Saskatchewan

CN shuts down eastern rail network, FSIN and Hoback weigh in

Canadian National Railway Co. says it must shut down its entire train network in Eastern Canada due to protesters blockades.The company says that means stopping all transcontinental trains across its ...

Feb 13, 2020 (Canadian National Railway Company/Facebook)

Dorintosh School bus options discussed

Northwest School Division will provide bus transportation to Dorintosh School students outside the village for the 2020-2021 school year. The school is slated to close due to low enrolment, in June. D...

Teena Monteleone Feb 13, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

SaskPower, electrical workers agree to new labour contract

Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years.The Cr...

Feb 13, 2020 (Evan Radford/CJME News)

Conciliation report urges teachers, government to meet on classroom issues

Teachers and the government are not on the same page in terms of writing classroom size and composition into a contract, but both sides agree on the urgency of meeting to address those issues beyond t...

Feb 13, 2020 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Radon presents serious risk for Saskatchewan citizens

One in three homes in Saskatchewan has dangerous levels of radon, according to a Lung Association of Saskatchewan study.That number is even higher in Regina, where about 50 per cent of homes are affec...

Feb 13, 2020 Diagram of how radon can enter a home. (Family Action Network)

Lieutenant Governor looking to help language preservation

Saskatchewan's Lieutenant Governor is using his office to support the preservation of Indigenous languages.Russ Mirasty, who is a speaker of Woodland Cree and a member of Lac-La-Ronge Indian Band said...

Feb 12, 2020 Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty recently spoke to an audience in Saskatoon about Indigenous language preservation. (Ron Quaroni/paNOW Staff)

Unifor again found guilty of contempt of court, fined $250K

The union representing employees at the Co-op refinery has been fined for a second time as a result of its actions during the ongoing lockout.In a written judgment released Wednesday, Court of Queen's...

Feb 12, 2020 The barricade at Gate 7 of the Co-op refinery on Feb. 12, 2020. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)

Technologies unveiled to help track, ultimately reduce, garbage in Saskatchewan

People in Saskatchewan produce a lot of garbage and on Tuesday, Innovation Saskatchewan unveiled two technologies which it hopes will get the province on track to reduce that amount of trash.Last year...

Feb 11, 2020 Sam Dietrich, co-founder of Prairie Robotics Inc., presents his company's computer and AI system which estimates the type and amount of trash in vehicles as part of an Innovation Saskatchewan competition on Feb. 11, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

1.2M litres of oil spilled in Saskatchewan train derailment

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil was spilled during a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan last week. The province's ministry of environment says th...

Feb 11, 2020

Northern Connection Conference linking together missing person agencies and projects

The Northern Connections Conference in La Ronge this week is bringing together various agencies and missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) projects across Saskatchewan."It's important to get a l...

Feb 11, 2020 The conference attracted about two dozen attendees. Here, Karen Sanderson speaks to the crowd. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)