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Record-tying game keeps Saskatchewan alive at the Brier
Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen stayed alive at the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday night with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories at the Brandt Centre. A loss would have eliminated McEwen...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen advanced to the 3-4 Page playoff game with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Sask. continues to see young people start their careers in the province
The working class in Saskatchewan is continuously expanding. According to Statistics Canada, 18,700 new full-time jobs were added in the province in February, which is an increase of 15,200 compared t...
Mar 08, 2024
McEwen drops 1-2 qualifier to Bottcher at Montana's Brier
Saskatchewan suffered only its second loss of the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday, but it can't afford another one. Mike McEwen's Saskatoon Nutana foursome lost 9-7 to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in a 1...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen lost his first game of the playoff round Friday at the Montana's Brier. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Saskatchewan fans itching for first Brier win in 44 years
The Alliban sisters have been curling fans their whole lives. Hailing from Hazlet, Lindsay Alliban and Jamie Alliban -- along with their cousin-in-law Britny Andrews -- have gone to curling events all...
Mar 08, 2024 Jamie Alliban (left), Britny Andrews (middle) and Lindsay Alliban (right) were enthusiastically cheering for Team Saskatchewan at the 2024 Brier. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Sask. gov't says more than 1,000 nursing grads hired since December 2022
The Saskatchewan government says it has hired more than 1,000 nursing graduates over the past 14 months. In an update Thursday on the progress of the Health Human Resources Action Plan, the government...
Mar 07, 2024 The province said 1,002 nursing graduates from Saskatchewan and outside the province have been hired since December of 2022. (980 CJME file photo)
Former Sask. Party MLA Ryan Domotor apologizes to the Assembly
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Ryan Domotor began the spring session of the Legislative Assembly with an apology. "I can't change what I tried to do that day," Domotor said Monday. "But it is something...
Mar 05, 2024 Ryan Domotor's charge of communicating to obtain sexual services was stayed in February. (Screenshot/Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Video Archive)
McEwen, Saskatchewan suffer first loss at 2024 Brier
Saskatchewan couldn't find an answer to Nova Scotia, which led to the green team's first loss at the 2024 Brier. Mike McEwen's rink was defeated by Matthew Manuel 7-4 at the Canadian men's curling cha...
Mar 04, 2024 Mike McEwen's Saskatchewan rink suffered their first loss at the Brier on Monday. (Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
Moe again defends Saskatchewan's decision to not collect, remit carbon tax
The Saskatchewan government is once again defending its stance on the federal carbon tax, including its decision to remove the tax from home heating. Last week, Dustin Duncan -- the province's ministe...
Mar 04, 2024 Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan was only mirroring a move by the federal government to stop collecting the carbon tax. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan continues to dig out from major winter storm
Snow drifts across the province were big in the wake of the weekend's winter storm, but some may have been Biggar than others. Tanya Lehnert - a resident of the community that's about an hour west of ...
Mar 04, 2024
Saskatchewan farmers thrilled with snow from winter storm
People living in cities might not be happy with the amount of snow that fell throughout Saskatchewan over the weekend, but farmers couldn't be more pleased. "It feels really nice to see white out ther...
Mar 04, 2024 Farmers are clearing their yards Monday after the winter storm that hit the province on the weekend. Lang-area farmer Jesse Ridgway said the snow was a godsend for farmers who have been worried about dry conditions. (Jesse Ridgway/Submitted)
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