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Labour prof lays out what could happen as province, teachers continue to fight
Frustration is mounting for many in Saskatchewan as the provincial government and teachers' union continue their contract fight, and the question on the lips of many is "When will this end?" Both side...
Mar 19, 2024 Classrooms around the province will be empty Wednesday as teachers stage a one-day strike. (980 CJME file photo)
Feds providing Saskatchewan with $560M in health-care funding
Saskatchewan is getting $560 million in federal funding to improve health care in the province. On Monday in Regina, the federal and provincial governments announced they had signed two bilateral agre...
Mar 18, 2024 Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley talks about the improvements he hopes the province will be able to make in health-care programs with the $560 million from the federal government announced Monday. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland (left) also was on hand for the announcement Monday. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Huskies shut out 4-0 by Concordia in national championship quarterfinal
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's hockey team had its dreams of a Cinderella run at a national title ended by the No. 1 women's hockey team in the country from Concordia on Thursday. The ...
Mar 14, 2024
Cost of travel nurses is ballooning in Saskatchewan, NDP says
The Opposition NDP says Saskatchewan's reliance on contract nurses is getting "quite costly," which the NDP says is another sign of a failing health-care system. On Wednesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki ...
Mar 13, 2024 NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat said there should be greater transparency around the use of contract nurses. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Another 14 internationally trained doctors working in rural Sask., gov't says
Saskatchewan added 14 internationally trained doctors to practise in rural communities since December. In a release Wednesday, the provincial government said the latest doctors to join the workforce h...
Mar 13, 2024 Doctors who go through the SIPPA program agree to work in the province for three years. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan government taking steps to police bear spray
The rising number of bear spray incidents reported by police in Saskatchewan has led to new regulations concerning the irritant. On Tuesday, the provincial government announced it had created regulati...
Mar 12, 2024 The Saskatchewan government instituted regulations about the use of bear spray in urban areas.
Southend loses only hockey rink to suspected arson
By Susan McNeil An arena that the children of Southend relied on to play hockey has been burned in a suspected arson. The RCMP confirmed the cause of the fire that burned the building in the northeast...
Mar 11, 2024
'We just need a break:' Former Brier champ reflects on Sask. title drought
Jim Wilson and his teammates can still say they're the most-recent Brier champions from Saskatchewan after Mike McEwen lost to Team Canada's Brad Gushue in the final of the 2024 Montana's Brier on Sun...
Mar 11, 2024 Mike McEwen (front) lost 9-5 to Brad Gushue in the final of the 2024 Montana's Brier at the Brandt Centre. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Teachers withdrawing lunch-hour supervision Thursday in Regina, Saskatoon
Families of students in Regina and Saskatoon will have to make alternative arrangements over the lunch hour Thursday. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) announced Monday that educators will n...
Mar 11, 2024 The withdrawal of lunch-hour supervision Thursday is the latest sanction taken as part of the ongoing labour dispute between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial government. (980 CJME file photo)
Olivia, Oliver top lists of Saskatchewan baby names in 2023
Olivia is on a nine-year winning streak. According to eHealth Saskatchewan, Olivia was the most popular baby name for girls born in Saskatchewan in 2023 -- the ninth straight year that name has topped...
Mar 11, 2024
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