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Moving out of the mud: Country Thunder wraps up
The old saying goes: "There's a first time for everything." For Aussies Lewis Bothe and Henry Coupland, it rang true at Craven on Saturday and Sunday nights. They were taking in Country Thunder for th...
Jul 15, 2019 Craven festival-goers leave the country music festival site amid water and mud-covered camping spots on July 15, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Severe weather leads to tornado threat in southern. Sask
South-central Saskatchewan was the site of extreme weather Friday. Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the Assiniboia, Gravelbourg and Coronach areas. Around 4:13 p.m., Environment Canada ...
Jul 12, 2019 Funnel cloud near Wood Mountain in southwest Saskatchewan July. 10, 2018. (Craig Hilts/Twitter)
Province on to Day 2 of helping Ontario wildfire evacuees
Emergency response crews in the province are preparing for the arrival of more wildfire evacuees from northwestern Ontario after a few more than 300 arrived in Regina on Thursday. The province's commi...
Jul 12, 2019 Crews at the Saskatchewan Emergency Operations Centre keep an eye on wildlife conditions in the province on July 12, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Website alerts Sask. beach-goers about water quality
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health has launched a new Healthy Beaches website to alert beach-goers to water quality. The website monitors 68 public beaches across the province to reduce the risk of s...
Jul 11, 2019 Nicole White of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health showcases the four different advisories beach-goers should be on the lookout for: Safe, caution, advisory issued, and no data. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Quebec premier affirms support for carbon price and Saskatchewan court challenge
SASKATOON - Quebec's premier is clarifying his province's carbon price isn't going anywhere, despite its entry into Saskatchewan's legal challenge of Ottawa's carbon tax. Francois Legault and Saskatch...
Jul 10, 2019 Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs during a meeting of Canada's Premiers in Saskatoon on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Pulse company in financial jeopardy, blames export issues
A pulse company with operations all over Saskatchewan has gone into creditor protection and is blaming its struggles on export problems. ILTA Grain Inc., was granted creditor protection by a B.C. cour...
Jul 10, 2019
SGI continues to benefit from out-of-province expansion
SGI achieved one goal and closed in on another during the 2018-19 fiscal year. In its annual report tabled Tuesday, the Crown corporation revealed it had written $371.4 million in premiums outside of ...
Jul 09, 2019
P.E.I., Quebec intervene in Saskatchewan’s legal challenge of carbon tax
OTTAWA - Prince Edward Island and Quebec have joined as interveners in Saskatchewan's legal challenge of the federal carbon tax. P.E.I. Premier Dennis King said in Ottawa on Monday that he does not wa...
Jul 08, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Premier of Prince Edward Island Dennis King on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, July 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Premiers to meet at Calgary Stampede in advance of Council of the Federation
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede. A news release from the province says the p...
Jul 08, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Lieutenant-governor's death creates legislative hole in Sask.
With the unfortunate passing of W. Thomas Molloy while in office as lieutenant-governor, a legislative hole has opened up in Saskatchewan. When a lieutenant-governor is away or unable to perform their...
Jul 08, 2019 Lt.-Gov. Thomas Molloy is sworn in at the Legislative Building on March 21, 2018. (Britton Gray/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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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
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