchewan, while Premier Scott Moe's office urged further reading. In mid-July, ...
Aug 15, 2025 The NDP’s Aleana Young raised questions on Aug. 15, 2025 about where the steel will be coming from in interprovincial pipeline and rail deal between Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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