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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Regina preps to get its first micro-cannabis grower
Regina will be getting its first legal micro-cannabis grower by the end of October. VIGR Life Cannabis (VLC) received their micro cultivation license from Health Canada, which allows them to grow mari...
Oct 17, 2020 Kirk Tousaw, a cannabis lawyer and CEO of Great Gardiner Farms Ltd., said there has been tremendous success since the legalization of pot. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward)
Sask. reports 40 new COVID cases and 2 fines, business told to close temporarily
With the mercury dropping but the number of positive COVID-19 cases on the rise, Saskatchewan's top doctor is reminding people they can't move the party indoors. "Meet more virtually. Only close frien...
Oct 16, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. community faces unusual circumstances due to closed border
Residents of a small community in southeastern Saskatchewan are dealing with some unusual circumstances amid the continued closure of the Canada-U.S. border. The border separating Canada and the U.S. ...
Oct 16, 2020 Gateway Cities Golf Course's clubhouse is located on the American side of the border, but it's nine holes are on the Canadian side, leaving the course stuck in the middle of the closed border. (Submitted)
Sask. reports 33 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported 33 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the vast majority of which were connected to known cases and/or gatherings. In its daily media release, the Ministry of Health said 25 of the new ...
Oct 15, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Buffalo Party, Progressive Conservatives looking to hold others to account
You probably know a fair bit about both the NDP and the Sask. Party for the upcoming election, but what about other Saskatchewan political parties? Saskatchewan also has the Progressive Conservative (...
Oct 15, 2020
Political scientist applauds debate for clarity, civility
University of Regina political scientist Jim Farney was impressed by what he saw during the provincial leaders' debate on Wednesday night. "There was some muttering and you could see some collars gett...
Oct 15, 2020
Moe and Meili go head to head in only leaders' debate
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Ryan Meili took turns trying to score points off each other in an exceedingly civil -- though at times heated -- debate Wednesday. Both Meili and Moe...
Oct 14, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Sask. reports 25 new COVID cases, 254 active cases
Saskatchewan reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the ninth straight day with a double-digit total of new cases. There have been 231 cases in that span. So far in October, there have been 2...
Oct 14, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Liberals, Green Party campaigning for change
We hear a lot about both the Sask. Party and the NDP provincially, but what about the other parties in Saskatchewan? Saskatchewan also has the Liberal Party, Green Party, Progressive Conservative Part...
Oct 14, 2020
Ballots are ready ahead of Saskatchewan election
Ballots are hot off the press in preparation for the upcoming Saskatchewan election. Nearly 1.3 million ballots have been made. That's more than enough, according to Dr. Michael Boda, the province's c...
Oct 13, 2020 Chief electoral officer Dr. Michael Boda holding up the vote-by-mail ballot kit ahead of the 2020 Saskatchewan election. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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