Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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For this low-wage earner, a raise opens up opportunities
Juggling two low-wage jobs doesn't leave Avianna Hudym with a lot of time on her hands. She is a server at one small restaurant and washes dishes at a second. Hudym is working a lot, but said she isn'...
Apr 01, 2019 Rally organizer Saima Desai has a visitor in Regina sign a petition calling on the province to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour on April 1. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Group rallies for $15 minimum wage
Saskatchewan having the second-lowest minimum wage in the country, one group is rallying in Regina on Monday, hoping to make some noise on the issue and raise the minimum amount workers earn each hour...
Apr 01, 2019
Doug Ford slams federal carbon tax that takes effect in four provinces today
TORONTO - Canada's most populous province and the federal government engaged in a pitched battle for public opinion over the carbon tax as it launched Monday, just six months ahead of the federal elec...
Apr 01, 2019
Darrell Davis: Brad Watson gets a well-deserved sendoff
Regina's Brad Watson is headed to the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame. He earned the honour even before his amazing 23-year career as an NHL referee ended last week. In a province that produces more ...
Apr 01, 2019
Saskatchewan to see federal carbon tax kick in
The federal government's carbon tax takes effect on Monday in Saskatchewan. People will notice an immediate impact at gas pumps, where gas prices will go up 4.4 cents per litre. "That means that every...
Apr 01, 2019
U of R economics prof. optimistic about Sask. carbon tax
Although Saskatchewan residents will pay more for fuel, natural gas and electricity starting Monday due to the carbon tax, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Regina (U of R) expe...
Apr 01, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams New Brunswick’s stance on federal carbon levy
ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed New Brunswick on Thursday for its opposition to the federal carbon levy, saying Conservative governments across the country "don't think that ...
Mar 28, 2019 Prime Minster Justin Trudeau delivers remarks to supporters at a Liberal donor appreciation event in Toronto on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Blades edge Warriors to take 3-0 stranglehold on series
While the Blades are up 3-0 in their best-of-seven series against the Warriors, head coach Mitch Love is not taking anything for granted. In the first three games of the series, it has essentially bee...
Mar 27, 2019 Max Gerlach celebrates a goal during the Saskatoon Blades playoff run in March of 2019. (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
Trucker who caused Broncos crash likely to be deported after sentence: lawyer
An immigration lawyer says the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan is likely to be deported to India right after he serves his sentence. Lorne Waldman, who is...
Mar 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Excerpts from the Humboldt Broncos victim impact statements submitted to court
MELFORT, Sask. - The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus will be sentenced Friday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous dri...
Mar 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
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