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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Moe off to U.S. to promote Saskatchewan's energy, natural resources
Premier Scott Moe is off to the United States to promote Saskatchewan. It's the third business trip for Moe in the past four months. He also went a trade mission to Germany in March, then ventured to ...
Jun 03, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regions of Saskatchewan under frost advisory
Regina is among the areas of Saskatchewan under a frost advisory. Environment Canada issued the advisory Thursday afternoon for regions around Regina, Fort Qu'Appelle, Yorkton, Melville, Grenfell, Moo...
Jun 02, 2022
Saskatchewan flag designer remembered fondly after passing
The man behind the Saskatchewan flag has died. Anthony Drake was 81. Drake, a teacher, came to Saskatchewan from England and submitted a design for the flag in 1969 and his design won the provincewide...
Jun 02, 2022
Seeding three-quarters complete, but some areas won't be done in 2022
Low areas in some Saskatchewan fields won't be seeded this year because of standing water. In the weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said a number of farmers in the southeast and east-cen...
Jun 02, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Two companies fined after worker hurt on the job near Meadow Lake
Two companies have been fined as a result of a workplace injury that happened in October of 2019 near Meadow Lake. On Oct. 7 of that year, a worker was seriously hurt after one of their gloves got tan...
Jun 02, 2022 Meadow Lake Provincial Court. (Google Maps)
Mine shows high amount of rare stones, says Star Diamond
By Susan McNeil Samples taken from the diamond drilling site at Fort a la Corne show an "exceptionally high proportion of Type IIa diamonds" says Star Diamond, the Saskatoon company collecting the sam...
Jun 02, 2022
Sask. economy to lead Canada in 2022, Conference Board projects
Saskatchewan and Alberta are expected to be economic drivers for the country this year. The Conference Board of Canada, an independent research organization, predicted Saskatchewan’s gross domes...
Jun 01, 2022
Rain could delay drilling for some oil companies; sector needs workers
Saskatchewan's unsettled weather could be having an impact on the province's oil and gas sector. Brian Zinchuk, the editor and owner of Pipeline Online, told Gormley on Wednesday that the amount of ra...
Jun 01, 2022
Moe says Sask. gov't looking to see if it can offer relief for gas prices
Premier Scott Moe dropped a hint Wednesday that help could be coming for Saskatchewan residents to ease the sting of record fuel prices and soaring inflation. While gas and diesel prices are sucking m...
Jun 01, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Record number of HIV cases reported in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan continues to lead the country when it comes to new cases of HIV being reported per capita. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, there were 237 new cases reported in the provi...
Jun 01, 2022 (Saskatchewan Ministry of Health)
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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 ...