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Lawyer tells Gormley students, parents face most pressure after STF vote
After 95 per cent of members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation voted to impose sanctions on the provincial government, a Saskatoon-based employment lawyer joined Gormley to discuss the union's ...
Oct 27, 2023 A Saskatchewan employment lawyer says the government has options in the wake of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation vote to impose sanctions. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Vape shop owner pleased with gov't decision to raise vaping age
A Regina vape shop owner was pleased to hear the Saskatchewan government is raising the legal age for smoking and vaping from 18 to 19. The Saskatchewan Party made the announcement during Wednesday...
Oct 26, 2023
Report says salaries of Sask. Crown execs down 3% from previous year
Executives at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations received $18.7 million in salary during the 2022-23 fiscal year, a drop of three per cent from the previous year. In the 2022-23 payee disclosure report...
Oct 26, 2023 The Crown Investments Corporation released the list of all 2022-23 payments to all Crown employees in Saskatchewan on Oct. 26, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. nurses hold rally to call out health-care staff shortages
Crying "Hey hey, ho ho, unsafe staffing's got to go," roughly 150 nurses rallied across from the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. The rally comes on the heels of a survey released in Oc...
Oct 25, 2023 Members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses marched in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature on Oct. 25, 2023 to raise concerns about understaffing in the health-care system. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Sask. throne speech unveils Moe government's agenda for 2023-24
While Premier Scott Moe maintained the Speech from the Throne delivered Wednesday held significant supports for some, he also said the reason there wasn't more in the document laying out his governmen...
Oct 25, 2023 Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty delivers the speech from the throne to open the fourth session of the 29th Saskatchewan legislature in Regina on Oct. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
SGI safety spotlight shines on 260 speeders in school zones
A number of Saskatchewan drivers learned a lesson about school zone speed limits in September. SGI says 260 people were given tickets by police for speeding in school zones across Saskatchewan last mo...
Oct 24, 2023 The speed limit in school zones in Regina and Saskatoon is 30 kilometres per hour. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Heating expert suggests it’s time to get homes winter ready
With winter-like weather arriving in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, heating experts are encouraging people to make sure their homes are ready for the winter. "Getting your sprinklers blown out, that should ...
Oct 24, 2023
Sask. music trio honoured for helping save man's life
A family trio of musicians were honoured Friday for helping to save a Saskatoon man's life in 2021. The Honorary Testimonial Certificates presented to the group were part of the Royal Canadian Humane ...
Oct 20, 2023 Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty poses with Jeff Longman, Jared Bird, Chief Byron Bitternose of George Gordon First Nation and Joseph Twist. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Parents' Bill of Rights becomes law in Saskatchewan
For two months, proposed changes to pronoun and sexual education policies in Saskatchewan have divided people across the province. Not surprisingly, on Friday -- after the Parents' Bill of Rights pass...
Oct 20, 2023 Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill (left to right), Premier Scott Moe and Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre discuss the passing of the Parents' Bill of Rights on Oct. 20, 2023. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
'Sudden onset to winter:' Saskatchewan bracing for first snowfall
Whether you're looking forward to it or not, snow is coming - and it's expected to arrive Monday night. Brian Proctor, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says that snow is expected for southern ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...