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Prairie Harm Reduction 'devastated' to be excluded from provincial budget
For the third year in a row, Saskatoon's Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) has been passed over in the provincial budget. The safe consumption site is the first one in the province, located in Saskatoon's ...
Mar 25, 2022
Filmmaker calls budget good first step to recovery for film industry
It won't fix the damage done years ago, but Layton Burton thinks Wednesday's budget is a good first step. The Saskatchewan filmmaker called the news of an $8-million increase to the Creative Saskatche...
Mar 25, 2022
Sask. runner has tricks for the trails to get runners out after spring thaw
Running is heralded as the most accessible sport - all that's needed is a pair of running shoes. That's true, said Brian Michasiw, although having the right fit in those shoes and tools to be a smarte...
Mar 25, 2022 Brian Michasiw stands against a wall of shoes at his running shop, Brainsport, off Broadway Avenue in Saskatoon. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Numbers of new COVID cases, deaths, hospitalizations all rise in Sask.
The key indicators for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all rose during the latest reporting period. In the weekly epidemiological report issued Thursday by the Ministry of Health, the number of new cases inc...
Mar 24, 2022
'A sad day for our students': Teachers' federation, school boards react to Sask. budget
Higher-ups in Saskatchewan’s education system are not happy with the provincial budget. The province announced $3.8 billion for schools on Wednesday, an increase of 1.3 per cent from the previou...
Mar 24, 2022
Survey says more than half of physicians have experienced burnout
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is reporting that more than half of the physicians in the country have experienced high levels of burnout. According to the results of the survey, conducted last...
Mar 24, 2022
Astronomer says large meteor behind Tuesday's bright flash in the sky
What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor! Lucky Saskatchewan residents who were outside Tuesday night got to see a bolide light up the night sky. Lorna Janeczko saw it on...
Mar 24, 2022
Harpauer defends PST expansion; NDP decries ‘no-help budget’
Saskatchewan's finance minister sees the expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax and the projected reduction of the surgical wait list as a tradeoff. "(The expanded PST) will generate annually a little ...
Mar 23, 2022
How the 2022-23 Saskatchewan budget affects you
Here's how the Saskatchewan budget, released Wednesday, is going to impact you. Psst! Get ready for an expanded PST The province is expanding the Provincial Sales Tax for the third time since 2...
Mar 23, 2022
Expanding PST, contracting surgical wait list part of 2022-23 budget
People in Saskatchewan are going to have to pay a few dollars more to be entertained starting in October. As part of the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced th...
Mar 23, 2022
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