Murray Wood: Why the 21st Century is Saskatchewan's century
Murray Wood says the Food Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit happening in Regina this week underlines why the 21st centur...
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Anxiety, depression, suicide reported by nurses on the frontline
Working on the frontline of healthcare is having a devastating effect on nurses. That's what has become apparent from a new study done by researchers at the University of Regina. Spearheaded by...
Jun 17, 2020
Huskies ‘confident’ in ability to finance shortened athletics season, as Alberta shuts down teams over money issues
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies will be without one of its fiercest rivals if a pandemic-shortened 2020-21 athletics season goes ahead in January. That’s because the University of Alberta...
Jun 17, 2020
Group behind dozens of letters to Board of Police Commissioners hopes to ‘disarm, defund and abolish’ SPS
By her own admission, Eileen Bear’s personal experiences with police haven’t been very pleasant. As a spokesperson for the group “Saskatoon Coordinating Committee Against Police Viol...
Jun 17, 2020
Jean Vanier School in Regina gets a new name
Jean Vanier School in Regina now has a new name. The Catholic School Division announced the school for those with intensive needs will now be known as St. Maria Faustina School. Vanier was a highly re...
Jun 17, 2020 Regina Catholic School Division has changed the name of Jean Vanier School to St. Maria Faustina School, in announcement made on Wednesday. (Dave Parsons / Global News)
Sask. begins process to improve police oversight
The Saskatchewan Government has introduced The Police Amendment Act, 2020 today as an initial step to improving police oversight in Saskatchewan. In a release, the Ministry of Justice said the Act con...
Jun 17, 2020
WHL aiming for Oct. 2nd start to 2020-21 season
The Western Hockey League is aiming to have the puck dropped in October. The league wrapped up its annual general meeting Wednesday afternoon, indicating a Return to Play Protocol for the 2020-21 seas...
Jun 17, 2020
June rainfall within average for Saskatoon area
Despite what seems like days of endless grey sky and scattered rain, the Saskatoon area is on track to be within normal June rainfall totals, according to Environment Canada. “So far this month ...
Jun 17, 2020
Sask. reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, 47 now active
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 17, bringing the provincial total to 693. Seven of the new cases are in the Far North region and two are in the Saskatoon region....
Jun 17, 2020
Sask. reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, 47 now active
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 17, bringing the provincial total to 693. Seven of the new cases are in the Far North region and two are in the Saskatoon region....
Jun 17, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan impaired driving deaths and injuries at record low in 2019
The number of deaths and injuries from impaired driving is trending in the right direction in Saskatchewan. 2019 was a record-breaking year for lows in terms of both deaths and injuries. Back in 2018,...
Jun 17, 2020 Joe Hargrave, Minister responsible for SGI, with Lou and Linda Van de Vorst, who lost four of their family members to a drunk driver.
(Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Doggy daycares and other viral stories are a joy that we need right now
Sarah Mills says the tale of the Regina husky Missy escaping her vet to head to her favourite doggy daycare is the heart...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 22
On Tuesday's show, Saskatchewan Health Minister, Jeremy Cockrill, takes calls and questions from people in the province,...