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Year-end figures show Saskatchewan's deficit lower than expected
Saskatchewan is reporting a $1.13-billion deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year - a significantly lower number than was forecast. The deficit announced by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday is...
Jun 30, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
13-year-old arrested after shooting someone with a BB gun
A 13-year-old boy is facing charges after he was arrested for allegedly shooting a 12-year-old with a BB gun. On Tuesday night at 7:43 p.m. Regina police responded to a call of a 12-year-old getting s...
Jun 30, 2021 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan completely covered in heat warnings
Heat warnings are now in place for the entire province. The prolonged heat wave started in northern and west-central Saskatchewan over the weekend and by Monday and Tuesday it had stretched to include...
Jun 30, 2021
Moe dismisses notion of vaccine passports in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is taking a pass on vaccine passports. During a media conference Tuesday, Premier Scott Moe said the province will not require people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they att...
Jun 29, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update June 29: 52 new cases, 54 recoveries, 2 deaths
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals has fallen to a seven-month low. The Ministry of Health said Tuesday there were 72 hospitalizations due to COVID in the province, the fewest s...
Jun 29, 2021
Details announced for Shake The Lake
After being cancelled last year, Shake The Lake is to return in August. The buildup to the event on the grounds of the Conexus Arts Centre will look a little bit different this year, according to the ...
Jun 29, 2021 (Shake the Lake file photo/Facebook)
'A lot of work': Sask. struggling to hit 70 per cent vaccination mark
More than a week after the provincial government declared Saskatchewan was close enough to start the countdown on the end of the mask mandate and large gathering ban, the province still hasn't got a f...
Jun 28, 2021
Latest COVID update June 28: 17 new cases, 468 active cases
Saskatchewan reported just 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, its lowest daily total since early October. The last time reported cases were that low in the province was Oct. 7, when the number was 10...
Jun 28, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
108 Sask. communities get funding for traffic safety projects
Photo radar fines are funding another 112 traffic safety initiatives in Saskatchewan. On Monday, the Saskatchewan government said 112 projects in 108 communities are to receive money through the Provi...
Jun 28, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Star City-area man hit with $15K fine for wildlife offences
A 67-year-old man from the Star City area has been fined $15,000 after a number of deer were shot and killed near that town. According to the Ministry of Environment, conservation officers in Melfort ...
Jun 28, 2021 (Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment/Submitted)
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...