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
Unemployment up in Sask. as national rate drops
According to recent Statistics Canada numbers, more people were unemployed in June than in May. The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan increased to 6.5 per cent in June. The previous month, it was sitt...
Jul 07, 2017
Saskatchewan’s seatbelt laws turn 40
It's been 40 years since seatbelt laws came into effect in Saskatchewan, and Wednesday SGI was reminding the public just how important it is to buckle up. Belton and Bella, two straw dummies used insi...
Jun 28, 2017 SGI's safety squad uses the rollover simulator to demonstrate what happens when people don't buckle up. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Sask. credit rating downgraded thanks to weak oil and potash
The provincial government is putting a positive spin on a credit downgrading from the rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P). On Wednesday, S&P downgraded the province's credit rating to AA f...
Jun 22, 2017
Sask. population now 1.16M as growth slows
Saskatchewan continued to grow, but at a slower pace than last year. According to the province, Saskatchewan has grown by 3,026 in the first quarter of 2017 - or at a rate of 1.4 per cent. That brings...
Jun 15, 2017
Seeding ahead of Sask. average: crop report
Seeding is ahead but crops are behind. That's the latest word from Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly crop report that comes out every Thursday. It says seeding is almost complete at 94 per cent of cro...
Jun 08, 2017 (SaskOrganics/Twitter)
Half-full the last STC bus hits the road
In the end, after 70 years, the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) went out with a whimper. There was no rally nor protest, barely a wave from some people on the street. The toot of the horn an...
Jun 01, 2017
Rawlco earns national awards for on-air work
Talented people at 650 CKOM and 980 CJME were recognized at the National Radio Television Digital News Awards in Toronto Saturday. Jamie Nye's farewell to Taylor Field picked up the Sam Ross Award for...
May 28, 2017 650 CKOM and 980 CJME were recognized at the National Radio Television Digital News Awards in Toronto on May 27, 2017. Photo by Kristy Werner.
RCMP looking for suspects in $50K theft on Wilkie farmyard
RCMP are asking for help to identify suspects after a farmyard near Wilkie was robbed early Tuesday morning. Police said around 2:30 a.m. on May 23, numerous items were taken from the building includi...
May 26, 2017
Transit union loses court fight, STC to close as planned
The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) has lost it's court battle to keep Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) open. In a 45-page judgment, Justice L.J. Schwann wrote that the budget decision to win...
May 26, 2017
Crash on Hwy 1 near Parkbeg leaves 1 man dead
A man has died after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 1 near Parkbeg, Sask. As of 8.p.m. Saturday night, a release stated that Moose Jaw RCMP are on the scene of the accident, which is four-and-a-...
May 21, 2017 A man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle rollover near Parkbeg, Sask. on May 20, 2017.
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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...