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Sask. extends incentives to attract health-care workers to rural areas
The Saskatchewan government is putting up more money to get health-care workers into rural areas of the province. The government announced Thursday it's putting up another $3 million to extend the Rur...
Dec 07, 2023 The program offers incentives of between $30,000 and $50,000 over three years. (980 CJME file photo)
Feds, province invest $13.5M in nine infrastructure projects
The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are putting $13.5 million into nine infrastructure projects in the province. The federal government is investing more than $8.8 million, with the province ad...
Dec 06, 2023 The locations of the nine projects are spread across the province. 980 CJME file photo)
Moe says Sask. pavilion at COP-28 has been well-attended
Over the first couple days of Saskatchewan's pavilion being open at a United Nations climate conference in Dubai, Premier Scott Moe said the pavilion has had good attendance and good engagement at its...
Dec 06, 2023 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, speaking from the Saskatchewan pavilion at COP-28 in Dubai, says the first few day have gone extremely well and he's happy with the engagement so far. (Screenshot)
NDP questions deal with Calgary clinic to provide mammograms
The Saskatchewan government's deal with a private clinic in Calgary to provide mammograms isn't sitting well with the Opposition NDP. The province is to pay Clearpoint Health Network $2 million to pro...
Dec 05, 2023 NDP MLA Meara Conway. (980 CJME file photo)
New coal initiative saving jobs and communities: Coronach mayor
The Saskatchewan government is taking a step towards what it says is clean coal. On Tuesday, it announced $550,000 towards a research project, operated by Videre Energy, to find the best method of cle...
Dec 05, 2023 "When I first moved there, I got tired of hearing, 'It will be what it will be.' It will be what we let it be," said Coronach Mayor Cal Martin. He's looking forward to his town's partnership with Videre Energy. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Sask. students in health-care fields getting more options
The Saskatchewan government is offering students a chance to study outside the province in hopes they'll come back to fill health-care gaps. It's an existing program through which the province pays fo...
Dec 05, 2023 Advanced Education Minister Gordon Wyant (right) and other speakers at a government announcement about Saskatchewan securing training seats in other provinces for students in health-care fields. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Sask. sets record for surgeries between April and September
The Saskatchewan government says the province's surgical system is working at a record pace. In a media release Tuesday, the government said 47,748 procedures were done between April 1 and Sept. 30, t...
Dec 05, 2023 THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Chris Young
Group celebrates new accessibility legislation in Saskatchewan
A rally at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Monday celebrated the announcement of the provincial government's disability accessibility legislation. The Accessible Saskatchewan Act will help to...
Dec 04, 2023 A group was at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Monday to celebrate the passing of The Accessible Saskatchewan Act. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Grasshopper survey shows southwest was worst-hit area in Sask.
By Alex Kozroski The Saskatchewan government released a map last week after extensive surveying in Saskatchewan revealed the places most ravaged by grasshoppers over the spring and summer. The map sho...
Dec 04, 2023
Wintery weather slides through parts of central and south Sask.
Another shot of snowy weather hit the province early on Monday morning, but Environment Canada forecaster Brad Vrolijk said it might not stay on the ground for long. "Even if it sticks around for toda...
Dec 04, 2023 Environment Canada says a few centimeters of snow is expected for areas in south and central Sask. (File Photo)
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