Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Feds, province provide funding to lower child-care costs in Sask.
The federal and provincial governments took another step Friday toward lowering child-care costs for families in Saskatchewan. The governments announced funding will be given to licensed facilities in...
Nov 19, 2021 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
Health Canada OK's Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11
Some kids in Saskatchewan soon could be rolling up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine. Health Canada announced Friday it has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged five to 11. Previo...
Nov 19, 2021
Nov. 19 Show Segments
8:30 - John Gormley is away for a few days, and Executive Producer Taylor MacPherson is holding down the fort. We'll be replaying some of Gormley's best interviews, and keeping you up to speed on all ...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID-19 weighing heavy on Saskatchewan mayors
When Glenn George first took on the role of mayor in Melfort about a year ago, he didn't realize how much the pandemic would impact the job. “I’m working at it twice as hard as I ever thou...
Nov 19, 2021
Man gets 18-year sentence for manslaughter in Regina
A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday in connection with Regina's first murder of 2020. Kurtis Thomas pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench to a charge of manslaughter in t...
Nov 18, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina seeing highest murder rate in decades
Regina has recorded more murders so far in 2021 than at any other time in the last few decades. The month of October saw three murders in the span of one week alone. It is a gruesome statistic Regina'...
Nov 18, 2021 Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
More than 13K COVID cases in Sask. have been kids under 11
More than one-sixth of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 cases to date have been children under the age of 11. On Thursday, the provincial government's COVID dashboard changed the age groups of cases, separatin...
Nov 18, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 18: 95 new cases, 4 deaths
Saskatchewan continues to lead Canada in rate of deaths due to COVID-19. According to Health Canada statistics, the death rate in the province in the past two weeks is 3.4 deaths per 100,000 populatio...
Nov 18, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
One-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives but booster likely needed, doctor says
The single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now available in Saskatchewan, but it may not be one and done if people want to stay fully protected in the long run. Infectious disease physi...
Nov 18, 2021
City says residential streets won't be plowed in wake of storm
The City of Regina won't be plowing residential streets in the wake of the snowstorm that hit the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. In a media release Thursday, the city said about 10 centimetres of snow...
Nov 18, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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