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 confident about Evraz despite sanctions against shareholder
Premier Scott Moe isn't concerned about Evraz Regina being affected by new sanctions against one of its parent company's shareholders. On Thursday, Roman Abramovitch was added to a list of Russian oli...
Mar 10, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports 1,013 new COVID cases, 13 deaths
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 over the past week in Saskatchewan fell by more than 70 per cent from the previous week. The weekly epidemiological data issued by the Ministry of Health on Thursd...
Mar 10, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Affordable housing project announced in Regina
Some people in Regina will have a new place to call home. A three-storey apartment building consisting of 116 affordable housing units -- 39 of which are intended for women and children fleeing domest...
Mar 10, 2022 Minister of Housing, Diversity and inclusion, Ahmed Hussen (left), and Jennifer Denouden, President and CEO of Avana (right). (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Some areas of Saskatchewan facing below-normal runoffs
Saskatchewan has had a lot of snow this winter, but some areas of the province are still facing below-normal runoffs this spring. The Water Security Agency (WSA) issued its spring runoff forecast for ...
Mar 10, 2022
RCMP offers drivers some keys to avoiding vehicle thefts
Leaving the keys inside led to nearly a third of the vehicle thefts reported to the Saskatchewan RCMP last year. The Mounties on Thursday said the 1,519 vehicle theft files they opened in 2021 include...
Mar 10, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
eBikes offer option to avoid rising gas prices
Driving to work might not fit the finances in the coming weeks and months, given the astronomical gas prices across the country. Shannon Keuhn said there has been an increase in interest in eBikes ove...
Mar 10, 2022
'If you don't have to go, don't:' Nasty weather closes highways across Sask.
It's another day of poor driving conditions on Saskatchewan highways. Around 4 p.m., the Highway Hotline said the Trans-Canada Highway was closed from Regina to Belle Plaine due to drifting snow, redu...
Mar 10, 2022 Traffic at a standstill on the Trans-Canada Highway south of Regina on March 10, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Yorkton man takes home $20 million in Lotto Max win
It's something a lot of us might find ourselves daydreaming about: What would we do if we won the lottery? For 72-year-old Ernie Anuik, a retiree from Yorkton who used to work as a public servant, it'...
Mar 09, 2022 Vice-chair of Saskatchewan Lotteries, Michael Rogers (left), and Lotto Max winner Ernie Anuik (right). (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
'Please save her life': Sask. woman takes in niece fleeing from Ukraine
Maryna Shkarupa's sister had to make a heartbreaking decision -- sending her 16-year-old daughter away to escape the war in Ukraine. "This isn't a one-night decision. My sister (Ludmyla Gerevianka), s...
Mar 09, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Frank Gunn
Saskatchewan NDP calling for return of daily COVID data
It has been several weeks since the Saskatchewan government decided to do away with daily reporting of things like new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and instead switched to a weekly epi...
Mar 08, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...