Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Latest COVID update Jan. 11: 8 deaths, 412 new cases, 197 in hospital
After being unable to fully report its usual COVID-19 update on Sunday, the provincial government reported eight deaths Monday. In its daily update, the province reported new COVID-related fatalities,...
Jan 11, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Sask. home builder predicts drop in lumber prices this spring
A Saskatchewan home builder is predicting some relief from high lumber prices in time for the spring building season. “(By) late March, early April we expect a drop as much of 30 per cent in the...
Jan 11, 2021
Vaccine plan needs faster rollout, better communication, says Sask. nurses' union
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) thinks the province's program to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines needs to be sped up in a significant way. "The quicker we go, the quicker we get...
Jan 11, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 9: 7 deaths, 332 new cases, 189 recoveries
Another seven people in Saskatchewan who contracted COVID-19 have died. In its daily update, the province said four of the deaths were in the north-central region - one person aged 70 to 79 and three ...
Jan 09, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan farmers brace for financial blows in 2021
Saskatchewan farmers are bracing for a more expensive year, as the increased carbon tax brings more financial challenges for provincial producers. The tax started at $20 per tonne in 2019, before incr...
Jan 09, 2021
Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate dies of COVID-19 complications
An inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died outside the hospital after "an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19," the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced Saturday. Thi...
Jan 09, 2021
Vaccine holdback not required by Health Canada despite health minister's claims
Saskatchewan maintains the federal government asked the province to hold back half of the first COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to the province, despite comments from Health Canada otherwise. Several...
Jan 08, 2021 Sask. Health Minister Paul Merriman (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 8: 7 deaths, 336 new cases, 223 recoveries
As the province steps up vaccinations, another seven people have died after contracting COVID-19. In its daily update, the Saskatchewan government confirmed that four people in the Regina zone ...
Jan 08, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
Suspension of some provincial court proceedings extended
Saskatchewan's provincial court system is extending its COVID-related suspension of some proceedings for another month. On Friday, Chief Judge J.A. Plemel issued a statement saying most trials, prelim...
Jan 08, 2021
Calls for Ribbon Skirt Day after Saskatchewan Indigenous student wearing one shamed
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned h...
Jan 08, 2021
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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