Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Moe speaks out against possible CP Rail labour disruption
Trains could soon be stopped in their tracks and Premier Scott Moe isn't happy about it. CP Rail has issued a lockout notice to its workers' union. Meanwhile, the union has issued a strike notice. If ...
Mar 18, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
First Cowessess students graduate from new potash mining course
Nine people from the Cowessess First Nation are ready to start jobs in the potash industry. The First Nation community teamed up with Mosaic and a professional development firm called Morris Interacti...
Mar 18, 2022 The class of students from Cowessess First Nation in the Digital Transformation in Potash Mining course. (morrisinteractive.ca)
Sask. gov't passes motion asking feds to make railways an essential service
The Saskatchewan government will be asking the federal government to deem rail service essential. The government passed a motion Thursday after an emergency debate on the potential of a strike at CP R...
Mar 17, 2022
Years to go in dealing with surgery backlog caused by COVID: Merriman
Saskatchewan's premier has said he hopes Saskatchewan is coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic now, but it seems the ripple effects in the health system are likely to continue for years to come. This we...
Mar 17, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Countdown to the 2022 Grey Cup begins in Regina
The countdown is on. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie was in Regina on Thursday to begin the countdown toward the 2022 Grey Cup Festival in the Queen City. https://twitter.com/L0ganStein/status/1504525...
Mar 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. reports 832 new COVID cases, 28 deaths, 299 hospitalizations
The number of COVID-related hospitalizations in Saskatchewan has fallen below 300 for the first time since late January. According to the weekly epidemiology report issued Thursday by the Ministry of ...
Mar 17, 2022
NDP, Regina physician call on province to do more to keep doctors
Dr. Tomi Mitchell has run a medical clinic in Regina for more than a decade, but she's shutting those doors. "What I see right now is beyond tragic. I took an oath over a decade ago to do my best as a...
Mar 16, 2022 The NDP's Ryan Meili (left) and Vicki Mowat (right) flank Dr. Tomi Mitchell during a media conference on March 16, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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
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Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...