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Rhetoric at legislature gets heated as session nears its end
As the six weeks of the spring sitting have gone on, the barbs traded back and forth in the Legislative Assembly have been getting sharper. In the past week, the speaker has had to stand several times...
May 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'Eternal optimists': Farmers hopeful for rain as seeding continues
Farmers in Saskatchewan are hoping to soak in some rain rather than sun in the near future. "There's pockets that are good and pockets that are dry. I think in the next week we will be dry in most of ...
May 13, 2021 (SaskOrganics/Twitter)
Sask. NDP calling on provincial government to 'save our summer'
With warmer weather on the way and the possibility of more things to do, Saskatchewan's NDP is calling on the provincial government to do more to get people out -- safely -- this summer. The Oppositio...
May 13, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili on May 13, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. won’t let those with COVID tickets flout public health orders: Wyant
Saskatchewan Justice Minister Gord Wyant says the province is going to get more aggressive when it comes to people who don’t pay their COVID-19 tickets. During Question Period on Monday, Wyant w...
May 13, 2021
Seeding ahead of schedule in Saskatchewan, but rain required
Seeding in Saskatchewan is well ahead of the five-year average, but a lack of moisture could affect the crops that already are in the ground. In the weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture sai...
May 13, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'More and more worrisome:' Dry conditions persist in Saskatchewan
Farmers are continuing to cope with a dry Saskatchewan spring. For weeks, farmers have been looking to the sky hoping for any drop of moisture to aid crops as seeding continues. Southwest farmer and a...
May 12, 2021
Sask. residents who got AstraZeneca vaccine as first doses wonder what's next
In late March, Regina-area farmer Kevin Huber joined thousands of others and got in line at Evraz Place, rolled up his sleeve and got his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. At the time, t...
May 12, 2021
Sask. minister concerned about dispute over Enbridge's Line 5
Keeping in mind all the Saskatchewan product that runs through it, Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre is watching the dispute over Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline with concern. Michigan Gov. Gre...
May 12, 2021 (AP file photo/John Flesher)
Saskatchewan ventilators on their way to help India
Saskatchewan is reaching out to take care of India, sending ventilators to the COVID-ravaged country on Wednesday. India is facing a bad situation, with record COVID case numbers and a health-care sys...
May 12, 2021 Saskatchewan sent ventilators to India as part of a COVID-19 relief package on May 12, 2021. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update May 12: 238 recoveries, 183 new cases, 2 deaths
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has fallen to its lowest level in more than a month. According to an update Wednesday from the Ministry of Health, 2,016 cases are considered active...
May 12, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...