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. 2: 2 deaths, 238 new cases
The COVID-related death toll in Saskatchewan has risen to 53. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported the deaths of two Saskatchewan residents who had tested positi...
Dec 02, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Violators of Saskatchewan’s new public health orders typically to end up in court: Lawyer
Saskatchewan's public health orders, while criticized by some, are still laws in the province. Brian Pfefferle, a Saskatoon-based criminal trial lawyer, joined Gormley on Wednesday to discuss the orde...
Dec 02, 2020
SaskPower rebate takes effect
Saskatchewan residents started getting a break on their power bills Tuesday. As promised by the Saskatchewan Party during the election campaign, all SaskPower customers will be getting a 10 per cent r...
Dec 01, 2020 (SaskPower/Submitted)
Saskatchewan casinos adjust to new capacity limits
You can still go all-in at the casino, but it might look a little bit different than usual. New capacity restrictions issued by the provincial government went into effect on Friday and are already imp...
Dec 01, 2020
Battle on controlling STI numbers in Sask. on display this World AIDS Day
Saskatchewan is working towards goals that didn’t seem attainable even one decade ago. The work within harm reduction and battling the AIDS crisis has been vast, particularly towards the Indigen...
Dec 01, 2020
Latest COVID update Dec. 1: 4 deaths, 181 new cases
Another four Saskatchewan residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19, matching the highest single-day total of deaths seen in the province so far during the pandemic. The latest up...
Dec 01, 2020
Province to consider more COVID-19 school safety funding applications
Saskatchewan schools will soon have a chance to receive a portion of another $64 million in funding aimed at keeping staff and students safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government wil...
Dec 01, 2020 Two organizations are threatening legal action if the Saskatchewan government doesn't alter its new policies surrounding students' chosen pronouns in schools. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Moe talks schools, jails and Christmas with COVID-19
It has been only a few days since new health measures have come into effect in Saskatchewan, and Premier Scott Moe said it'll take a little longer before any effects will be seen. Moe is confident the...
Nov 30, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Business community being misrepresented during COVID pandemic: NSBA executive
Keith Moen is concerned with how the business community is being represented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Saskatoon Business Association executive director said there has been rhetoric comi...
Nov 30, 2020 NSBA executive director Keith Moen.
(Keith Moen/Twitter)
Throne speech focuses on COVID-19, election promises
As it has been in everyone's lives for the past nine months, COVID-19 was a running theme through the new provincial government's speech from the throne Monday afternoon. The speech laid out the gover...
Nov 30, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
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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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