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Extreme cold near the start of this year in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan has led to a damage bill that the Insurance Bureau of Canada says is more than $180 million.  The bureau says about 70 per cent of the insurance claims related to the extreme cold were for personal property and damage caused by frozen […]

Today eHealth Saskatchewan, their annual list of the top baby names for 2023. Olivia continues its reign as the most beloved name for baby girls, securing the top position for the ninth consecutive year. This bumps Emma to the second spot, overshadowing last year’s leading girl name, Amelia, which now finds itself in eleventh place. […]

The feud between the provincial government, and teachers is continuing with no end in sight. Teachers are kicking off the week with a ban on all extra curricular activities province wide, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. That means teachers will not take part in the organization, supervision and facilitation of activities including athletics, non-curricular arts, field […]

There was talk of war — past conflicts, and current ones — and pleas for peace. There was a painful reminder of the recent death of Alexei Navalny. There were protests outside the Dolby Theatre, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. And there was a bit of election-year politics, too, from host Jimmy Kimmel. But the Oscars telecast is always […]

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government will cap the annual alcohol excise tax increase on beer, spirits and wine at two per cent for an additional two years. The alcohol excise tax had been set to rise on April 1 by 4.7 per cent, tied to inflation, but Freeland announced today that the […]

On Friday the Sask Party Government announced it had reached a deal with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association on allocating the new money announced by the government earlier this week. https://www.620ckrm.com/2024/03/08/government-strikes-deal-with-school-boards-about-classroom-supports-and-mental-health-recources/ The province says the four-year agreement guarantees base funding of $356.6 million annually for classroom supports, including increased investment in youth mental health resources. […]

The Saskatchewan government has inked a multi-year funding agreement with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA), along with the endorsement of locally elected boards of education. The agreement ensures a minimum of $356.6 million annually for four years, dedicated to classroom supports and an additional investment in youth mental health resources. This substantial budget marks […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the presidency, a forum that almost always favors the speaker in a one-way conversation with millions of Americans. Most of the speeches are instantly dissected, and almost as quickly forgotten. But this is a most unusual year, with President Joe Biden needing to make the case not simply that his policies warrant a a second term, but that he has the personal […]

The Canadian economy added 41,000 jobs in February as employment gains continue to lag strong population growth in the country. The federal agency’s labour force survey released Friday says the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 per cent last month. Job gains were spread across several industries in the services-producing sector, with the strongest employment growth in […]

Ottawa police say four children and two adults are dead and a seventh person is injured after what the police chief is describing as an attack by a “lone actor” in an Ottawa suburb Wednesday night. Police chief Eric Stubbs told CBC News in an interview that it was a “mass shooting,” but an Ottawa […]