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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Provincial government taking aim at feral pig problem
Saskatchewan is taking steps to limit the impact of feral pigs and wild boars on the province. With experts saying wild boars and feral pigs are running amok in Saskatchewan, the provincial government...
Mar 16, 2022 A pack of wild boars. (Ryan Brook/Submitted)
Rural municipalities get $262M from provincial government
Saskatchewan's municipalities are getting more than $262 million in funding from the provincial government in 2022-23. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement Wednesday at the Saskatchewan Association...
Mar 16, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan adds more than 1,200 new child-care spaces
Parents in 21 Saskatchewan communities are getting help when it comes to finding child-care spaces. The federal and provincial governments announced Wednesday they're creating 1,202 new, licensed, not...
Mar 16, 2022 The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced $23.5 million in funding for 2,349 new child care spaces across the province. (Canadian Press file photo)
Premier talks Ukrainian president, oligarchs and Evraz Regina
As the war wages on in Ukraine and the damage and casualties mount, local leaders are looking to figure out what they can do here. Premier Scott Moe watched Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's ad...
Mar 16, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan's Ukrainian community moved by Zelensky's address
Ukrainians in Saskatchewan are behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan executive director Danylo Puderak watched Zelensky address Canada’s Parl...
Mar 15, 2022
Sask. energy minister believes industry faces challenges to provide immediate production
Saskatchewan's energy and resources minister thinks the energy industry faces a number of challenges as it tries to ramp up. An increase in demand for oil has sent prices skyrocketing after many count...
Mar 15, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Housing developer criticizes province's work on affordable housing
Saskatchewan has one of the highest rates of domestic or interpersonal violence in the country, but a local housing developer believes the provincial government isn't doing enough to help. Last week, ...
Mar 15, 2022 Jennifer Denouden, president and CEO of Avana, a housing corporation in the prairies. Denouden is frustrated with what she sees as a lack of action from the provincial government on housing for families fleeing interpersonal violence. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
City of Regina prepares for above-average winter melt as well as potholes
As spring quickly approaches, the City of Regina is preparing for a higher-than-usual spring melt. Roughly 90 centimetres (or 35 inches) of snow has fallen in Regina this winter, around 30 cm more tha...
Mar 15, 2022
Saskatchewan launches work experience program
More than 400 people are to get help from the Saskatchewan government in hopes of helping them find work. The provincial government announced Tuesday it was putting $4 million into the Economic Recove...
Mar 15, 2022 "That's why it's called the hospitality industry. We need those smiling faces in the right places," said Jim Bence, President and CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Ukrainian refugees reportedly beginning to arrive in Canada
Reports say some Ukrainian refugees have already set foot on Canadian soil, with hundreds and hundreds more expected over the next few weeks. Refugees are to be placed in Saskatchewan in major cities ...
Mar 14, 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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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
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