Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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Salaries of Sask. Crown executives fell 1% in 2019-20 fiscal year: Report
The salaries of upper management at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations dipped during the 2019-20 fiscal year, but not nearly as much as the previous year. The Crown Investments Corporation's 2019-20 Pa...
Aug 21, 2020
Police focus on construction zone speeding nabs more than 200
Police officers in Saskatchewan issued more than 200 tickets for speeding in work zones in July. According to SGI, 195 tickets were issued last month across the province to drivers who exceeded 60 kil...
Aug 20, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan gov't, SGI provide funding for 45 jobs with Regina police
The Regina Police Service is to receive nearly $6 million in government funding for 45 positions during the 2020-21 fiscal year. The Ministry of Corrections and Policing is providing the service with ...
Jul 13, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
SGI anticipating small impacts from COVID, no rate increases
SGI is one of the few big Crown corporations in Saskatchewan not expecting to see a big impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on its bottom line. The company tabled its annual report Thursday for the fisc...
Jul 09, 2020
COVID-19 backlog slowing down road testing in Saskatchewan
Drivers gearing up to take their road test may have to wait a little longer before getting behind the wheel. Anyone hoping to become licensed to drive in Saskatchewan can now schedule their road test,...
Jul 02, 2020
SGI once again accepting applications for road tests
SGI is ready to hit the gas when it comes to road tests. The Crown corporation announced Thursday it was reopening road tests to the general public effective immediately. All drivers who are required ...
Jun 25, 2020
Saskatchewan impaired driving deaths and injuries at record low in 2019
The number of deaths and injuries from impaired driving is trending in the right direction in Saskatchewan. 2019 was a record-breaking year for lows in terms of both deaths and injuries. Back in 2018,...
Jun 17, 2020 Joe Hargrave, Minister responsible for SGI, with Lou and Linda Van de Vorst, who lost four of their family members to a drunk driver.
(Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
SGI attempting to grapple with “sizeable” driver exam backlog
Prospective drivers in Saskatchewan could be waiting a long time to get behind the wheel for the first time. SGI is currently working away at a backlog of driver exam appointments that had to be cance...
Jun 07, 2020
Signs to appear in Regina showing where impaired drivers have been caught
Regina residents will start seeing signs that pinpoint the exact locations where impaired drivers have been busted. It's part of a joint campaign between MADD Regina, the Regina Police Service and Sas...
May 21, 2020 Heather Tatham of MADD Regina lost her husband Garry to a crash caused by a drunk driver in 2014. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Crashes down in Sask. during pandemic, many cancelling plates
As people hide away, isolating themselves and physically distancing against the pandemic, fewer people are out on the roads. With fewer vehicles on the roads, there have been fewer crashes. SGI's prel...
Apr 22, 2020 SGI's preliminary numbers show that, while fewer people have been out and about during the pandemic, claims were down 30 per cent for March. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Online reviews aren't always helpful
Sarah Mills says giving a business a chance to rectify something a client or customer is upset or disappointed by is a f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 4
8:30 - Less than 24 hours after the WestJet flight attendants went on strike, the union representing them reached a tent...