Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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'We failed:' Premier Moe apologizes for Sixties Scoop
After the Saskatchewan government's decades of silence, Premier Scott Moe apologized Monday morning for its role in the Sixties Scoop. "We failed the survivors we heard from in the sharing circles, an...
Jan 07, 2019 Premier Scott Moe formally apologizes on behalf of the provincial government for its involvement in the Sixties Scoop on Jan. 7, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan ’60s Scoop survivors hope government apology brings change
REGINA - Survivors of the '60s Scoop in Saskatchewan are hoping an apology from the provincial government comes with action to reduce the number of children in care. Premier Scott Moe is to apologize ...
Jan 06, 2019
New incentive for oil investment in Sask.
The provincial government is looking to keep oil money in Saskatchewan and get even more, with a new incentive program for waterflooding injection wells. The program would allow oil companies to defer...
Dec 06, 2018 Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre Dec. 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. won’t follow Alberta with cut to oil production
The Saskatchewan government will not be following Alberta's lead when it comes to cutting oil production in the face of plummeting prices. Oil from western Canada has been selling at a steep discount ...
Dec 03, 2018 Oil tanker rail cars in Regina sit on the city's central tracks on Nov. 19, 2018. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Provincial financial update shows deficit down, expenses up
The deficit is down but expenses are up in the mid-year financial report released Thursday by the province. The Saskatchewan Government said the predicted deficit is $348.3 million, which is $17 milli...
Nov 29, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon woman 'appalled' by quality of long-term care
A Saskatoon woman is drawing attention to poor conditions her father had to live through at a long-term care home, in hopes the government will increase funding to improve care. Brenda Cromwell, who w...
Nov 07, 2018 NDP seniors’ critic Danielle Chartier speaks to reporters with Brenda Cromwell, a Saskatoon woman speaking out about the poor conditions her father experienced in long-term care. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Province to apologize for 60's Scoop by year's end
The provincial government hopes to apologize to '60s Scoop victims within the next two months. Social Services Minister Paul Merriman said he's been working with individuals who were impacted to make ...
Nov 02, 2018
Saskatchewan introduces climate change legislation as feud with Ottawa continues
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has introduced its own climate change law as its feud with Ottawa over a carbon tax continues to play out in the courts. The bill, which amends current climate leg...
Oct 31, 2018 Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sask. mom struggles to pay for child's hearing aid after cuts
The mother of a girl with a hearing disability hopes her plea doesn't fall on deaf ears. The NDP raised the concerns of Stephanie Schneck and her 9-year-old daughter Gracie in Question Period at the p...
Oct 26, 2018 Stephanie Schneck holding her 9-year-old daughter Gracie Prang in the legislature next to NDP MLA Vicki Mowat on October 25, 2018 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Province reviewing subsidy for GTH transit service
While the government decided it wouldn't subsidize the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, it has been providing a subsidy for the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) bus shuttle. The government is revie...
Oct 23, 2018
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