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RCMP investigating murder in Air Ronge
La Ronge RCMP are now providing more information on the incident in Air Ronge Saturday that caused RCMP to report a heavy police presence at a residence. La Ronge RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crim...
Jan 09, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 8: Cases continue to climb, 9 new hospitalizations
COVID cases continue to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Saturday, the province reported 937 new cases and 301 recoveries, raising the active total to 6,897, the highest number of active cas...
Jan 08, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina again delays clearing of snow on residential streets
The City of Regina has again pushed back its plowing of residential roads. On Wednesday, the city announced it was delaying the planned plowing until Sunday. Now, the city is saying in a release the r...
Jan 08, 2022
Pats, Blades among 15 teams put on ice by WHL due to COVID
Four of Saskatchewan's five WHL teams now are shut down by COVID-19, while the fifth has been allowed to resume activities. The league announced Friday the activities of 15 teams -- including the Regi...
Jan 07, 2022
Moe shoots down Duclos' idea of mandatory COVID shots
Premier Scott Moe pushed back Friday against the federal health minister's suggestion of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. In a statement, Moe said the provincial government will not be implementing th...
Jan 07, 2022 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
Latest COVID update Jan. 7: All-time high 1,170 new cases reported
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Saskatchewan has reached quadruple figures in new cases. The Ministry of Health reported 1,170 new cases Friday, breaking the single-day record ...
Jan 07, 2022
Parking ban in effect as snow routes declared in Regina
The City of Regina declared Friday that snow routes were in effect, meaning on-street parking on some roads will be forbidden starting Saturday morning. The ban is to take effect Saturday at 6 a.m., a...
Jan 07, 2022 The city is using around 50 pieces of equipment to make the roads and sidewalks safer during the winter storm, including graders, ice control trucks, sidewalk-clearing machines, front-end loaders and smaller skids as well as 10 or 12 sanders. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Bomb squad completes removal of unstable chemicals from U of R labs
The Regina Police Service's bomb squad and other first responders began the process Friday of removing unstable chemicals from some labs on the University of Regina campus. The operation was completed...
Jan 07, 2022 (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Weather forcing Iceville to stay closed over the weekend
The cold weather continues to wreak havoc on Iceville. The initial opening of the skating rink at Mosaic Stadium was delayed twice last week due to the cold. Then, appointments were cancelled from Tue...
Jan 07, 2022 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Moe gov't says it hasn't ruled out more public health measures
The Saskatchewan government has reiterated it hasn't dismissed the idea of new public health measures as case numbers of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise in the province. In a statement Friday, Premi...
Jan 07, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
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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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