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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COVID Alert app now operational in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents now can use the Canadian government's COVID Alert app. On Sept. 2, Premier Scott Moe said the provincial government was moving ahead with its plan to use the app. That plan came...
Sep 18, 2020 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
Six months later: Lockdown in Saskatchewan
For some, it almost seems like a dream when Saskatchewan was turned upside down six months ago. On March 18, the provincial government issued orders to lock down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stores c...
Sep 18, 2020 Owner Michelle Strawford is excited to reopen her retail clothing store, Bella Chic Fashion Decor in White City, on May 19, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Organizer of Saskatoon event linked to COVID outbreak fined $2,000
The Saskatchewan government has levied a $2,000 fine against the organizer of a social gathering in Saskatoon that so far has been associated with 21 cases of COVID-19. In its daily update Thursday, t...
Sep 17, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Métis group wants hunting and fishing rights extended
A Saskatchewan legal group is calling for change in how the province regulates hunting and fishing rights for Mtis people. Currently, those living outside of parts of northern Saskatchewan are not rec...
Sep 17, 2020 Lawyer Clem Chartier (left) and Charles Belhumeur (right) speak in front of the legislative building on Sept. 17, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Gov't upgrading roads into some provincial parks
Campers are going to find it easier to get to some of Saskatchewan's provincial parks in 2021. The Saskatchewan government announced Thursday it's planning to pave more than 100 kilometres of roads th...
Sep 17, 2020
Meili, NDP commit to increasing geothermal energy presence in Sask.
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP want to make geothermal energy a focal point in the province's future. In an emailed new release, Meili and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said an NDP government ...
Sep 17, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Frost advisory issued for areas of central, eastern Saskatchewan
A frost advisory is in effect for areas of central and eastern Saskatchewan. Environment Canada put out the advisory Wednesday just before 3:30 p.m., for areas around Carlyle, Oxbow, Carnduff, Bienfai...
Sep 16, 2020
Hutterian Safety Council attributes uptick in COVID cases to increased testing, return to school
With school back in session and more testing being done, the Hutterian Safety Council isn't surprised by an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Hutterite communities. "The Saskatchewan Health Authority was wo...
Sep 16, 2020 (Image courtesy of Hutterian Health Communities)
NDP hopes to ban private health services, increase investment in health
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping to reform the provincial health-care system. The party announced a new policy Wednesday entitled The Saskatchewan Medicare Protection Act. A major change it lists is ban...
Sep 16, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili and NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat speaking on their plans for health-care changes on Sept. 16, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Victims’ services looks to help families of missing persons cope
This week, there's a large video billboard sitting outside the new Regina Police Service headquarters building on Saskatchewan Drive. The billboard flips through photos, with names printed underneath,...
Sep 16, 2020 A billboard featuring pictures of long-term missing people in Saskatchewan has been erected on Saskatchewan Drive in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...