Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest
WASHINGTON - Post-election tensions between the West and the federal Liberal government are showing signs of easing, two of Canada's premiers suggested Friday as a contingent of provincial leaders fan...
Feb 07, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
WSA predicts average spring runoff
Despite the relative lack of snow in southern Saskatchewan this winter, the Water Security Agency (WSA) is expecting an average spring runoff. On Friday, the WSA released its preliminary spring runoff...
Feb 07, 2020
eHealth admits information leaked in ransomware attack
It appears some information from eHealth may have been compromised in last month's ransomware attack after all. The organization had been saying that there wasn't any evidence the attack on Jan. 5 had...
Feb 07, 2020
Sask. mom hospitalized after influenza bout asks people to stay home
A Saskatchewan mom is asking people to stay home when they're sick to stop the spread of influenza after she and her two children wound up in the hospital multiple times in the past week. Martina Pazi...
Feb 07, 2020 Martina Paziuk and her two children have tested positive for influenza A. (Submitted)
SUMA name change creates confusion for rural counterpart
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) announced Tuesday that it will be changing its name to the Municipalities of Saskatchewan (MOS). In a release, president Gordon Barnhart said t...
Feb 06, 2020
Sask. agriculture minister to promote pulses on trade mission
Saskatchewan's agriculture minister leaves Thursday on a trade mission to the Middle East and Asia. David Marit will make stops in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and India, meeting with governme...
Feb 06, 2020
Co-op limits fuel usage for customers
Co-op cardlocks across the province are now restricting customers to just 300 litres of diesel and 100 litres of gas per card per day. The company says it has plenty of fuel but is having trouble deli...
Feb 05, 2020
Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before
WINNIPEG - There's renewed talk of transporting western oil through the northern Manitoba port in Churchill, but any such project is likely to run into opposition from environmentalists and some peopl...
Feb 05, 2020
Elk found killed with cord wrapped around head south of Moose Jaw
A Moose Jaw conservation officer is reminding those in rural Saskatchewan to rid their yards of things wildlife can get into. The message comes after Kyle Hanson received a call about an elk dead on t...
Feb 05, 2020 An elk was found with an extension cord wrapped around its head and antlers after getting hit by a vehicle on Highway 2 south of Moose Jaw in January 2020.
Province says 75 per cent of inmates in Sask. jails are Indigenous
New information from the Ministry of Corrections and Policing show that three-quarters of people incarcerated in Saskatchewan correctional facilities are Indigenous. Although the government recently r...
Feb 04, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
There may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the preside...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...