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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Co-op counters special mediator recommendations in new offer, Unifor not impressed
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has released its offer to Unifor Local 594 as the two sides try to negotiate a new labour contract, after FCL declined parts of a special mediator's report on Sun...
Mar 26, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
City to look to youth in battle with COVID-19 following Wednesday meeting
As the City of Saskatoon continues to deal with its strategy for COVID-19, it wants to make sure youth are involved in the ongoing battle. During a special governance and priorities committee meeting ...
Mar 25, 2020
Traffic stop leads to drugs, weapon charges for 26-year-old man
Chase Matthew Bagan, 26, faces several charges following a traffic stop last Saturday on Highway 16 near Maidstone. The Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit was patrolling that area Saturday afternoo...
Mar 25, 2020
SHA says two participants at snowmobile rally supper tested positive for COVID-19
Two people who attended the Lakeland Snowmobile Club Wilderness Rally Supper in Christopher Lake have tested positive for COVID-19. The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a public service announceme...
Mar 25, 2020
Pats win Connor Bedard sweepstakes, land first selection in WHL bantam draft
The Regina Pats secured the No. 1 pick in the WHL's bantam draft lottery Wednesday morning. In the void of live sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans eagerly watched one of the most anticipated dr...
Mar 25, 2020
Sask. snowbirds safe at home, self-isolating with help of local businesses
After a bit of a scramble to leave Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and get home to Regina, former 980 CJME news anchor Alex Docking and his wife Jill are now back home and self-isolating. So far they're free ...
Mar 25, 2020 Alex and Jill Docking. (Facebook)
Sask. Catholic schools win funding appeal fight
It's a significant legal victory for Catholic education in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the appeal of the Theodore case in a unanimous decision. It overturns t...
Mar 25, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
14 new cases of COVID-19 brings Saskatchewan’s total to 86
Saskatchewan's goal of limiting community transmission of COVID-19 could get a serious test as more travellers return to the province. On Wednesday -- when the provincial government revealed there wer...
Mar 25, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. limits gatherings to 10, orders more businesses to close
The Government of Saskatchewan is limiting the size of public and private gatherings to a maximum of 10 people in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19. In a media release Wednesday, the government ...
Mar 25, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 on March 18, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
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8:30 – A planning document from the Saskatchewan Health Authority picked up by the media this week contains a number of scary-sounding figures, including estimates that as many as 15,000 will di...
Mar 25, 2020
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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