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Changes coming to Sask. high school graduation requirements
Starting in the 2024-25 school year, high school students in Saskatchewan will have different requirements to graduate -- including taking a course on financial literacy. In a media release Wednesday,...
Nov 08, 2023 Saskatchewan is changing graduation requirements for high school students starting in the 2024-25 school year. (980 CJME file photo)
Poaching health-care workers, travel nurses among topics at premiers' meeting
One of Saskatchewan's moves to bring more health-care workers into the province is being put to an end by an agreement between premiers. Premier Scott Moe and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston spoke wit...
Nov 07, 2023 Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talk health care and housing at a news conference after a Council of the Federation Meeting on Nov. 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
Barriers continue for those seeking residential school docs from P.A. Diocese
Derek Craddock While a search for residential school documents from Prince Albert is hitting many obstacles and leaving some frustrated, the local Diocese says it's doing what it can to help. On Oct. ...
Nov 07, 2023
Environment Canada issues alerts as dreary weather continues
A fog advisory continued Tuesday morning for parts of western Saskatchewan. The alert includes North Battleford, Kindersley, Lloydminster and areas along the Alberta border. Environment Canada warns t...
Nov 07, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP probing three crashes on Saskatchewan roads
Two people died and four people were hospitalized after three separate crashes on Saskatchewan roads over the past four days. On Friday at around 12:45 p.m., RCMP officers got a call about a collision...
Nov 06, 2023 Two people died and four people were hurt in three crashes that occurred on roads across the province. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan posts country's lowest unemployment rate
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate in October was the lowest in the country. According to the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey, which was published on Friday, the province's unemployment rate last ...
Nov 03, 2023 Saskatchewan had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada in October, according to a Statistics Canada report. (980 CJME file photo)
'Very scary:' Regina woman evicted from subsidized housing
First, Evelyn Harper lost her home care. Then, she couldn't prepare for her subsidized housing unit to be treated for its cockroach infestation. So the 71-year-old was evicted and rolled out into the ...
Nov 02, 2023 Evelyn Harper came to the Legislature for help after being evicted from her Regina Housing Authority unit last week, after losing her home care and not being able to prepare for a treatment for a cockroach infestation. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New SGI campaign focuses on preventing impaired driving
After a fun night out, it's important to keep that fun going by ensuring you have a safe ride home. That's the message from SGI's new impaired driving ad campaign. It kicks off SGI's November Traffic ...
Nov 02, 2023 A new SGI campaign focuses on the prevention of impaired driving. It highlights the many options people have for a safe ride home. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
43 Filipino nurses added to Saskatchewan's health-care system
The Saskatchewan government says 43 nurses from the Philippines have arrived in the province under its Health Human Resources Action Plan. The Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) are getting on-sit...
Nov 02, 2023 The Saskatchewan government provided an update Thursday on its Health Human Resources Action Plan. (980 CJME file photo)
Breakdown of two cancer screening devices added to backlog in Sask.
Another Saskatchewan family has shared its struggle with long wait times when it comes to receiving a cancer diagnosis, this time because the machines were inoperative. A Regina woman had to wait near...
Nov 02, 2023 The cyclotron device at the Saskatchewan Cyclotron Facility in Saskatoon was down for close to two weeks in September. (John Root/Submitted)
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