Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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COVID cases, hospitalizations increased in Sask. in past month
COVID-19 cases are climbing in Saskatchewan. In an epidemiological report for the period from Aug. 14 to last Saturday, the Saskatchewan government said the test positivity rate for the province stood...
Sep 15, 2022
Blackmore defends RCMP's actions in wake of Sanderson arrest
The commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP defended officers and the force itself Thursday. In a statement, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore wrote that some have "taken issue" with the fac...
Sep 15, 2022 Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP, during a media conference Sept. 5, 2022. (Facebook)
Federal, Sask. governments giving raises to Early Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Educators in Saskatchewan are getting a raise. The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada announced Thursday an investment of $5.4 million to give those educators an increase of up to ...
Sep 15, 2022 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP looking for man wanted on Canada-wide warrant
The Pierceland RCMP is requesting assistance from the public as officers search for 25-year-old Tonio Cantell, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. The RCMP has been working to locate Cantell and g...
Sep 15, 2022
Mayor says residents are scared as hospital service disruption continues in Kamsack
Health is no laughing matter, but Kamsack's mayor offered a bitter chuckle when asked about the state of the town's hospital. Nancy Brunt said there are no acute care beds open in Kamsack right now. T...
Sep 15, 2022
'We were always close': Family of stabbing victim remembers their loved one during vigil in P.A.
As funerals for the victims of the stabbings in James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon continue, the family of one of those lost recalls his smiling face.Earl Burns was one of 10 people killed in the stab...
Sep 15, 2022
Cody Fajardo's baby is born
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo confirmed Wednesday morning that he is officially a father. He tweeted that he and his wife Laura welcomed baby Luca into the world at 1:42 a.m. Fajar...
Sep 14, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Harvest past the halfway mark for Lang-area farmer
With the weather holding out, many Saskatchewan farmers are nearing the halfway mark for getting their crops off the fields. Jesse Ridgway, who farms near Lang, told the Greg Morgan Morning Show on Tu...
Sep 13, 2022 The 2023 harvest in Saskatchewan is ahead of the five- and 10-year averages for this time of year. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME file photo)
RCMP Heritage Centre looking at becoming a national museum
The RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina is advancing its plans to become Canada's newest national museum. If it goes ahead, new exhibits would be installed to paint Canada's history, whether it's good or b...
Sep 13, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 levels increasing in Sask. according to wastewater data
The newest COVID-19 wastewater studies show that numbers are climbing throughout Saskatchewan. In Saskatoon, there was a 39.9 per cent increase for COVID positive samples in Saskatoon compared to the ...
Sep 13, 2022 The contents of a COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...