Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Freedom of expression or personal attack? Nurse appeals fine for Facebook post
REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court is to decide what's next for a registered nurse who was fined $26,000 for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook. Carolyn Strom from Prince Albert was fou...
Sep 17, 2019 Carolyn Strom, left, arrives at the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan in Regina on Sept. 17, 2019. Strom was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association in 2016 and handed the financial penalty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Sask. gov't outlines offer to province's teachers
The Government Trustee Bargaining Committee (GTBC) has offered a three-year contract to the province's teachers. In a media release Tuesday, the committee - which comprises representatives from the Go...
Sep 17, 2019 Education Minister Gordon Wyant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Over a dozen heat records fall across Sask.
Monday will go down as one of the hottest on record in Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada, 13 temperature records were broken across the province, including one that stood for more than 130...
Sep 17, 2019
Regina CPR teacher violated privacy after bringing students to emergency scene
A volunteer CPR instructor with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) violated a person's health privacy when she took a class of three students to a patient's Regina home as the patient was having ...
Sep 17, 2019
Western separation could be considered, says former politician
A former Saskatchewan politician thinks Western Canadian separation could happen soon. Allan Kerpan, a former MLA for the Saskatchewan Party and MP for the Reform Party, thinks the federal government ...
Sep 17, 2019
Longtime water systems expert works for clean water on First Nations
The recipient of a national award for maintaining First Nations water systems is from the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, but he first learned the trade thousands of kilometres away from Saskatchewan,...
Sep 15, 2019 Circuit Rider Technician Deon Hassler was awarded this year's First Nations Water Leadership award for his work with the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council. (File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council/Submitted)
Mental health services tackle spike in agricultural communities
Farmers often struggle with difficult times in silence. It's sparked the creation of organizations like the Do More Agriculture Foundation. One of the driving forces behind it was a series of 2017 Twi...
Sep 15, 2019
Recent run of rainy days dumped 51mm on Regina: Climatologist
After a long, grey four-day period of clouds and soggy grounds, the sun is back out and drying up a wet Regina. The rain started falling on Monday and it didn't let up until Thursday evening, aside fr...
Sep 13, 2019
CFIB to survey federal leaders on election promises
As federal candidates start hitting the campaign trail for the election, a lobby group for small and independent businesses is giving its wish list to party leaders for improvements it wants to see im...
Sep 13, 2019
Rainfall puts harvest well behind five-year average
Rainfall and cool weather dampened Saskatchewan's fields over the past week, but producers were able to make up some ground according to the latest crop report. Eighteen per cent of Saskatchewan's cro...
Sep 12, 2019
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...