Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Sask. Jazz Festival warning against third-party ticket scam
The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival wants people to know they aren’t selling any tickets yet for 2024 - so they don’t fall victim to a scam. In a post made to Facebook on Friday, the or...
Feb 17, 2024
Inquest to be held into death of man after 'incident' at General Hospital
Dates have been set for a public inquest into the death of a man who died after what was termed "an incident" at Regina's General Hospital in 2021. The inquest into the death of George Meldrum is to b...
Feb 16, 2024 George Meldrum died in September of 2021 after what the Ministry of Justice called 'an incident' at the General Hospital. (980 CJME file photo)
Almost one-third of small businesses in Sask. did not pay back CEBA loan
Almost one-third of small Saskatchewan businesses were not able to repay the $60,000 Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan by the Jan. 18 deadline. Brianna Solberg, the director of the Prairie...
Feb 15, 2024 Many Saskatchewan businesses could be forced to close their doors after failing to repay their Canada Emergency Business Account loans. (980 CJME file photo)
'Til debt do us part: Valentine's Day bills lay heavy on wallets
The love between you and your partner may not extend towards your wallet. Valentine's Day can come with big expectations and big expenses that dig into people's budgets. Cassidy Fedoruk, a post-second...
Feb 14, 2024 Whether it's a scam or a first date, Valentine's Day will leave your wallet a little lighter this year. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Province investing $32 million to add 45 new portable classrooms
The Saskatchewan government is adding more classroom space around the province in an effort to address concerns raised by teachers. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education announced an additional $32 ...
Feb 14, 2024 The Saskatchewan government is adding 45 new portable classrooms to schools around the province. The move comes as the province refuses to make class size and complexity part of negotiations with teachers. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan teachers headed back to picket lines after talks break down
Saskatchewan teachers are going back on strike. In a media release Tuesday evening, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation announced that talks with the province's Government-Trustee Bargaining Committ...
Feb 13, 2024
17 Sask. municipal projects to split $800K in government funding
More than $800,000 has been earmarked for 17 new municipal projects under the Saskatchewan government's Targeted Sector Support (TSS) Initiative. In a release, the government said the initiative "give...
Feb 13, 2024 The Saskatchewan government is putting up more than $800,000 for the projects. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME file photo)
Sask., Alberta NDP putting distance between themselves and federal big oil bill
The NDP in Saskatchewan and Alberta have joined together to announce they do not support a recent private member's bill from a federal NDP Member of Parliament on restricting advertising from big oil ...
Feb 12, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Energy Critic Aleana Young (left) has joined her Alberta NDP counterpart to say they don’t support a federal NDP private member’s bill which proposes to limit oil company advertising. (980 CJME file photo)
New poll shows NDP leading among decided Sask. voters
According to the results of a new poll, decided Saskatchewan voters would elect a provincial New Democratic Party government if they went to the polls today. A new independent poll released on Friday ...
Feb 10, 2024
Non-emergent stretcher service aims to alleviate EMS call volumes in Sask.
The demand for ambulances and high call volumes for EMS services in Saskatchewan has left some patients waiting hours for transportation. The owner of a private non-emergency stretcher service is hopi...
Feb 09, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...