Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update April 1: 205 recoveries, 199 new cases, 9 new variant cases
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the Regina area went over the 100 mark for the first time Thursday, when the provincial government revealed there had been discrepancies in earlier reports. Accordi...
Apr 01, 2021
APAS report gives 43 recommendations to improve rural internet connectivity
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is out with its final report to address spotty or absent internet in rural internet and cell connectivity. The province’s largest farm orga...
Apr 01, 2021
Premier reacts to latest carbon tax increase
Premier Scott Moe offered a few hints Thursday about what could be in Saskatchewan's carbon pricing system that would replace the federal backstop. The federal carbon tax increased Thursday from $10 p...
Apr 01, 2021
Regina churches 'thrilled' to be welcoming people for Easter
Places of worship in Regina are thrilled just to be able to have people in churches this Easter. That's a big contrast to last year, says Lisa Polk with the Archdiocese of Regina. "Last year we were i...
Apr 01, 2021 Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina. (980 CJME file photo)
NDP unveils priorities for jobs ahead of Sask. budget
Thousands of people have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Saskatchewan NDP thinks the provincial government should be making jobs and workers a priority in the upcoming budget. NDP...
Mar 31, 2021 NDP MLA Aleana Young in front of the legislative building on March 17, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update March 31: 191 new cases, 176 recoveries, 2 deaths
Nearly 8,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Saskatchewan on Tuesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said 8,491 shots were given, increasing the total number of vaccination...
Mar 31, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan RCMP now participating in Clare's Law
The Saskatchewan RCMP has joined the ranks of police forces that are participating in Clare's Law. The Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol came into effect in June, but the Saskatchewan RCMP sa...
Mar 31, 2021
Family of Weyakwin Lake man offers $100,000 for his safe return
By Derek Cornet A $100,000 reward has been offered for the safe return of a Weyakwin Lake man who went fishing Sept. 23 and has not been seen since. "He went out fishing at about 6 p.m. in the evening...
Mar 31, 2021
Shahab says COVID numbers in Moose Jaw 'very concerning'
Dr. Saqib Shahab had a warning for Canada's Most Notorious City on Tuesday. "I think Moose Jaw is on red alert," Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer said during a conference call. Moose Jaw ha...
Mar 30, 2021 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Teachers, students sleep in Sask. schools because of spring storm
Many students and teachers around Saskatchewan had unusual sleeps Monday night, after a snowstorm forced them to sleep in school due to treacherous road conditions. Herbert School principal Chad Strik...
Mar 30, 2021 The teachers and staff at Herbert school that were storm-stayed. (Herbert School/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...