Saskatchewan

Juno Awards set for Saskatoon have been cancelled

The Juno Awards, which were to be held in Saskatoon on Sunday, have been cancelled due to concerns surrounding coronavirus.The news was delivered Thursday via Twitter."We are devastated to cancel this...

Mar 12, 2020 (Juno Awards)

Province extends another offer to Sask. teachers

The provincial government is making a new offer to Saskatchewan's teachers.In a media release, the government said Wednesday that it's offering a four-year contract that includes a $1,500 one-time pay...

Mar 11, 2020 Education Minister Gordon Wyant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Sask. gov’t still doesn’t have finished plan to deal with possible coronavirus outbreak

The Government of Saskatchewan still doesn't have a finished plan on how it, and its many arms, would deal with a coronavirus outbreak if it were to happen here.Health Minister Jim Reiter said the pla...

Mar 11, 2020 (CJME News Staff)

Trudeau promises $1 billion to help provinces cope with coronavirus cases

The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers who are ...

Mar 11, 2020 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)

Meili calling for postponed budget in wake of coronavirus-related market drop

With markets and oil prices taking a plunge in reaction to coronavirus in countries around the world, the leader of Saskatchewan's NDP wants the government to postpone the budget and take another look...

Mar 10, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north

"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...

Mar 10, 2020

Petroleum analyst predicting even bigger drop in gas prices

Gas prices are expected to drop significantly in the coming days.Dan McTeague is a petroleum analyst and is part of a group called Canadians for Affordable Energy. He told Gormley that another drop of...

Mar 10, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Diamond project relationship hits rocks: Star Diamond sues Rio Tinto

Some of the sparkle may have been lost between the Project Falcon diamond partners East of Prince Albert. Star Diamond Corporation is taking Rio Tinto Exploration Canada to court over what it claims i...

Mar 10, 2020 Rio Tinto's huge trench cutting rig at the Project Falcon diamond venture East of Prince Albert. (submitted photo/Rio Tinto)

‘It’ll just keep us hungrier:’ Dunstone reflects on 2020 Brier

Even though the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier didn't end the way they wanted, Matt Dunstone and the members of his Regina-based rink are still happy about their performance at the Canadian men's curling cham...

Mar 09, 2020 Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone throws a rock during the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. (Curling Canada/Twitter)

Northern Sask. communities prepared for coronavirus

The risk for a case of coronavirus in Northern Saskatchewan First Nation communities is low but is not zero, according to the Medical Health Officer for the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NIT...

Mar 09, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)