Murray Wood: Big companies seem to be allergic to answering questions
Murray Wood says it's surprising that during a SaskTel outage last week, it was very difficult to get the Saskatchewan t...
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Medication works, but Regina doctor says HIV testing needs to be normalized
An HIV diagnosis is not what it used to be. It's not a death sentence and, according to a Regina doctor, it's hardly even life-changing. "When we see new patients who are newly diagnosed, we explain t...
Aug 16, 2019 Provincial health minister Jim Reiter takes part in an HIV information session on June 27, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Report says salaries for Crown executives fell 18% last year
The pay for members of the upper management of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations fell by nearly 18 per cent over the past year. According to the Crown Investments Corporation's 2018-19 Payee Disclosur...
Aug 16, 2019
Harvest lagging behind five-year average
Recent rainstorms in the province have delayed harvest throughout Saskatchewan. According to the provincial government's weekly crop report, farmers currently have just over one per cent of the 2019 c...
Aug 15, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps. ...
Aug 14, 2019
Garth Brooks helps bullied 11-year-old girl during Regina show
Plenty of country music fans saw Garth Brooks play last weekend at Regina's Mosaic Stadium, but it was 11-year-old Camille Baragar who got a front-row seat to the music star's show on Saturday. The gi...
Aug 14, 2019 Eleven-year-old Camille Baragar, right, and her mom Connie pose for a photo with her hand-made poster during Garth Brooks' show at Mosaic Stadium on Aug. 10, 2019. (Connie Baragar Facebook page)
Merchant Law gets class action lawsuit against province certified
The provincial government and Merchant Law Group could find themselves in another legal battle. A class action lawsuit has been certified against the Government of Saskatchewan. It's on behalf of peop...
Aug 14, 2019 Lawyer Tony Merchant addresses media in Regina on Aug 30, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier challenges feds on infrastructure money, calls out Goodale
Saskatchewan's premier tossed the ball into the federal government's court and threw a couple jabs at federal ministers on Tuesday when talking about infrastructure money. Scott Moe seemed frustrated ...
Aug 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. cabinet shuffle raises questions on rural health spot
With a very short ceremony and a few handshakes, the pre-election cabinet shuffle for the Saskatchewan government was finished Tuesday. Three ministers moved positions like a merry-go-round: Lori Carr...
Aug 13, 2019 Warren Kaeding (l to r), Greg Ottenbreit, Lori Carr and Scott Moe were at Government House for a cabinet shuffle on Aug. 13, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Feds fund two short-line railways in Sask.
The federal government is hoping two short-line railways in Saskatchewan can help those in the province's agricultural and energy sectors get their products to port better. On Friday, Ralph Goodale --...
Aug 12, 2019
High-risk communities in Sask. to receive better flood mapping
Twenty communities across Saskatchewan are set to receive updated flood mapping. Ralph Goodale, the federal minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, made the announcement Monday in Regina...
Aug 12, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
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8:30 - As we eagerly await the Premier's visit to China in hopes of striking a deal to remove canola tariffs, we're stil...