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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K+S Potash planning to double production at Bethune mine
K+S Potash is looking to double the output from its mine in Bethune. The company announced its long-term growth plan Wednesday, and that included increasing production at the Bethune facility to 4 mil...
May 25, 2022 The K+S Potash mine at Bethune. (K+S Potash Canada/Twitter)
Premier Scott Moe addresses soaring resource prices
Premier Scott Moe has laid out the possibilities of what the Saskatchewan government could do with a resource revenue windfall but cautioned it would only come later into the year. Oil and potash pric...
May 23, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan ag minister glad about China dropping canola ban
Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister is happy two big grain companies finally have the option to ship canola to China. The ban on imports from Viterra and Richardson (JRI) was lifted Wednesday. &...
May 23, 2022
Farmers to reap benefits of recent PST changes
The province is making some changes to provincial sales tax (PST) to lend a hand to farmers. In a release, the province shared that amendments to PST regulations will "provide greater clarity to farme...
May 21, 2022
Saskatchewan weather expected to improve over next 24 hours
Snowy, rainy and windy conditions aren't how most people expected to kick off their May long weekend. While the weather has been a downer for most of this past week, Environment Canada meteorologist T...
May 20, 2022 (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Snow hits Saskatchewan before May long weekend, but warm-up coming
The May long weekend is often seen as the unofficial start to summer, but it doesn't feel like it this year. There was snow in some parts of the province Thursday night and early Friday morning. The s...
May 20, 2022 Snow in Melville on Thursday, May 19. (@MrsRoy26167275/Twitter)
Saskatchewan reports 465 new COVID cases, 22 more deaths
A sixth person under the age of 19 was among the Saskatchewan residents who died of COVID-19 in the province's latest reporting period. The Ministry of Health's weekly update Thursday reported the dea...
May 19, 2022
Sask. farmers react as China lifts ban on Canadian canola
There's no shortage of problems that Saskatchewan farmers deal with, but one of them is going away. The federal government announced Wednesday the Chinese ban on Canadian canola imports from two compa...
May 19, 2022
Seeding in Saskatchewan still behind schedule due to spring rains
Rain continues to put a damper on seeding in Saskatchewan. According to the weekly crop report from the province's Ministry of Agriculture, 33 per cent of the 2022 crop is in the ground, significantly...
May 19, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Frustrations run high in dwindling days of the legislative session
Proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were short two MLAs by the end of the day on Wednesday after they were kicked out during the proceedings. Emotions were running high as things moved into Questi...
May 19, 2022 NDP MLA Doyle Vermette. May 18, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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