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'We're disappointed': REAL shows frustration over expanded PST
Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) is joining a growing list of organizations upset with the government's decision to expand the Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Starting Oct. 1, the six per cent...
Mar 24, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Numbers of new COVID cases, deaths, hospitalizations all rise in Sask.
The key indicators for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all rose during the latest reporting period. In the weekly epidemiological report issued Thursday by the Ministry of Health, the number of new cases inc...
Mar 24, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'A sad day for our students': Teachers' federation, school boards react to Sask. budget
Higher-ups in Saskatchewan's education system are not happy with the provincial budget. The province announced $3.8 billion for schools on Wednesday, an increase of 1.3 per cent from the previous year...
Mar 24, 2022
Survey says more than half of physicians have experienced burnout
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is reporting that more than half of the physicians in the country have experienced high levels of burnout. According to the results of the survey, conducted last...
Mar 24, 2022
Astronomer says large meteor behind Tuesday's bright flash in the sky
What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor! Lucky Saskatchewan residents who were outside Tuesday night got to see a bolide light up the night sky. Lorna Janeczko saw it on...
Mar 24, 2022
Harpauer defends PST expansion; NDP decries 'no-help budget'
Saskatchewan's finance minister sees the expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax and the projected reduction of the surgical wait list as a tradeoff. "(The expanded PST) will generate annually a little ...
Mar 23, 2022
How the 2022-23 Saskatchewan budget affects you
Here's how the Saskatchewan budget, released Wednesday, is going to impact you. Psst! Get ready for an expanded PST The province is expanding the Provincial Sales Tax for the third time since 2...
Mar 23, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Expanding PST, contracting surgical wait list part of 2022-23 budget
People in Saskatchewan are going to have to pay a few dollars more to be entertained starting in October. As part of the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced th...
Mar 23, 2022 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer discusses the 2022-23 budget on March 23, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Mysterious streak of light spotted above Saskatchewan
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. No, it wasn't any of those things, but Saskatchewan people are scratching their heads over a streak of light that flew through the sky Tuesday night. Multiple...
Mar 23, 2022
Regina-area MPs speak out against Liberal-NDP agreement
Not too happy. That's one way to describe how Regina-area Conservative MPs are feeling about an agreement between the NDP and Liberals that will see the New Democrats support Justin Trudeau's minority...
Mar 22, 2022 The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as lawmakers return to the House of Commons following the winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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