Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Fire bans issued southwest of Saskatoon
With temperatures rising and fields drying up, fire bans are coming into effect west and southwest of Saskatoon. The rural municipalities of Vanscoy and Montrose issued fire bans Tuesday afternoon, pr...
Apr 29, 2020
Show Segments
8:30 – Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab joins Gormley to discuss Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 testing program and the latest on the provincial fight against th...
Apr 29, 2020
Deer caught on video floating down North Saskatchewan River during ice breakup
By Michael Joel-Hansen Some people watching the ice break up on the North Saskatchewan River saw quite the sight this past weekend. A single deer was seen riding on an ice floe as the river broke. Sin...
Apr 28, 2020
Two teens charged after couple assaulted in Regina
Two youths were arrested after a man and a woman were assaulted and threatened in Regina on Monday. According to the Regina Police Service, the incident happened at about 3:50 p.m., in the area of Jub...
Apr 28, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
SHA’s revised COVID-19 modelling shows progress in Sask.
While the numbers are looking good in Saskatchewan and health professionals say the province is flattening the curve, the provincial health authority is planning for a much darker day. A media release...
Apr 28, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan announces one new COVID-19 case, three more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday -- its lowest such number in more than a week. The last time Saskatchewan had just one case was April 20. The new case, which is in ...
Apr 28, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan announces one new COVID-19 case, three more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday — its lowest such number in more than a week. The last time Saskatchewan had just one case was April 20. The new case, which i...
Apr 28, 2020
Planned power outages coming to Saskatoon in multiple neighbourhoods
A series of power outages are coming to Saskatoon this week. With many working from home, or using their power to connect internet services, SaskPower media relations consultant Scott McGregor joined ...
Apr 28, 2020
Epidemiologist says Sask. residents have to be diligent to beat COVID-19
Cynthia Carr has watched with interest as Saskatchewan has posted a relatively low rate of positive COVID-19 tests. The Winnipeg-based epidemiologist is originally from Moose Jaw, so she's happy to se...
Apr 28, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
19-year-old man from Alberta dies in crash near Pense
A 19-year-old man from Alberta was killed in a crash southeast of Pense on Monday morning. White Butte RCMP say it happened at about 4:30 a.m. The man's pickup truck was on a grid road when it "left t...
Apr 28, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...