Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Sask. legislature approves plan to address vaping
It took just one day for Saskatchewan's plan to regulate vaping to earn legislative approval. Amendments to The Tobacco Control Act that were introduced in the legislature on Tuesday were passed unani...
Nov 06, 2019
'She needed the help now': Mothers call for provincial suicide prevention strategy
Linda Roberts spoke to reporters at the legislature while holding a school photo of her smiling daughter. It was taken the morning of her suicide. Jadene Anna Irving was 14. "There's no sign of mental...
Nov 06, 2019 Linda Roberts holds a photo of her daughter Jadene, 14, at the legislature on Nov. 5, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Cold weather won't be around long: Meteorologist
Regina is in the grips of The Blob. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Wednesday that the cold weather currently enveloping the Queen City is because the jet stream is south of ...
Nov 06, 2019
Solar companies still concerned about new rooftop solar program
Saskatchewan's solar industry isn't feeling much sun these days since the new rooftop solar program was announced. Brenden Owens is a co-owner of Prairie Sun Solar in Regina. He said his company hasn'...
Nov 05, 2019
Sask. homeowners have highest unpaid mortgage rate in Canada, report shows
When it comes to making mortgage payments on time, Saskatchewan homeowners are the worst in the country, according to a report from the Canadian Bankers Association. The report shows that as of June 3...
Nov 05, 2019 It's a buyers' market in Regina for home sales, as of early January, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Provincial Green Party leader ‘not taken by surprise’ by May’s departure
Saskatchewan's Green Party leader isn't shocked to see the resignation of Elizabeth May. Shawn Setyo has been the leader since 2016, and he also ran federally for the Green Party in the 2019 federal e...
Nov 04, 2019
New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new independent caucus aimed at ensur...
Nov 04, 2019
From pavement to plate: Should Saskatchewan residents be allowed to eat roadkill?
By Ronald Quaroni Saskatchewan residents hoping to turn roadside deer into dinner will have to pump the brakes. The State of California passed legislation on Oct. 13 that allows the creation of progra...
Nov 02, 2019 The State of California has passed legislation legalizing the harvesting of roadkill. (ID 48732960 © Franky | Dreamstime.com)
More issues leaked at Sask. Hospital in North Battleford
Things have gone from bad to worse for the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford (SHNB), after reports of new problems with the building were leaked recently. NDP leader Ryan Meili says the list o...
Nov 01, 2019
'What was the point?': SaskTel employee frustrated with tentative contract
After 17 days of job action, including frigid days on the picket line, some workers at SaskTel are frustrated with the tentative contract agreed to by the union. During negotiations and picketing, Uni...
Oct 31, 2019
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...