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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
Legislative colleagues remember Melfort MLA
Politics were put aside Tuesday as the provincial government and opposition came together to remember Kevin Phillips. Phillips, the Saskatchewan Party MLA for Melfort, died suddenly Monday at the age ...
Nov 14, 2017 A Saskatchewan flagged was draped over the seat of Kevin Phillips who died on Nov. 12, 2017. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Education minister reaffirms support for treaty education
Saskatchewan's education minister is apologizing after an uproar about her comments about Indigenous education Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre apologized for discussing her son's homework in a public ...
Nov 14, 2017 Saskatchewan Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre. (Government of Saskatchewan)
TPP leaders’ meeting cancelled on APEC sidelines over concerns about deal
DANANG, Vietnam - Efforts to reach an agreement this weekend on a Pacific Rim trade pact appeared to collapse Friday when persistent concerns over the deal, including Canada's, forced the abrupt cance...
Nov 10, 2017
Expanded parental leave to come into effect by end of year, sources say
OTTAWA - New mothers and fathers who are poised to go on parental leave before the end of the year will be able to spread federal benefits over a longer period of more time starting next month. The fe...
Nov 09, 2017
Injured veterans having to wait longer for service, internal documents show
OTTAWA - While Canadians gear up for Remembrance Day, new documents show injured veterans are being forced to wait longer than in years past to find out whether they qualify for financial aid. The rev...
Nov 06, 2017
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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