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NDP gives province failing grade for school support amid affordability crisis
In the midst of end-of-year school assessments, NDP Education Critic Matt Love has a grade for the province's education minister. "It's a big, whopping F," Love said Friday, speaking to reporters outs...
Jun 17, 2022 Matt Love speaks to media in front of Aden Bowman Collegiate on June 17, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Temporary emergency department closures anticipated, doctors and nurses demand more from government
Saskatchewan physicians and nurses are banding together to call on the provincial government for greater action to combat rising COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. In a joint release Wednesday, the Sas...
Sep 29, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
COVID vaccine eligibility changes Monday to people 29 plus
Saskatchewan's COVID vaccine plan, announced last week, continues to expand. On Monday people 29 and older are scheduled to become eligible to get vaccinated at walk-in and drive-thru clinics, as well...
May 09, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Delivery service fee cap not enough for some Regina restaurants
The provincial government’s cap on delivery fees from apps like Skip the Dishes isn’t enough for some local restaurants. The Saskatchewan government said March 24 those delivery services c...
Apr 15, 2021
Online system to reduce court appearances for traffic tickets in Saskatchewan
Those ticketed will soon be able to avoid going to court to resolve their tickets in Saskatchewan. An online system is being developed and traffic tickets will be the first type of ticket the system w...
Apr 12, 2021
Addictions funding defended by Saskatchewan government following budget
There is little extra funding for mental health and addictions and no money for supervised consumption sites in the Saskatchewan budget for the coming year, leaving some in the province feeling there ...
Apr 07, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 13: 2 deaths, 247 new cases, 205 in hospital
After being declared the province with the highest rate of active COVID-19 cases in Canada, Saskatchewan's number of new infections has dropped slightly. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan had the highes...
Jan 13, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Health minister dismisses eHealth board, orders full review
Big changes are coming to eHealth, just days after a privacy commissioner's report heavily criticized the agency's handling of one of Saskatchewan's largest privacy breaches ever. Health Minister Paul...
Jan 12, 2021
Province increases funding for MMIWG programming
There will be more funding available for efforts to address and acknowledge violence against Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. In the summer the province announced $300,000 in funding for projects tha...
Dec 15, 2020
Law changes allow sexual violence victims to break leases
The provincial government hopes new legislation will help victims of sexual violence escape a bad situation. On Wednesday the Saskatchewan government introduced amendments to the Residential Tenancies...
Dec 09, 2020
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8:30 - We're taking a closer look at the Saskatchewan Government's budget and how it impacts you. Samantha Becotte, pres...
