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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Mounties seize nearly 1 kilo of meth during traffic stop near Maple Creek
The Saskatchewan RCMP's Roving Traffic Unit has kept nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine from reaching the streets of Regina. In a media release Monday, the RCMP said officers from the unit were patr...
Jul 11, 2022 (RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatchewan bracing for sweltering heat
A blast of summer heat is about to blanket the province, according to Environment Canada. Meteorologist James Colangelo says we can expect some scorching heat. "A ridge of high pressure is moving into...
Jul 11, 2022
‘It was pretty scary’: People recount blustery evening in Saskatchewan
There was no shortage of intense weather throughout Saskatchewan on Friday evening. Marlene Durkin lives in the Blaine Lake area, roughly 80 kilometres north of Saskatoon. In her 20 years living there...
Jul 09, 2022
'It was pretty scary': People recount blustery evening in Saskatchewan
There was no shortage of intense weather throughout Saskatchewan on Friday evening. Marlene Durkin lives in the Blaine Lake area, roughly 80 kilometres north of Saskatoon. In her 20 years living there...
Jul 09, 2022 A picture by Jeff Wizniak taken near Blaine Lake, Sask., on July 8, 2022.(@WizniakJeff/Twitter)
Storm chaser sees three tornadoes touch down near Paynton
Storm chaser Jenny Hagan caught up with a big one Friday northwest of North Battleford. "We've just seen three tornadoes touch down in the area - one north of Highway 16 (and) two south of Highway 16,...
Jul 08, 2022 A tornado near Paynton on July 8, 2022. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Sask. Party leads over NDP, cost of living top issue for voters: Poll
A new survey by the Angus Reid Institute showed Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party still has a big lead over the NDP opposition, but potential voters aren't happy with the government's performance on heal...
Jul 08, 2022
Saskatchewan unemployment rate falls to eight-year low
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate fell in June to its lowest level since November of 2014. According to Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was 3.9 per cent,...
Jul 08, 2022 (Canadian Press file photo)
New events announced for 2022 Grey Cup Festival in Regina
New events are being announced for the 2022 Grey Cup Festival in Regina. It's happening thanks to $2 million from the Government of Canada's Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative. The money wi...
Jul 07, 2022 The Grey Cup. (980 CJME file photo)
'Rain has come too late': Report says some crops won't recover in Sask.
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture says some crops in the province have been irreparably damaged by drought for a second straight year. "Many crops are behind their normal stages of development fo...
Jul 07, 2022
Saskatchewan NDP responds to Crown corporation annual reports
SaskPower reported a major hit to its finances in the Crown corporation's annual report on Wednesday. It showed a net income of $11 million, down significantly from $160 million in the previous year. ...
Jul 06, 2022 MLA for Regina University, Aleana Young (left) and Sask. NDP leader Carla Beck (right). (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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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 ...