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University of Saskatchewan to offer training for physician assistants
Saskatchewan is preparing to train more health-care professionals in the province. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said it has asked the University of Saskatchewan's College of M...
Oct 31, 2023 The University of Saskatchewan is set to offer a physician assistant master's program. (980 CJME file photo)
BHP commits $6.4 billion to Jansen potash mine
BHP is cutting another big cheque to further develop the Jansen potash project east of Saskatoon. The mining giant announced a $6.4-billion investment on Tuesday for the second stage of the project, w...
Oct 31, 2023
'A political mud puddle:' Lawyer discusses Moe's carbon tax ultimatum
Premier Scott Moe is trying to save Saskatchewan residents some money on the carbon tax, but it could put his government back in court. Moe wants the federal government to include Saskatchewan in its ...
Oct 30, 2023 "The federal government is on damage control," law professor Eric Adams said after Premier Scott Moe demanded Saskatchewan be included in a carbon tax exemption. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Moe to stop carbon tax collection unless feds extend exemption
Premier Scott Moe is putting the heat on the federal government about the carbon tax. Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a pause on carbon pricing for heating oil in Atlantic Canada. T...
Oct 30, 2023 Premier Scott Moe says the federal government should apply the carbon tax on home heating sources fairly across the country. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Winter blast a 'punch in the gut,' but warmer November in store
The sudden onset to winter brought snow and lower temperatures to Saskatchewan, but temperatures should turn warmer in November. David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada, spoke w...
Oct 30, 2023 (Highway Hotline/Twitter)
Sask. NDP calls for expansion of carbon tax relief
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption to the carbon tax on heating oil in Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan's NDP is calling for the federal government to help out people in the prair...
Oct 27, 2023 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck is calling on the federal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to expand the recently announced carbon tax relief to Atlantic Canada and rural Canadians to the whole country. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Number of confirmed COVID cases climbing in Saskatchewan
The number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is on an upward trajectory. In its latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health said t...
Oct 27, 2023 The number of confirmed COVID cases in Saskatchewan and the test positivity rate rose over the past month. (The Canadian Press file photo)
Lawyer tells Gormley students, parents face most pressure after STF vote
After 95 per cent of members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation voted to impose sanctions on the provincial government, a Saskatoon-based employment lawyer joined Gormley to discuss the union's ...
Oct 27, 2023 A Saskatchewan employment lawyer says the government has options in the wake of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation vote to impose sanctions. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Vape shop owner pleased with gov't decision to raise vaping age
A Regina vape shop owner was pleased to hear the Saskatchewan government is raising the legal age for smoking and vaping from 18 to 19. The Saskatchewan Party made the announcement during Wednesday...
Oct 26, 2023
Report says salaries of Sask. Crown execs down 3% from previous year
Executives at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations received $18.7 million in salary during the 2022-23 fiscal year, a drop of three per cent from the previous year. In the 2022-23 payee disclosure report...
Oct 26, 2023 The Crown Investments Corporation released the list of all 2022-23 payments to all Crown employees in Saskatchewan on Oct. 26, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
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