Sarah Mills: No sleep while sitting next to snoring passenger on long flight
Sarah Mills says she recently endured a six-hour flight while sitting next to a snoring man and nobody said anything abo...
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Saskatchewan reaches 80% mark for first doses of COVID vaccines
Saskatchewan has reached a milestone in its response to COVID-19. In a media release Friday, the provincial government said 80 per cent of all residents who are eligible to get their first dose of a C...
Sep 24, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina teen facing multiple charges after almost hitting an officer
A 16-year-old Regina boy is facing more than half a dozen charges in what police are calling an "unpredictable" situation. On Wednesday at around 12:30 a.m., a constable in the Canine Unit was driving...
Sep 24, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
SJHL hit with a COVID-19 case on the eve of new season
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) is not getting the smooth start to the season it had hoped for. The league announced on Thursday all Melville Millionaires games are suspended until furthe...
Sep 24, 2021
SEIU-West president unsure about NDP call for military help
The head of a union representing thousands of health-care workers across the province isn't sure calling the military is the help the industry needs. However, SEIU-West president Barbara Cape knows so...
Sep 24, 2021 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sept. 24 Show Segments
8:30 – Saskatchewan currently has 273 COVID patients in our hospitals, including 58 in the ICU. The province also added seven new deaths yesterday, bringing that total up to 658. Our organ donat...
Sep 24, 2021
Pats preparing to drop the puck on the 2021-22 WHL season
Members of the Regina Pats organization can sense that a season well worth watching is just over the horizon. It has been three years since the team's Memorial Cup run in 2018 -- three years spent reb...
Sep 23, 2021 Shaun Semple, CEO of the Regina Pats, speaks during a media availability ahead of the 2021-22 WHL season. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Sept. 23: 460 new cases, 7 deaths, 273 in hospital
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals and ICUs reached record levels again Thursday. The Ministry of Health said there were 273 people with COVID in the province's health-care faci...
Sep 23, 2021 A message written on the sidewalk outside Ellis Hall, next to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Tech expert tries to ease concerns about QR codes for proving vax status
A Canadian tech expert says people shouldn’t have any fears about their personal information in a bar code. Starting Oct. 1, Saskatchewan is moving to a QR code system to show proof of a COVID-1...
Sep 23, 2021
Harvest nearly 90 per cent complete in Saskatchewan
Harvest in Saskatchewan continues to be well ahead of its average pace, thanks in large part to the weather. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said warm, dry conditions have allow...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck School closed due to COVID
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School has been closed due to numerous cases of COVID-19. On Wednesday, Regina Public Schools announced the school was closing a Grade 3 classroom a...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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Evan talks with Sask Roughrider Shane Bane Jr. about his travels to Kenya with World Vision Canada during the off season...