Sarah Mills: LEGO is for everyone, but only the rich can afford the bigger sets
Sarah Mills has a bone to pick with LEGO. A lot of the newer and more complex sets are geared towards adults, but the pr...
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Brad Wall still tops in premier popularity poll
It appears Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has still got it. After announcing his resignation from politics in August, Wall's approval rating is up four points in the latest poll by the Angus Reid Inst...
Dec 19, 2017 Premier Brad Wall on his last day in office at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Dec. 8, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Sask. Party membership booms during leadership race
It appears a lot of people in the province want to have a say who the next premier is; as the Saskatchewan Party's membership has almost tripled in the past three and a half months. According to a rel...
Dec 18, 2017 (From left to right): Sask. Party leadership candidates Scott Moe, Alanna Koch, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Gord Wyant and Ken Cheveldayoff took the stage at the party's convention in Saskatoon on Nov. 4, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Alanna Koch denies Sask Party leadership debate leak
For Your Eyes Only is a well-known James Bond movie, but it could also be the new theme of the Saskatchewan Party leadership race with an accusation there may be a spy in the ranks. Three leadership c...
Dec 11, 2017 Alanna Koch announces a run for Sask. Party leadership at a farm south of Regina Aug. 28, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Finance Minister Bill Morneau talks pot bucks with provincial counterparts
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau can expect a lot of provincial hands reaching for the federal purse strings when he sits down with his counterparts in Ottawa today. The issue of who should get ...
Dec 11, 2017
Tributes, tears as Brad Wall says goodbye to the legislature
As he strode purposefully toward the door of the legislative chamber Thursday with Deputy Premier Don Morgan by his side, Brad Wall said it was a good day because he was with friends. The walk was the...
Dec 08, 2017 Premier Brad Wall on his last day in office at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Dec. 8, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Public safety minister outlines roadside test for drugged driving
Ottawa is revealing details about a test meant to catch people driving high as the date approaches for cannabis to be made legal in Canada. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said police forces will...
Dec 06, 2017 Ralph Goodale speaks at the University of Regina on Sept. 8, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Sask. RMs pleased with homegrown climate change strategy
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is on board with a homegrown strategy to combat climate change. SARM President Ray Orb said the association has been trying to work with the...
Dec 05, 2017 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Cost to fix Phoenix pay system to surpass $540 million, auditor general says
OTTAWA - The federal government's chronic salary struggles will take more time and more dollars than the three years and $540 million projected to fix the snafu-stricken Phoenix public service pay sys...
Nov 21, 2017
Nebraska approves TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline in close vote
CALGARY - Nebraska's Public Service Commission has approved TransCanada's Keystone XL route in a 3 to 2 vote, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial $10 billion project. The p...
Nov 20, 2017
City considers using reserves to buy former STC building
It appears to be a certainty that Regina police will officially acquire the former Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) bus depot building to be used as a new headquarters and the city seems cont...
Nov 16, 2017
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