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Tariffs threat not built into Sask. 2025-26 budget
The Saskatchewan budget delivered Wednesday afternoon was normal in that it showed revenues and expenses, potash projections and spending on health care. What was notable was what wasn't included in t...
Mar 19, 2025
Sask. businesses calling for more certainty around immigrant program
Businesses in Saskatchewan are worried about finding workers and keeping the ones they have after an abrupt pause to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). It's the only immigration stream...
Mar 07, 2025 Nick Mastromatteo, director at Saskatoon's Insul Fibre, said on March 7, 2025 that 30 per cent of his workforce is through Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program and close to half of them will need a renewal of their work permit in the coming months. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. not among provinces signed on to $10-a-day child care extension
Saskatchewan was out nearly on its own Thursday, when the federal government announced agreements to extend the Early Learning and Child Care program, which provides for $10-a-day daycare. Eleven of t...
Mar 06, 2025
Sask. leaders mark third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
People around the world marked the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Monday, including political leaders in Saskatchewan. Premier Scott Moe called the invasion "immoral, unprovoked ...
Feb 24, 2025 The flag of Ukraine flying outside Saskatchewan's Legislative Building in Regina. (Premier Scott Moe/Twitter)
Saskatchewan applies to intervene in Newfoundland's equalization challenge
The Government of Saskatchewan announced Wednesday, it wants to add its voice to a court case over Canada's equalization formula. Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice said it applied earlier this month ...
Jan 29, 2025 Justice Minister Tim McLeod says the federal equalization formula is unfair to Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Canada Post strike delays Saskatoon sexual assault trial
Canada Post workers were back on the job Tuesday, but the effects of the strike will be felt well into the new year. The jury trial for Kenneth Braun at Court of King's Bench in Saskatoon was schedule...
Dec 17, 2024 The judge in Kenneth Braun’s case decided to push the jury trial back 11 months to November 2025. (CKOM file photo)
NDP crying foul as Willowview Recovery Centre still not open
The Willowview Recovery Centre near Lumsden was originally supposed to open in spring of this year, but it still wasn't fully open as of the end of November. It was supposed to be the largest addictio...
Dec 02, 2024
Todd Goudy chosen as new Speaker in Legislative Assemby
On Monday morning, as its first act before opening the legislature, the house named Todd Goudy as the new Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. As is tradition, Goudy was dragged to his new seat in the...
Nov 25, 2024 Premier Scott Moe and Opposition Leader Carla Beck take Todd Goudy to his new seat, as is tradition, after he was named the new Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Monday. (Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan/Screenshot)
Feds dealing directly with Saskatoon, Regina on homelessness
The federal government said it will bypass the Government of Saskatchewan and go straight to the two biggest cities in the province when it comes to doling out money to deal with people experiencing h...
Oct 23, 2024 The federal housing minister says he didn’t get a response from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario on an offer to work together. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Votes 2024: Battlegrounds in Saskatoon
In each constituency the election goes the same - candidates campaign, voters vote, and a winner will likely be announced Oct. 28. But there are some constituencies where the hike to victory is going ...
Oct 03, 2024 With well-known MLAs taking a step back and some boundary changes, a few Saskatoon constituencies could be a harder fight in the 2024 election. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
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