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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Sask. set to put forward case on carbon tax in front of Supreme Court
Saskatchewan is preparing to argue the carbon tax before the Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) on Tuesday. The SCOC is set to hear appeals in three separate cases to determine if the federal carbon tax i...
Sep 21, 2020
Urgent care centres announced for Regina and Saskatoon
Many of the details still have to be worked out, but Health Minister Jim Reiter stood in front of Regina's Pasqua Hospital on Monday morning to announce $30 million for two urgent care centres to be b...
Sep 21, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter announces funding for a new urgent care centre in Regina on Sept. 21, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 7 new COVID cases, including 3 more from Brandt outbreak
Saskatchewan reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including three that have been connected to the outbreak at Brandt Industries in Saskatoon. So far, 17 cases have been linked to that workp...
Sep 21, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP leader promises $10 million for student mental health
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili has promised $10 million to support student mental health should he become premier this fall. Half of that money would be used to hire 50 mental health nurses for sc...
Sep 21, 2020 NDP candidate for Regina-University Aleana Young speaking at an announcement where leader Ryan Meili (right) pledged $10 million to support student mental health. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Feds reluctantly approve Ontario and New Brunswick carbon prices for big emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government has reluctantly given green lights to both Ontario and New Brunswick to use their own carbon-pricing systems for big industrial emitters, rather than have a federal pro...
Sep 21, 2020
Sask. reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, 10 in Regina zone
The province announced 20 new COVID-19 cases for Saskatchewan on Sunday. This brings the total amount of active cases to 140 throughout the province. The Regina region saw 10 new cases on Sunday, Sask...
Sep 20, 2020
Police respond to separate fatal accidents
Saskatchewan RCMP responded to two separate fatal accidents on Saturday. Around 5:45 a.m, police responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Whitesand Drive near the community of Canora. The lone occupa...
Sep 19, 2020
Sask. reports record amount of testing, 11 new COVID-19 cases
Provincial health officials are reporting 11 new positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. A record number of COVID-19 tests were performed a day earlier. On Friday, 2,873 COVID-19 tests were performed in ...
Sep 19, 2020
Sask. reports 19 new COVID cases, including 12 in Saskatoon
The Saskatoon region has recorded another cluster of COVID-19 cases. The Saskatchewan government reported Friday that the area -- which already has seen multiple cases from a private gathering -- now ...
Sep 18, 2020
Helicopter helps rescue injured Saskatoon man in northern Sask.
A Saskatoon man and his dog are safe after an ordeal in northern Saskatchewan. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the Black Lake detachment got a call Wednesday at about 4 p.m., reporting a GPS devic...
Sep 18, 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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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