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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)
'A statement of respect:' Sask. MLAs unanimously pass poppy rights law
In a rare show of togetherness, all Saskatchewan MLAs voted together to immediately pass the government's poppy legislation after it was introduced on Wednesday. "I don't remember many times -- and I'...
Nov 02, 2023 Workplace and Labour Relations Minister Don McMorris. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan government passes poppy legislation
The Saskatchewan government is looking to protect the poppy. On Wednesday, the government introduced and passed The Saskatchewan Remembrance Observance Act, which it said would make sure employees can...
Nov 01, 2023 The Saskatchewan government has passed legislation protecting the rights of employees to wear poppies in their workplaces to mark Remembrance Day. (980 CJME file photo)
'Carbon jail:' Duncan looking to shift responsibility to government on carbon tax
As it sets up a potential fight with the federal government over the carbon tax and home heating, Saskatchewan's government is also looking to make sure it's the only one in the crosshairs. Dustin Dun...
Nov 01, 2023 Crowns Minister Duncan Dustin said Tuesday he would likely be the one going to jail if the federal government pursues criminal charges when SaskEnergy stops paying the carbon tax in the new year. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Police seeking suspect in North Battleford killing in 2022
The RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a man who has been charged with manslaughter. On Tuesday, the Mounties said a warrant had been issued for 34-year-old Nolan Bird, who has been char...
Oct 31, 2023
Moe tells Gormley withholding carbon tax payments 'likely not' legal
Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that it's "likely not" legal to have SaskEnergy stop collecting the carbon tax and submitting it to the federal government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a thr...
Oct 31, 2023 Premier Scott Moe told Gormley on Tuesday that having SaskEnergy withhold carbon tax payments to the federal government likely isn't legal, but he's willing to go ahead with the plan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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