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...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
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
NDP and Liberals still lagging behind with Sask. candidates as election looms
The election is expected to be called Wednesday morning, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Gov. Gen. Julie Payette and asks her to dissolve Parliament. Saskatchewan has 14 ridings, but not al...
Sep 10, 2019
Harvest time brings out increased wildlife numbers across the province
With harvest time comes increased traffic for Saskatchewan roadways. Farm machinery is standard in these months, but so is wildlife as animals look for vegetation and seek out their winter homes. R...
Sep 10, 2019
80 years ago today, Canada declared war on Nazi Germany
Eighty years ago today, Canada declared war against Nazi Germany, joining Allied forces in battle in the Second World War. Local, weekly newspapers from around the province provide a window to the pas...
Sep 10, 2019 The top story in the Kamsack Times on Sept. 14, 1939 was about a community sale. (Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan)
Rainfall causing problems for producers looking to make up lost harvest time
Harvest is continuing in the province, but that doesn't mean there haven't been challenges. A later-than-usual start and less-than-ideal conditions have plagued the province. This week more rain is ex...
Sep 09, 2019
StatsCan: Sask. unemployment rate drops in August
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate fell in August, and the province now has the third-lowest such number in Canada. The monthly Statistics Canada labour force report said the province's unemployment rat...
Sep 06, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Children’s hospital in Saskatoon has its grand opening
The ribbon was cut at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) in Saskatoon on Thursday. The hospital is to officially open to patients on Sept. 29, when pediatric and maternal inpatients are to mo...
Sep 05, 2019 The ribbon is cut to open the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon on Sept. 5, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Children’s hospital in Saskatoon has its grand opening
The ribbon was cut at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) in Saskatoon on Thursday. The hospital is to officially open to patients on Sept. 29, when pediatric and maternal inpatients are to mo...
Sep 05, 2019
Rainfall has harvest well behind schedule
Farmers in Saskatchewan who were desperate for rain earlier this year now want it to stop. In its weekly crop report, Saskatchewan Agriculture said "frequent rainfall and cool weather" are delaying ha...
Sep 05, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
New potash mine gets green light from Sask. government
The provincial government has given conditional approval to a new potash mine for southern Saskatchewan. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Environment said it had given the green light to ...
Sep 04, 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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...