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Saskatchewan launches new strategy to expand workforce
The Saskatchewan government has developed a plan to shore up the workforce in the province. On the first day of the spring session, the government launched The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy. Acc...
Mar 04, 2024 The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy was launched Monday in Regina. The provincial government is aiming to expand the workforce to fit demands of employers. (980 CJME file photo)
'It would be awesome:' Team Sask. looking to end championship drought at Brier
It's the question that follows whoever wears the green at the Brier: Will this be the year Saskatchewan ends its championship drought? Colton Flasch, the third for Mike McEwen's Saskatchewan rink at t...
Mar 01, 2024 Saskatchewan third Colton Flasch, who is from Biggar, is excited to play a Brier in his home province. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
'Warms my heart:' Regina woman encouraged by Black History Month celebrations
Saskatchewan officially recognizes February as Black History Month, but that wasn't always the case. When Pamela Brown first came to the province more than 30 years ago, there weren't any celebrations...
Feb 28, 2024 Pamela Brown is a founding member of the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum. (Pamela Brown/Submitted)
'Beautiful landscape': Waskesiu the site of two feature films
By Nolan Kowal It's not exactly Hollywood, but it's as close as Saskatchewan has to a perfect backdrop for a movie. The picturesque hamlet of Waskesiu will be the site of two movie sets in the coming ...
Feb 28, 2024 (Waskesiu/Submitted)
Sask. performed record number of surgeries between April and December
Saskatchewan cut significantly into its surgical backlog in the first nine months of the fiscal year. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said 71,850 surgical procedures were done be...
Feb 27, 2024 Saskatchewan performed 6,000 more surgeries in the first nine months of the fiscal year than it did in the same time frame in 2022. (ophthalmology muh)
Extreme cold warnings issued for areas across Saskatchewan
Winter storm and snowfall warnings that were in place for areas of Saskatchewan were lifted Monday ... and replaced by extreme cold warnings. Just after 3:30 p.m., Environment and Climate Change Canad...
Feb 26, 2024 The extreme cold warnings were issued Monday afternoon. They cover areas in the far north and in the central part of the province, including Saskatoon. (980 CJME file photo)
TeleMiracle 48 raises more than $6 million
Another year of the TeleMiracle telethon has wrapped up and this year's total surpasses last year's. The total for the 2024 event was $6,112,717, up from $5,519,229 the previous year. TeleMiracle has ...
Feb 25, 2024
Sask. packs nearly 21,000 gifts for worldwide Christmas campaign
Saskatchewan residents helped kids around the world a little bit more this holiday season. Samaritan's Purse Canada has shared its annual breakdown of shoeboxes packed by each province during its Oper...
Feb 25, 2024
STF reveals more sanctions to take place Wednesday across Sask.
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is extending its sanctions against the Saskatchewan government into Wednesday. On Friday, the federation announced that teachers in some divisions would withdraw ...
Feb 25, 2024 It will be the third straight day that teachers are to withdraw supervision of extracurricular activities and lunch hours around the province. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan teachers announce more withdrawals for Tuesday
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has announced another round of strike action. On Saturday, teachers gave notice of another one-day sanction that will include a rotating strike, withdrawal of noo...
Feb 24, 2024
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