Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Health Authority works to resume in-person visits at long-term care facilities
Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Scott Livingstone admits he’s been getting some heat when it comes to rural hospitals being repurposed and families who are frustrated over not being able...
May 20, 2020
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect in southwestern Saskatchewan
Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for areas across southwestern Saskatchewan on Wednesday afternoon. The watch is in effect for areas around Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Coronach, Kind...
May 20, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports seventh death due to COVID-19
For the first time in nearly a month, Saskatchewan has recorded another death connected to COVID-19. On Wednesday, the province reported a seventh Saskatchewan resident who had tested positive for the...
May 20, 2020 (File photo by Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
COVID-19 forces CFL to change plans for 2020 season, Grey Cup
The CFL has announced the 2020 Grey Cup game won't be played in Regina - unless the Saskatchewan Roughriders earn the right to host it. In a statement Wednesday, the CFL announced it was changing its ...
May 20, 2020 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (CFL/)
REAL finalizing deals with restaurant, hotel for Evraz Place development
The threat of COVID-19 may have thrown Evraz Place's 2020 plans into disarray, but positive changes may be coming for the facility. Tim Reid, the president and CEO of Regina Exhibition Association Lim...
May 20, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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8:30 – Twelve community hospitals in Saskatchewan are temporarily suspending acute-care admissions and emergency services to ensure there is enough capacity if Saskatchewan sees a surge of COVID...
May 20, 2020
Refinery employees upset they weren't told about bomb threat
Kevin Bittman is still shaken. Bittman, the president of Unifor Local 594, can't understand why no one from his union was told a letter had been received in February in which someone threatened to blo...
May 20, 2020 Unifor local 594 president Kevin Bittman (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Man dead following motorcycle crash in south Regina
A 24-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle accident in south Regina on Tuesday night. The Regina Police Service said officers responded at about 8:45 p.m., to reports of a single-vehicle incident at...
May 20, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon shoppers flock to retail outlets on day one of Phase 2 of Re-Open Saskatchewan
The warm, sunny weather brought out Saskatoon shoppers by the droves Tuesday, May 19; the first day of Saskatchewan’s Phase 2 re-opening. What were nearly vacant parking lots just a month ago &#...
May 19, 2020
Province announces details of Municipal Economic Enhancement Program
In a media release Tuesday, Government Relations Minister Lori Carr announced specific funding allocations for all Saskatchewan communities under the new Municipal Economic Enhancement Program 2020 (M...
May 19, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 24
8:30 - Farming season is a short and precious one here in Saskatchewan, and cold spring storms can cause harmful delays ...