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Contract talks between STF, provincial government remain at standstill
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation didn't make it back to the bargaining table with the provincial government this week as it had hoped. On Friday, STF president Samantha Becotte spoke with the Eva...
Apr 05, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte says contract talks between the union and the provincial government remain stalled. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. joins recovery-oriented provincial addictions partnership
Three provincial mental health and addictions ministers gathered in Calgary on Thursday to announce an information-sharing partnership on their shared move to a recovery-oriented system of care. Saska...
Apr 04, 2024 Tim McLeod joins mental health and addictions ministers from Ontario and Alberta on Thursday to announce a new partnership on their shared move to a "recovery-oriented system of care."
(Government of Alberta livestream)
RCMP says one person dead after house fire in Lipton
One person is dead after a house fire in Lipton on Tuesday. The Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP, Lipton Volunteer Fire Department and Lipton EMS responded to the home on Erin Avenue. According to the RCMP's medi...
Apr 03, 2024 The RCMP says the fire is not suspicious in nature. (980 CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won't fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water -- or will be -- when summer arrives. However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in ...
Apr 03, 2024 The Gardiner Dam Spillway. (Water Security Agency)
SHA says private care homes decide which transitional patients to accept
As part of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's "capacity pressure action plan," care homes have been asked to take on acute-care patients transitioning out of hospital settings. 650 CKOM confirmed tho...
Apr 03, 2024
982 new drivers suspended for exceeding alcohol, drug limits in 2023: SGI
Almost 1,000 new Saskatchewan drivers had their licences suspended in 2023 for exceeding provincial limits on alcohol or drugs. According to SGI, 982 new drivers were penalized in that way last year. ...
Apr 01, 2024 An RCMP drug recognition expert demonstrates specialized testing on drug impaired drivers. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Sask. people feel the pinch at the pumps after carbon tax hike
People in Saskatchewan are facing more pressure at the pumps after the federal carbon tax increase hiked gas prices by three cents per litre. On Monday, the federal carbon tax went up from $65 per ton...
Apr 01, 2024 Gas prices went up three cents per litre on Monday to the dismay of many people in Saskatchewan. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan wins Canadian wheelchair curling championship
Saskatchewan 1 repeated at the Canadian wheelchair curling championship at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre on Saturday. The team of Gil Dash, Marie Wright, Moose Gibson, Sheryl Pederson and coach Lorrain...
Apr 01, 2024 Team Saskatchewan 1 -- Marie Wright, Gil Dash, Moose Gibson and Sheryl Pederson, with coach Lorraine Arguin -- won the Canadian wheelchair curling title. (Mike Stobbs/Curling Canada)
Wolseley loses to Elliot Lake, Ont., in Kraft Hockeyville voting
Wolseley won't be Kraft's Hockeyville. The Saskatchewan community was one of four finalists in the annual contest, but lost to Elliot Lake, Ont. in online voting that was conducted Friday and Saturday...
Mar 30, 2024 (Town of Wolseley/Facebook)
Raiders rally from 2-0 deficit to beat Blades 4-3 in Game 1
The start to the WHL playoffs didn't go how the Saskatoon Blades and their fans thought it would. The 6,757 fans at SaskTel Centre on Thursday night saw the No. 1-ranked team in the WHL lose Game 1 of...
Mar 28, 2024
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