Sarah Mills: Teachers deserve gratitude as school year wraps up
There's a collective sigh coming from Saskatchewan's teachers as the school year ends. Sarah Mills says teachers are ask...
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Saskatchewan budget 2016-17 shows deficit of $434 million
It is no surprise Saskatchewan's financial picture isn't rosy. The province is in deficit by $434 million, and while it insists it will get back to balance within two years, it will continue to spend ...
Jun 01, 2016 Kevin Doherty delivers the 2016-17 budget as finance minister at the Saskatchewan legislature. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Sask. budget shoe preview hints at 'transformational change'
Kevin Doherty will stand and deliver his very first budget on behalf of the Saskatchewan Government Wednesday. And as per tradition, the shoes on the finance minister's feet are a metaphor for th...
May 31, 2016
Sunrise Health Region answers questions about Preeceville ER
The Sunrise Health Region (SHR) is speaking about the suspension of the Preeceville emergency room (ER) and acute care services. A rural doctor shortage has forced the shutdown until at least the fall...
May 31, 2016 Preeceville residents rally at legislature to restore emergency services to their hospital spring 2016. (file photo/980 CJME)
Moose Jaw Pride gets $20,000 settlement over gender marker complaint
After a long human rights battle over gender markers, legislation is changing and Moose Jaw Pride has received $20,000. The whole thing started with Laura Budd, a transgender woman in Saskatchewan, wh...
May 29, 2016
Company selected for SaskTel risk analysis
The company that will take a closer look into whether SaskTel is vulnerable to a takeover has been selected. Mark H. Goldberg & Associates will act as the independent third party that will carry o...
May 27, 2016
Taxpayers' federation highlights gas tax ahead of long weekend
Thousands of people will be hitting the road for May long weekend, and the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation (CTF) is using that to bring attention to the gas tax. On what he's calling "Gas Tax Honesty D...
May 19, 2016
Loss of doctor forcing Preeceville to lose ER services
Stacey Strykowski is losing a lot more than an emergency room. Strykowski's family lives just a few blocks from the Preeceville hospital, choosing that location because her son, Jackson, suffers from ...
May 19, 2016
SaskTel to undergo business risk analysis
SaskTel is now the only government-owned telephone company left in Canada, so a risk analysis is being done to ensure it isn't vulnerable to a takeover. It happened to Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) ...
May 17, 2016
Sask. speech from the throne highlights election promises
There are few surprises in the 2016 speech from the throne, as it contains much of the promises made by the Saskatchewan Party in the election. The big spending promises are contained in it, with an e...
May 17, 2016
TransSask members welcome federal transgender rights bill
For the transgender community in Saskatchewan, it means a lot to have the federal government introducing a bill to protect transgender people from discrimination and hate speech. "It's a great ac...
May 17, 2016
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8:30 - The weather can be unpredictable in Saskatchewan. Just last week, we saw a "tornado outbreak." David Ph...