Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Sask. reports 15 new COVID-19 cases, 14 connected to outbreak in Hutterite communities in the South
There are 15 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 18, bringing the provincial total to 708. Fourteen of the new cases are in the South region. In a release, the province says the ne...
Jun 18, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Federation of Labour says workers ‘anxious’ to get off CERB
The voice for workers in Saskatchewan doesn’t believe people are purposely staying home and living off pandemic programs like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) On Wednesday, Saskatche...
Jun 18, 2020
Province announces new temporary training program for Saskatchewan employers
In a release Thursday, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a new temporary training program to help businesses train employees to enhance safety protocols and adjust business models as they reope...
Jun 18, 2020
Seeding nearly wrapped up for Saskatchewan farmers
In this week’s crop report, Sask. Agriculture says seeding is 99 per cent complete. Strong winds continued throughout the province this week and the drying conditions have some producers concern...
Jun 18, 2020
Big River man’s dance moves become viral sensation
A quiet night in with his partner, and a desire to lift a friend's spirits have catapulted a Big River First Nation man to Internet stardom. Leon McGilvery's Facebook Live video Five Quick Steps to Da...
Jun 18, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak for two Hutterite communities in RM of Maple Creek
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) declared COVID-19 outbreaks in two Hutterite communities in the RM of Maple Creek Wednesday evening. Two members of a rural household in the area tested positiv...
Jun 17, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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)
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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