Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Getting back to work: Unemployment rate in Sask. falls again
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate hit a seven-year low in February. According to data released by Statistics Canada on Friday, the province's unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent last month -- the lowest...
Mar 11, 2022 Compared with July 2024, employment in Saskatchewan was up by 16,000, or 2.6 per cent. (Canadian Press files)
Unused COVID vaccines expiring in Saskatchewan
While Saskatchewan struggles to get the remaining thousands of people vaccinated against COVID-19, unused vaccine doses in the province are nearing or passing their expiry date. In the past six months...
Mar 11, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Two officers suspended following child's death
Two members of the Prince Albert Police have been suspended with pay from active duty following the death of a 13-month-old child who was allegedly killed by his father hours after police attended a r...
Mar 11, 2022
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)
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Sarah Mills: Subtle words delivered by a king
Sarah Mills says King Charles touched on everything from NATO to climate and global conflicts in his speech to U.S. Cong...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...