Murray Wood: Lots of empty seats in the stands during Roughriders' home opener
Murray Wood says he saw plenty of empty seats at Mosaic Stadium during the Saskatchewan Roughriders' home opener against...
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80,000 residents still without power after extreme wind
SaskPower has crews out all over the province to get power restored. The extreme winds and snow that hit Saskatchewan on Wednesday night through to Thursday morning caused outages in well over 100 com...
Jan 14, 2021
Scammers target SaskPower customers
A Crown corporation is warning that its customers are being targeted by scam artists. In a media release, SaskPower said it has been told some clients are seeing texts and emails that claim they have ...
Jan 05, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Residential solar industry down 90 per cent one year after net metering decision
One year after SaskPower's decision to close its rooftop solar net metering program and not renew it, the residential solar industry in Saskatchewan is a shadow of its former self. In September 2019, ...
Dec 30, 2020 Members of the solar industry joined the Fridays for Future climate rally in front of the Legislative Building, asking the government to bring back the net metering program, on Sept. 27, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskPower pens chapter for feds' SMR action plan
The federal government unveiled its Small Modular Reactor Action Plan on Friday, throwing its weight behind efforts to develop nuclear power technology. The plan, which outlines the efforts to deploy ...
Dec 18, 2020
Carbon tax increase to be reflected on SaskPower bills
SaskPower customers will be paying more starting Jan. 1 as a result of an increase in the federal carbon tax. The Crown corporation said Thursday it will be increasing the carbon tax amount on custome...
Dec 17, 2020
SaskPower strikes deal with two Indigenous solar power projects
A new First Nations-led solar power generation project will be setting up shop near Regina in the near future. The First Nations Power Authority (FNPA), a non-profit organization that helps connect in...
Dec 14, 2020
SaskPower rebate takes effect
Saskatchewan residents started getting a break on their power bills Tuesday. As promised by the Saskatchewan Party during the election campaign, all SaskPower customers will be getting a 10 per cent r...
Dec 01, 2020 (SaskPower/Submitted)
Minimum wage, COVID-19: Moe, Meili answer questions one week from election day
With the provincial election just a week away, the leaders of both major Saskatchewan parties are gearing up for the home stretch. Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan ...
Oct 19, 2020
Copper wire stolen from SaskPower facility in Regina
The Regina Police Service is investigating the theft of copper wire from a SaskPower compound on Albert Street North. However, in a media release Friday, police said the case was about more than just ...
Oct 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower names employees who died on the job
SaskPower has named the two Weyburn employees who died in an accident Thursday. Scott Bill and Cole Crooks were working in a bucket on their truck. They fell and died because of an equipment failure. ...
Oct 10, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Canadians are experiencing the World Cup like true soccer fans
Canada's first game at the World Cup had highs, lows, frustration, desperation and thrills. Sarah Mills says Canada may ...
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