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Funding for safe consumption sites again not included in Sask. budget
Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Kayla DeMong was not surprised at what was included - or what wasn't - in the Saskatchewan budget this year. Tabled Wednesday, the budget revealed a record $5...
Mar 22, 2024
Sask. chambers of commerce content with small business tax in provincial budget
The CEOs of both the Regina and Saskatoon chambers of commerce say they're pleased with where the Saskatchewan small business tax sits this year. The 2024-25 budget that was tabled by the province on ...
Mar 21, 2024 (980 CJME file photo)
Thousands of teachers pack the picket lines on Saskatchewan budget day
More than 4,000 protesters surrounded the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on budget day Wednesday, frustrated that teacher contract negotiations have gone on for this long. Music played and flags wa...
Mar 20, 2024 Teachers were at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday as part of a provincewide strike. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
WCB statistics say Sask. had lowest workplace injury rate ever in 2023
Saskatchewan's workplace injury rate for 2023 was the lowest in the province's recorded history. Statistics released by the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) show the total injury rate fo...
Mar 20, 2024 According to the WCB, 90 per cent of Saskatchewan workplaces reported no deaths or injuries in 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
Labour prof lays out what could happen as province, teachers continue to fight
Frustration is mounting for many in Saskatchewan as the provincial government and teachers' union continue their contract fight, and the question on the lips of many is "When will this end?" Both side...
Mar 19, 2024 Classrooms around the province will be empty Wednesday as teachers stage a one-day strike. (980 CJME file photo)
Feds providing Saskatchewan with $560M in health-care funding
Saskatchewan is getting $560 million in federal funding to improve health care in the province. On Monday in Regina, the federal and provincial governments announced they had signed two bilateral agre...
Mar 18, 2024 Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley talks about the improvements he hopes the province will be able to make in health-care programs with the $560 million from the federal government announced Monday. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland (left) also was on hand for the announcement Monday. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Huskies shut out 4-0 by Concordia in national championship quarterfinal
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's hockey team had its dreams of a Cinderella run at a national title ended by the No. 1 women's hockey team in the country from Concordia on Thursday. The ...
Mar 14, 2024
Cost of travel nurses is ballooning in Saskatchewan, NDP says
The Opposition NDP says Saskatchewan's reliance on contract nurses is getting "quite costly," which the NDP says is another sign of a failing health-care system. On Wednesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki ...
Mar 13, 2024 NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat said there should be greater transparency around the use of contract nurses. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Another 14 internationally trained doctors working in rural Sask., gov't says
Saskatchewan added 14 internationally trained doctors to practise in rural communities since December. In a release Wednesday, the provincial government said the latest doctors to join the workforce h...
Mar 13, 2024 Doctors who go through the SIPPA program agree to work in the province for three years. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan government taking steps to police bear spray
The rising number of bear spray incidents reported by police in Saskatchewan has led to new regulations concerning the irritant. On Tuesday, the provincial government announced it had created regulati...
Mar 12, 2024 The Saskatchewan government instituted regulations about the use of bear spray in urban areas.
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