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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Inconsistent weather causing issues for crop growers, expert says
While crop conditions in Saskatchewan have improved in the past few weeks and some farmers have begun an early harvest, weather inconsistencies continue to cause problems in the field. According to Ra...
Aug 17, 2025 Ranjan Sri Ranjan, a University of Manitoba professor, said he planted soybeans in research plots this year but didn't get enough water for them to germinate. (fotokostic / Depositphotos.com)
Sask. NDP raising questions about procurement in pipeline MOU
Saskatchewan's NDP has been looking at a news release from the government in Ontario and wondering what it means for Saskatchewan, while Premier Scott Moe's office urged further reading. In mid-July, ...
Aug 15, 2025 The NDP’s Aleana Young raised questions on Aug. 15, 2025 about where the steel will be coming from in interprovincial pipeline and rail deal between Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Wicked weather brings hail, strong winds and funnel clouds to central Sask.
Large hail, strong winds, and funnel clouds hit parts of Saskatchewan on Wednesday as wicked storms rolled through the province. Environment Canada was keeping an eye on severe storms moving through c...
Aug 14, 2025 Brenda Dutertre said she spotted a funnel cloud on the highway between Battleford and Lloydminster, east of Creighton on Wednesday. (Brenda Dutertre/Submitted)
Time for Saskatchewan to get spotlight, says pop star Chappell Roan
Saskatchewan fans of American pop star Chappell Roan are hoping she'll make good on her promise to visit the province. In Roan's new song about post-breakup heartache, called "The Subway," the singer-...
Aug 14, 2025 Chappell Roan, centre, performs "Pink Pony Club" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello
Air Canada strike leaves Canada Games supporters scrambling, but not Team Sask.
Team Saskatchewan athletes are on solid ground when it comes to travel plans for the 2025 Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland and Labrador, despite an Air Canada strike disrupting flights across the c...
Aug 13, 2025 An Air Canada flight departs as a strike disrupts travel for some Canada Games supporters. (Air Canada on Twitter)
Lawyer challenging Sask. pronoun law 'relieved and happy' after appeal decision
A lawyer for Egale Canada was very happy with the decision that came down on Monday morning from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal on the provincial government's pronoun law. In a 4-1 decision, the cou...
Aug 12, 2025 The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal released a ruling on Monday, affirming a lower court decision that invoking the notwithstanding clause doesn’t stop the courts from weighing in on the constitutionality of a law. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan's U.S. border included in RCMP drone policing trial
Saskatchewan is included in an RCMP trial that will use drones to patrol a corridor along the U.S. border. RCMP said in a news release on Aug. 11 the border corridor trial also covers Alberta and Mani...
Aug 11, 2025 A drone is piloted by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer over the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, on March 7, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
LISTEN: Diversification helps Saskatchewan weather most U.S. tariffs
Saskatchewan's premier says the province's industries are largely protected from U.S. tariffs because of the North American free trade agreement known as CUSMA, but now the question remains is how lon...
Aug 10, 2025 At the beginning of 2025, Chris Lane, president and CEO of Economic Development Regina, says the full impact of the U.S. tariff would peel off about $175 million in business out of the Regina area almost immediately. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
LISTEN: What you need to know if you're caught in a weather emergency
A new survey says that a majority of Canadians are losing confidence in their local emergency response, and most don't even know their evacuation routes during a weather emergency. Jim Mandeville is t...
Aug 09, 2025 A recent survey highlighted the lack of emergency preparedness among Canadians. Having evacuation plans and essential documents ready are especially important in light of recent disasters like the Texas floods. (jctabb / Depositphotos.com)
Saskatchewan leading the nation in employment rates
Saskatchewan was the only province to see an increase in employment in July. The province also had the lowest unemployment rate in the country at 5 per cent, or 22,000 full-time jobs, according to the...
Aug 09, 2025 Compared with July 2024, employment in Saskatchewan was up by 16,000, or 2.6 per cent. (The Canadian Press)
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