Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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More job offers issued to Filipino nurses, but few currently on the job
As the Saskatchewan government does what it can to shore up the struggling health-care system and its worker shortage, it's again looking outside the province for solutions. The government sent a seco...
Apr 06, 2023 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
More than 8,800 inactive oil and gas wells closed in Sask. since 2020
Saskatchewan's Accelerated Site Closure Program has been productive. According to the provincial government, more than 8,800 abandoned oil and gas wells have been capped or closed since the program wa...
Apr 06, 2023
Temperature records fall as April cold spell lingers
It's April 5 and Saskatchewan's still in the grip of Jack Frost. According to Environment Canada, several communities across the province broke temperature records Wednesday morning as wind chills dip...
Apr 05, 2023
Delayed spring could cause trouble during calving season, rancher says
Just when people thought they might be free from the cold grasp of winter, another round of snow and cold weather hit southwestern Saskatchewan over the weekend. While producers in the province usuall...
Apr 04, 2023 Rancher Jocelyn Wasko is eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring to help her cows during calving season. (Jocelyn Wasko/Twitter)
SHA removing mask mandates at health-care facilities; SK Vax Wallet app ending
COVID-19 is still present in Saskatchewan, but the provincial government and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have decided to return to some of their pre-pandemic practices. In a media release Tues...
Apr 04, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Legislature passes unanimous motion supporting RCMP Depot
Right after spending 40 minutes throwing insults across the aisle at each other, members of the Saskatchewan Legislature came together Monday to throw official support behind RCMP Depot Division remai...
Apr 03, 2023 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province adds to research funding for chronic wasting disease
Leading researchers on chronic wasting disease at the University of Saskatchewan won't be seeing their funding wither away as they work to further understand how the devastating disease is impacting s...
Apr 03, 2023
'Good news:' Sask. government welcomes Japan's decision on Canadian beef
Saskatchewan's government is excited at the prospect of a wider market to sell beef after Japan dropped the last of its restrictions on Canadian beef. Last week, the Japanese government threw the door...
Apr 03, 2023 Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit. (980 CJME file photo)
Registrations being accepted for new online school in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's online school is now accepting online registrations. In a media release Monday, the provincial government said K-12 students who want to learn remotely starting in the 2023-24 school ye...
Apr 03, 2023 Angus Reid has conducted a poll about students changing their names or pronouns at school. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association CEO speaks out on carbon tax increase
Grant McLellan is a bit uneasy as the federal carbon tax increase officially kicks in Saturday. McLellan, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, said that'll be tough on producers, espec...
Mar 31, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...