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Trudeau turns to B.C. MP with Saskatchewan roots to helm tricky climate ministry
OTTAWA - Jonathan Wilkinson has been the minister of environment and climate change for less than 24 hours but the job is likely going to get harder from here. "Environment is probably the most challe...
Nov 21, 2019 Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019.Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sask. Health Authority’s ‘hush memo’ just a reminder to follow privacy policies
A Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) briefing note was released on Monday that was seemingly urging employees to hide information from the media. According to the SHA’s chief medical officer, S...
Nov 20, 2019
Sask. premier keeping a close eye on new federal cabinet
Premier Scott Moe seems to be taking a wait-and-see approach before passing judgment on the new federal Liberal cabinet, which was announced Wednesday afternoon. When asked his opinion on particular a...
Nov 20, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Health-care union sounding the alarm about understaffing
The provincial government isn't working hard enough to put more health-care workers on the front lines in Saskatchewan -- that's the claim from the head of SEIU-West. Barbara Cape, the president of SE...
Nov 20, 2019 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP recovers hundreds of stolen ID cards, cheques
A police search in Blaine Lake turned up hundreds of stolen cheques and identification cards on Sunday. The RCMP acted on a tip about fraudulent activity and subsequently executed a search warrant on ...
Nov 20, 2019
Ticket availability, prices revealed for Juno Awards in Saskatoon
The 2020 Juno Awards are coming to Saskatoon in March, and we now know more about ticket availability and price. Tickets for the 49th annual awards show will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., starting at ...
Nov 19, 2019
Saskatchewan toughens penalties for distracted driving
Those who use their phones behind the wheel in Saskatchewan should prepare for their wallets to get a lot lighter -- the provincial government is beefing up its distracted driving laws. On Tuesday, th...
Nov 19, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
CN union members' strike will reduce farmers' market access
From trade disputes with China to bad harvest weather to shrinking market access, this year's farming season keeps getting worse for agricultural producers. That was the case again Tuesday, as about 3...
Nov 19, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
At least 1.2M acres of crop still on the field in Sask.
It may be just past the middle of November -- a little more than a month until Christmas -- but some farmers in Saskatchewan are still out in the fields, trying to get their crops off. Shawn Jaques, p...
Nov 19, 2019 (Andrea De Roo/Twitter)
Saskatchewan government considers funding first supervised consumption site
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's health minister says the government will consider whether to help fund what would be the province's first supervised drug consumption site. Health Minister Jim Reiter says m...
Nov 18, 2019
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...