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Man charged with attempted murder in shooting of RCMP officer
A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of an RCMP officer near Turtleford last month. Justin Davis Yakimchuk was arrested by Regina Police Service off...
Oct 16, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Job numbers grew in Saskatchewan in September
Saskatchewan's workforce reached an all-time high in September. According to Statistics Canada figures released Friday, the labour force in the province comprised nearly 616,000 people last month. Tha...
Oct 11, 2019
Striking Crown workers march through downtown Regina
Roughly 1,000 Unifor members marched through downtown Regina on Friday, one week into the strike at seven Crown corporations. The crowd gathered in Victoria Park, wearing bright reflective vests, wavi...
Oct 11, 2019 Striking Unifor members march through downtown Regina on Oct. 11, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Water Security Agency, Unifor local reach deal
A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and one of the Saskatchewan Crowns that was hit by a strike on Friday. On Thursday afternoon, the provincial government announced a deal had been ...
Oct 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
More farmers seeking help for stress
A dry spring and a tough harvest season have put farmers in a tough situation. The number of calls to the Farm Stress Line have more than doubled from 2018 to 2019. John McFadyen, the executive direct...
Oct 10, 2019
Visually impaired students in Saskatchewan get a helping hand with new donation
Around 250 visually impaired students in Saskatchewan will be able to access new braille materials, thanks to a donation from the Canada Post Community Foundation. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Altern...
Oct 10, 2019
Accusations of illegal tactics as Crown strike continues
The Crown strike isn't even a week old yet and it appears that bad feelings are beginning to grow. Employees represented by Unifor at seven of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations, including SaskTel, Sas...
Oct 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Union members at Directwest, Water Security Agency in bargaining talks
Unifor members at Directwest and the Water Security Agency spent Wednesday morning at the bargaining table, hearing new proposals from the Crown corporation and the Crown agency five days after they a...
Oct 09, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
New website provides immediate lab test results for Sask. patients
There is no longer a need to visit the doctor for the sole purpose of learning the results of a laboratory test in Saskatchewan. To save time and provide better access to patients, the province has la...
Oct 08, 2019
Unifor workers at five Crowns not at work Tuesday
While unionized employees of five Crown corporations returned to the picket line Tuesday, workers at two other Crowns returned to work. Scott Doherty, the executive assistant to Unifor national presid...
Oct 08, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
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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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