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Province helping accredit health workers living in Sask. to counter shortage
It's about to get easier for health-care workers from other countries to work in Saskatchewan. Premier Scott Moe said part of the work being done to address the physician and health-care worker shorta...
Oct 29, 2022
Remaining SLGA liquor stores to close
In the speech from the throne Wednesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan government made a small note that it intends to shut down its remaining liquor stores. "It's not a core business of government, in o...
Oct 27, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns
After only 45 days in office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss has quit. The embattled leader resigned on Thursday after she was forced to abandon many of her economic policies and lost control of the...
Oct 20, 2022
Chief electoral officer proposing changes for 2024 vote in Sask.
The next provincial election in Saskatchewan isn't scheduled until 2024, but there could be some changes to the way people vote in that election. Dr. Michael Boda, the province's chief electoral offic...
Oct 19, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Moe answers questions around policy paper
The day after releasing his government's policy paper, laying out grievances over what he feels are federal government intrusions into provincial jurisdiction, Premier Scott Moe was already defending ...
Oct 12, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
NDP win significant but not transformative, public policy expert says
The byelection victory for the Saskatchewan NDP in Saskatoon Meewasin on Monday night is good news for the NDP, but isn’t "all that transformative" for the opposition party. That's according to ...
Sep 28, 2022
Conservative MPs in Saskatchewan look forward to working under Poilievre
Kevin Waugh says he's already seeing the Conservative Party begin to unite under new leadership. The MP for Saskatoon-Grasswood said there is a vision for the party now that it's moving forward with P...
Sep 13, 2022
Five candidates officially in the running for Saskatoon Meewasin byelection
The important dates for the Saskatoon Meewasin provincial byelection are coming up quickly, and a big one has already passed. On Saturday afternoon, the deadline passed for candidates to have their pa...
Sep 12, 2022
Conservative Party names Pierre Poilievre its new leader
After months of campaigning, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) announced Pierre Poilievre was the winner of the party's 2022 leadership race in Ottawa. The 43-year-old Poilievre won the election ...
Sep 10, 2022 The newest Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, in a video from February. (Pierre Poilievre Facebook)
Classes back in session before long weekend again: Why?
It has been a decade since legislation first required the school year in Saskatchewan to start after the Labour Day long weekend, and it has been eight years since that legislation was introduced to b...
Sep 01, 2022 Parents wave to students after their first ride alone on the school bus Aug. 22, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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