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Community-based organizations asking for funding increase, multi-year commitments
Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Saskatchewan want a bit more stability in their books, and they're asking for it from the provincial government. On Monday, representatives from a few different...
Dec 04, 2019 Trish Patey with Prince Albert Mobile Crisis was one of many at the legislature on Monday to ask the provincial government for more money for community-based organizations on Dec. 2, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. firefighters en route to Australia as part of Canadian contingent
Two firefighters from Saskatchewan are heading to Australia to help battle wildfires in that country. The firefighters are part of a 21-person group known as the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centr...
Dec 03, 2019
Announcement coming about Saskatchewan police watchdog: minister
Saskatchewan's justice minister says change is needed in police oversight in the province because the current model isn't acceptable. Don Morgan said officials are sorting out details and an announcem...
Dec 03, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Small-town newspaper on sale for $1
A historic Saskatchewan newspaper is on sale for only $1 and a 500-word essay. It’s called the Win Your Own Publication Contest. Tara de Ryk owns the Davidson Leader. She’s looking for som...
Dec 02, 2019
Duncan says SaskPower just investigating whether nuclear is right for Sask.
On Monday -- one day after Premier Scott Moe signed a memorandum of understanding regarding small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) -- Saskatchewan's minister responsible for SaskPower said nuclear powe...
Dec 02, 2019 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskPower, speaks with the media on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province celebrates geological research milestone
With boxes upon boxes stacked on top of each other, the warehouse for core samples at the Saskatchewan Subsurface Geological Lab stretches back nearly the length of a full city block. For those wantin...
Dec 02, 2019 Gary Delaney, chief geologist for the province, and Bronwyn Eyre, minister of energy and resources, at the Saskatchewan Subsurface Geological Lab in Regina on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
WATCH: Giant wild pig chases cattle on Sask. pasture
Despite a distinct size advantage, a group of cattle northwest of Prince Albert wanted nothing to do with a wild pig that wandered onto their pasture. Retired teacher Ron Craswell was driving kids hom...
Nov 29, 2019
Commuter feels Highway Hotline needs to wake up earlier
People heading out onto the highway in winter are always encouraged to check the Highway Hotline to see what the conditions are like on their drive -- but what if the online map hasn't been updated in...
Nov 29, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Snow settles over southeast Sask., freezing drizzle could be on the way
Drivers in Regina and the province's southeast areas might want to take some extra time in planning their morning commutes Friday. Environment Canada is reporting that Regina and Saskatchewan's southe...
Nov 29, 2019 Sidewalks and roads in Regina were covered with snow early on the morning of Nov. 29, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
U of S prof predicts wild pigs will show up in Sask. cities
The death of a woman who was killed by wild pigs in Texas should be a warning for Saskatchewan residents. That’s the word from University of Saskatchewan researcher Ryan Brook, who spent a decad...
Nov 28, 2019
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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