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...
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Newlyweds cap wedding weekend with Rider Nation experience
For Brian and Sara Pitzel, their wedding weekend ended in Green and White. The Saskatchewan couple tied the knot on Saturday, then filled a bus with family from Norway on Sunday to head straight to th...
Sep 01, 2025 Newlyweds Brian and Sara Pitzel, seen here wearing "It's Knoot Rocket science" shirts, brought family from Norway to Mosaic Stadium on Aug. 31, 2025 to experience the Labour Day Classic. (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan's trade minister talks China trip and foreign trade offices with Evan Bray
In just over a week, Premier Scott Moe will head out on a trade trip to China, trying to clear the way for the Canadian and Chinese federal governments to work out a trade deal. China has slapped tari...
Aug 28, 2025 Sask. Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding will be on a trade mission with in South Korea while the premier is in China, and they’ll meet in Japan for another few days afterward. (980 CJME file photo)
SaskTel cellphones back in service after all-day outage
SaskTel has resolved the widespread outage affecting all cellular voice services, as well as around 3,000 business voice customers, the Crown corporation said in an update late Friday. The province-wi...
Aug 22, 2025 SaskTel is still experiencing a widespread outage affecting all cellular voice services, as well as around 3,000 business voice customers. (CJME files)
Province starts mandatory CWD and BT testing for hunting season
Saskatchewan hunters will need to test their white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk carcasses for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Bovine Tuberculosis (BT) in certain Wildlife Management Zones (WMZs) t...
Aug 18, 2025 Hunters in Wildlife Management Zones (WMZs) 43, 47, 50 and 55 need to test for CWD. Mandatory testing for TB will take place in WMZs 37 and 39 as a result of confirmed cases in separate cattle herds in 2023 and 2024. (photopicstock/Depositphotos.com)
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)
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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
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...