Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update Dec. 4: 1 death, 283 new cases
Another Saskatchewan resident has died after contracting COVID-19. For the second day in a row, the lone fatality reported by the province is a person over the age of 80 who lived in the south ...
Dec 04, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Province to make more than 1,000 improvements to health-care facilities
The provincial government is outlining a $100-million investment in health-care facilities across Saskatchewan. In a media release Friday, the province noted that more than 1,000 projects have been id...
Dec 04, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The rate of job growth continued to slow in November with the economy adding 62,000 jobs, down from 84,000 in October. The gains were mostly focused in full-time work with a gain of 99,000 jo...
Dec 04, 2020
Saskatoon ag-based company looks to lighten the province’s load of COVID testing
Quantum Genetix is looking to ease the load of asymptomatic COVID testing on Saskatchewan, but it will cost you. The company, which usually works within the agricultural sector, is now licensed and se...
Dec 03, 2020
Latest COVID update Dec. 3: 1 death, 259 new cases
The daily rate of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan increased Thursday, with one death and 259 new cases reported by the provincial government. To date, 54 residents of the province have died after contr...
Dec 03, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan’s latest drug overdose death numbers surpass 300, nearly double record set in 2018
Forget about breaking Saskatchewan's record for overdose deaths set in 2018; we're now nearing doubling it. New numbers from Jan. 1 through Tuesday indicate that Saskatchewan is on pace to double its ...
Dec 03, 2020
Legislation introduced to create home renovation tax credit
Delivering on one of the planks of its re-election platform, the Saskatchewan Party will be helping homeowners with their renovations. On Thursday, the governing Sask. Party introduced legislation for...
Dec 03, 2020 (Carolyn Hamilton/Submitted)
FSIN says it’s imperative for First Nations to be on COVID-19 vaccine priority list
When Saskatchewan rolls up its sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Indigenous population should be on the priority list. That was the message from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)...
Dec 02, 2020
Ambulance fees for Saskatchewan seniors reduced
The Saskatchewan Party followed through on another of its campaign promises Wednesday. One day after introducing the Saskatchewan Economic Recovery Rebate — which it had promised to do in the ru...
Dec 02, 2020
Keeping ice safety top of mind this winter
Whether you’re snowmobiling, ice fishing or cross-country skiing this winter, the Water Security Agency wants you to keep ice safety top of mind. “This year is very important because I kno...
Dec 02, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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