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Petition introduced at SARM convention to make railroads an essential service
With a possible strike on the horizon at CP Rail, people in rural Saskatchewan are getting nervous, and so Premier Scott Moe unveiled a new petition Wednesday morning at the Saskatchewan Association o...
Mar 16, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Ukrainian businesses continue to see immense support amid uncertainty
For Ukrainians living in Saskatchewan, it's easy to feel a great sense of uncertainty every day knowing your family back home is in danger. That's the case for Olga Chernenka with the Ukrainian Co-op ...
Mar 16, 2022 Olga Chernenka with the Ukrainian Co-op speaks about her loved ones living in Ukraine. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
SGI shares top five wacky insurance fraud claims of 2021
It's Fraud Prevention Month and SGI is marking the occasion with some wacky stories of insurance fraud. The company shared the top five stories of the past year in a news release Wednesday. Running in...
Mar 16, 2022
Provincial government taking aim at feral pig problem
Saskatchewan is taking steps to limit the impact of feral pigs and wild boars on the province. With experts saying wild boars and feral pigs are running amok in Saskatchewan, the provincial government...
Mar 16, 2022 A pack of wild boars. (Ryan Brook/Submitted)
Rural municipalities get $262M from provincial government
Saskatchewan's municipalities are getting more than $262 million in funding from the provincial government in 2022-23. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement Wednesday at the Saskatchewan Association...
Mar 16, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan adds more than 1,200 new child-care spaces
Parents in 21 Saskatchewan communities are getting help when it comes to finding child-care spaces. The federal and provincial governments announced Wednesday they're creating 1,202 new, licensed, not...
Mar 16, 2022 The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced $23.5 million in funding for 2,349 new child care spaces across the province. (Canadian Press file photo)
Premier talks Ukrainian president, oligarchs and Evraz Regina
As the war wages on in Ukraine and the damage and casualties mount, local leaders are looking to figure out what they can do here. Premier Scott Moe watched Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's ad...
Mar 16, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan's Ukrainian community moved by Zelensky's address
Ukrainians in Saskatchewan are behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan executive director Danylo Puderak watched Zelensky address Canada’s Parl...
Mar 15, 2022
Sask. energy minister believes industry faces challenges to provide immediate production
Saskatchewan's energy and resources minister thinks the energy industry faces a number of challenges as it tries to ramp up. An increase in demand for oil has sent prices skyrocketing after many count...
Mar 15, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Housing developer criticizes province's work on affordable housing
Saskatchewan has one of the highest rates of domestic or interpersonal violence in the country, but a local housing developer believes the provincial government isn't doing enough to help. Last week, ...
Mar 15, 2022 Jennifer Denouden, president and CEO of Avana, a housing corporation in the prairies. Denouden is frustrated with what she sees as a lack of action from the provincial government on housing for families fleeing interpersonal violence. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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