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Gushue beats McEwen to extend Saskatchewan's Brier drought
Brad Gushue spoiled Saskatchewan's party at the 2024 Montana's Brier. The two-time defending champion beat Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen 9-5 on Sunday at the Brandt Centre to win his sixth Canadian men's...
Mar 10, 2024 Brad Gushue (left to right), Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker and Caleb Flaxey celebrate with the Brier Tankard. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Saskatchewan heading to final at 2024 Montana's Brier
With another win in the books and a berth in the final clinched, Saskatchewan took another step in the direction of ending the province's decades-long drought at the Brier. Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen ...
Mar 10, 2024 Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen beat Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in the Montana's Brier semifinal on Sunday. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Curling fans are optimistic about a Team Saskatchewan win
It was another big day at the Brier for Saskatchewan curling fans. Mike McEwen is off to the semifinal after a close win on Saturday against Matt Dunstone's Manitoba rink. The excitement got young fan...
Mar 09, 2024 "It's a fun opportunity for everyone," said Summer Reifferscheid (left) about the Montana's 2024 Brier. She came to the tournament with her grandma (right), grandpa and little sister. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
McEwen edges Dunstone to advance to Brier semifinal
Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen is walking on the edge at the 2024 Montana's Brier this weekend, but he's staying upright, hanging on Saturday with a 6-5 win against Matt Dunstone's Manitoba rink. The loss...
Mar 09, 2024 Colton Flasch (left) and Kevin Marsh sweep a rock during Saturday's 3-4 Page playoff game. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Record-tying game keeps Saskatchewan alive at the Brier
Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen stayed alive at the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday night with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories at the Brandt Centre. A loss would have eliminated McEwen...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen advanced to the 3-4 Page playoff game with a 7-0 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Sask. continues to see young people start their careers in the province
The working class in Saskatchewan is continuously expanding. According to Statistics Canada, 18,700 new full-time jobs were added in the province in February, which is an increase of 15,200 compared t...
Mar 08, 2024
McEwen drops 1-2 qualifier to Bottcher at Montana's Brier
Saskatchewan suffered only its second loss of the 2024 Montana's Brier on Friday, but it can't afford another one. Mike McEwen's Saskatoon Nutana foursome lost 9-7 to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in a 1...
Mar 08, 2024 Mike McEwen lost his first game of the playoff round Friday at the Montana's Brier. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Saskatchewan fans itching for first Brier win in 44 years
The Alliban sisters have been curling fans their whole lives. Hailing from Hazlet, Lindsay Alliban and Jamie Alliban -- along with their cousin-in-law Britny Andrews -- have gone to curling events all...
Mar 08, 2024 Jamie Alliban (left), Britny Andrews (middle) and Lindsay Alliban (right) were enthusiastically cheering for Team Saskatchewan at the 2024 Brier. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Sask. gov't says more than 1,000 nursing grads hired since December 2022
The Saskatchewan government says it has hired more than 1,000 nursing graduates over the past 14 months. In an update Thursday on the progress of the Health Human Resources Action Plan, the government...
Mar 07, 2024 The province said 1,002 nursing graduates from Saskatchewan and outside the province have been hired since December of 2022. (980 CJME file photo)
Former Sask. Party MLA Ryan Domotor apologizes to the Assembly
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Ryan Domotor began the spring session of the Legislative Assembly with an apology. "I can't change what I tried to do that day," Domotor said Monday. "But it is something...
Mar 05, 2024 Ryan Domotor's charge of communicating to obtain sexual services was stayed in February. (Screenshot/Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Video Archive)
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