Saskatchewan

Province celebrates French immersion growth, while Regina school division sees issues

This past week, the province praised and celebrated the growth of French immersion education programs in Saskatchewan - but that growth is posing some problems for some divisions, like Regina Public S...

Feb 09, 2020

Sask. entrepreneur’s DIY candles to be featured in Oscar swag bags

At this time last year, Michelle Bieber was just starting to learn how to craft candles. Fast forward to today, and - less than six months into her new business - the Wolseley entrepreneur's sending h...

Feb 08, 2020 Do-it-yourself candle kits made by Wolseley's Michelle Bieber, the CEO and founder of Mood The Candle Revival Co., are being featured in the 2020 Oscar swag bags, given to award nominees. (Michelle Bieber/Submitted)

Alberta judge grants enforcement order against Unifor blockade in Carseland

An Alberta judge has granted police the ability to enforce a court ruling to remove Unifor barricades at Federated Co-operatives Limited's (FCL) fuel distribution terminal in Carseland, Alta.On Thursd...

Feb 08, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Town of Nipawin responds to the motion defeat of researching a SUMA/SARM amalgamation

The Town of Nipawin headed home a bit saddened, but not completely surprised, following a motion defeat at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention.During the SUMA conventio...

Feb 07, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Three Sask. communities hoping to be first in province named Kraft Hockeyville

A rink from Saskatchewan has never won Kraft Hockeyville.Three communities from the province are looking to be the first.Dinsmore, Moose Jaw and Pense are all hopeful 2020 is the year a Saskatchewan c...

Feb 07, 2020 The village of Dinsmore (top left), City of Moose Jaw (bottom left), and Town of Pense (top right) are all competing for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. (krafthockeyville.ca)

Guernsey residents allowed home 34 hours after oil car derailment, fire

Nearly 90 people who live in Guernsey, Sask. are allowed to return to their homes after an evacuation order was lifted by emergency officials at 4 p.m. Friday.The order was initially placed Thursday m...

Feb 07, 2020 A track view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday

The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...

Feb 07, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)

FCL executive addresses fuel shortages, Unifor proposal

Gas pumps are running dry at numerous Co-op locations across Western Canada and the company's chief executive officer says Unifor's blockade of key facilities are to blame for constricting its ability...

Feb 07, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Morgan again nixes idea of binding arbitration

The Government of Saskatchewan weighed in Friday on Unifor's latest plan to end the lockout at the Co-op refinery in Regina.On Thursday, the union issued a statement in which it laid out a plan - the ...

Feb 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Fire keeping investigators away from train derailment in rural Saskatchewan

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in Saskatchewan and investigators can't access the site. It says one investigator...

Feb 07, 2020