Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Experts dispute Sask. police's description of latest fentanyl doses
Public health experts and safe consumption sites are sounding the alarm about the term "naloxone-resistant fentanyl." The RCMP and the Saskatoon and Moose Jaw police services all put out statements th...
Dec 15, 2023 "The naloxone has no effect on the benzodiazepines and the xylazine which makes the substances incredibly dangerous," said Kayla Demong, executive director at Prairie Harm Reduction. (650 CKOM file photo)
Commercial beekeepers in Sask. get assistance from feds, province
Saskatchewan's commercial beekeepers who were stung by heavy losses in 2022 are getting some help from the federal and provincial governments. The two levels of government are providing a total of $1 ...
Dec 12, 2023 The funding will help producers who lost at least 30 per cent of their colonies in 2022. (The Canadian Press file photo)
Rush drop home opener to Rochester 16-14
A late penalty in the fourth quarter from Saskatchewan Rush defenceman Bobby Kidd III proved to be costly as the Rush dropped their home opener 16-14 to the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday night at ...
Dec 09, 2023
Retired Saskatoon police officer warns about sextortion
The conversation surrounding sextortion cases is picking up steam across Canada. It comes after a 12-year-old boy in B.C. committed suicide after being the victim in a sextortion case. Sextortion is t...
Dec 09, 2023
Study says Saskatchewan's methane emissions underestimated
Just days after Saskatchewan's government criticized the federal government's proposed methane rules for the oil and gas industry, new research is criticizing emissions from Saskatchewan's oilpatch. A...
Dec 08, 2023 A new emissions study suggests Saskatchewan's oilpatch emissions are higher than estimated. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports five more flu-related deaths
Influenza claimed the lives of five Saskatchewan residents over the past two weeks. According to the Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report issued Friday by the Ministry of Health, ...
Dec 08, 2023 Only to the Ministry of Health, just over 21 per cent of Saskatchewan residents have got their flu shot this year. (The Canadian Press file photo)
'She's a fighter:' Regina man pushing for mother's treatment in province
Brayden Dutchak's mom, Tamara Heppner, already managed to beat cancer -- she's in remission -- but now she's in a Regina hospital, needing care for the damage the cancer treatment did. That's why Dutc...
Dec 08, 2023 Brayden Dutchak is fighting to get the hyperbaric oxygen chamber in Moose Jaw back open so his mother can get the treatment she needs. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Double whammy:' Eyre says Sask. has been slammed by another federal regulation
The Saskatchewan Party and the NDP have found something to agree on: The province is standing firm against new federal regulations on oil and gas emissions. Under the policy framework, the industry wi...
Dec 07, 2023 Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says the new federal regulations on oil and gas cap emissions likely will go to the province's Economic Assessment Tribunal. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. senator discusses amendment of Bill C-234 with Evan Bray
There's no answer yet as to what the future of Bill C-234 looks like for farmers in Saskatchewan. On Tuesday night, the Senate voted 40-39 in favour of an amendment to the legislation that would've ex...
Dec 07, 2023
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)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...