Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Province to release more “guidance” on COVID
Early next week, Premier Scott Moe is expected to release "guidance" on COVID-19. Moe mentioned it at a news conference on Tuesday. “Some additional guidance on how we are going to live with COV...
Aug 17, 2021
Sask. Government ‘thrilled’ with mine announcement
Premier Scott Moe is calling the BHP mine announcement a "huge vote of confidence" in Saskatchewan and its people. On Tuesday, the mining giant announced it would go ahead with the proposed potash min...
Aug 17, 2021
Visitor restrictions easing in some Saskatoon hospitals
Limitations on the number of visitors and family members will ease Wednesday at some hospitals in Saskatoon. Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon City Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital will move to the...
Aug 17, 2021 Royal University Hospital.
(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
9 COVID cases linked to Aug. 6 Rider game: SHA
Saskatchewan saw a sell-out crowd during the first week of the CFL season, but COVID didn’t have to buy a ticket - even though it was in the stands. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authorit...
Aug 17, 2021
Latest COVID update Aug. 17 - 107 new cases, lowest single-day total of vaccinations since Mar. 2021
The number of vaccines administered that were reported Tuesday in Saskatchewan - 541 - is the lowest single-day total of vaccines administered in the province since Mar. 8, 2021, when 504 vaccines wer...
Aug 17, 2021
‘It’s heartbreaking’: Afghans living in Sask. reflect on conditions in Afghanistan
Afghans living in Saskatchewan can only watch from afar as the Taliban takes over Afghanistan. Susan Siasang and her sisters Qafia and Crystal moved to Saskatchewan in 2001 while most of their extende...
Aug 17, 2021
NDP rejects SGI's proposed increases, advocates for cut rates for Sask. families at hearing
Saskatchewan NDP continued in their quest to cut driving insurance rates, rejecting SGI's proposed increases at the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel hearing Monday evening. Official opposition critic fo...
Aug 17, 2021 NDP MLA Aleana Young. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. man dead after assault in Alta. park
A Saskatchewan man is dead after an assault in a Lloydminister park. Alberta RCMP's Major Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Unit are investigating the homicide, which happened around 3 a.m. Satur...
Aug 17, 2021
USask researchers shed light on phosphorus fertilizer
The addition of phosphorus fertilizer can be a delicate task, but researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have come closer to finding the balance for farmers. Phosphorus is one of three main fer...
Aug 17, 2021 Shuo Chen (middle right) and AAFC staff in field. (Canadian Light Source)
BHP gives long-awaited go ahead for Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan
Australian mining giant BHP Group says it has approved $7.5 billion in capital spending to build its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan. The decision came as BHP announced a plan to merge its oil a...
Aug 17, 2021
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