Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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8:30 – On Friday Trudeau announced that Canada would increase its wage subsidy program from 10% to 75%, a huge boost for businesses struggling in the face of COVID-19. While details on the progr...
Mar 30, 2020
Crop insurance deadline extended by two weeks in Sask.
Saskatchewan producers interested in crop insurance coverage for 2020 have been given an extension to decide if they want to participate in the program. In a media release Monday, federal Agriculture ...
Mar 30, 2020 (Jake Leguee/Submitted)
Regina company able to stay in business thanks to 'sneeze guards'
COVID-19 has been tough on Regina's Lonnie Maier and Davey Plastics, just as it has been on other businesses. Maier was on the verge of laying off workers due to the economic slowdown that has resulte...
Mar 30, 2020 (Davey Plastics/Facebook)
Seven deaths linked to overdoses in Regina so far in 2020
The Regina Police Service said Monday that seven people in the city have died due to drug overdoses since Jan. 1 and five other deaths are still under investigation. In a media release, the police ser...
Mar 30, 2020
Crews dealing with sinkhole on McCarthy Boulevard
City of Regina crews continued work Monday to repair a sinkhole that opened up on McCarthy Boulevard between Brunskill Place and Fourth Avenue on Friday night. As a result, the city has closed southbo...
Mar 30, 2020
Regina police arrest Thorne for being unlawfully at large
Regina police arrested Jason Paul Thorne on Sunday afternoon, two days after the convicted sex offender deemed a high risk to reoffend was reported unlawfully at large. Police said Thorne, 43, left th...
Mar 30, 2020 Regina police say that convicted sex offender Jason Thorne is a high risk to reoffend sexually. (Photo submitted by Regina Police Service)
Officer, civilian in hospital after riverbank rescue Sunday
Saskatoon emergency crews battled icy riverbank conditions to pull a man suffering from hypothermia and an injured officer to safety. Just after 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, officers were called to the ea...
Mar 29, 2020
Blades GM Priestner begins busy off-season from his basement
Colin Priestner is finding new ways to prepare his team for another Western Hockey League (WHL) off-season. The Saskatoon Blades general manager was in San Francisco earlier this month when COVID-19 w...
Mar 29, 2020
Saskatchewan addiction treatment centres shift to online services during COVID-19 pandemic
Some of the province's addiction treatment centres are closing their doors and shifting to online and phone services until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Although this move will make it more difficult...
Mar 29, 2020
Stolen vehicle chase leads to first criminal charge under new COVID-19 law
It was one alleged car thief too many in the Loon Lake area on Friday afternoon. Now, that 11th person has led the RCMP to laying Saskatchewan's first criminal charge of disobeying a public health ord...
Mar 29, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...