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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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'Very substantial:' Minister touts immigration changes, outlines more
Saskatchewan is now poised to welcome a lot more people from around the world. The federal government has increased the province's allotment for its Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) and h...
Mar 14, 2023 Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Fifth flight of displaced Ukrainians set to arrive in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is set to welcome more people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The provincial government announced Tuesday that a plane carrying 230 people from that country is expected to arrive in Saskatche...
Mar 14, 2023 A plane filled with 230 displaced Ukrainians unloads on the tarmac at the Regina Airport on July 4, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'Every family is important:' Mobile early learning program gets more funding
The federal and provincial governments are putting more money into mobile early learning opportunities in Saskatchewan. In a media release Tuesday, the governments said they were investing another $40...
Mar 14, 2023
Sask. NDP calls MRI program 'failed experiment,' calls for its end
Having been criticizing the program for a long time, the Saskatchewan NDP is again shaking its head at the province's two-for-one MRI program, and now the federal clawback of health-care funds over th...
Mar 13, 2023 Saskatchewan NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Snowfall warnings issued for northern Saskatchewan
After areas of southern Saskatchewan were battered by a winter storm over the weekend, regions in northern Saskatchewan are set to get their share. On Monday, Environment Canada issued snowfall warnin...
Mar 13, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Mental health top of mind as province looks to reduce workplace injuries and deaths
The only acceptable number is zero. That's what Saskatchewan Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Don Morgan wants to see when it comes to the number of injuries and deaths in the workpla...
Mar 13, 2023 Don Morgan, Saskatchewan's minister of labour relations and workplace safety, discusses the province's new strategy aimed at reducing workplace fatalities and serious injures on March 13, 2023. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Merriman 'disappointed' after feds penalize Sask. for private MRI and CT scans
Ottawa has blindsided Saskatchewan by clawing back more than $740,000 in health transfers. The federal government accused the province of misusing the Canada Health Act by charging for services the fe...
Mar 13, 2023 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan getting more autonomy over immigration
Saskatchewan is taking more control over immigration. According to the provincial government, the federal government has agreed to reduce duplication in the processing of Saskatchewan Immigrant Nomine...
Mar 13, 2023 Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. among provinces losing health transfer money for charging private fees
Not long after agreeing to a health-care funding deal with the federal government, the Saskatchewan government is seeing some money go the other way. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Friday ...
Mar 10, 2023 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
Still not much known following killings near Esterhazy, Melville
It has been one month since a 34-year-old man was found dead and a woman was found injured after three men broke into a home 20 kilometres south of Esterhazy in the early hours of Feb. 10. Police said...
Mar 10, 2023 An RCMP vehicle blocks a road in the area of a home invasion near Esterhazy on Feb. 10, 2023. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
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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...