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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NHL legend Messier lays out leadership lessons
Mark Messier's impressive rsum guaranteed his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. His famous guarantee -- and delivering on it -- didn't hurt his legacy either. With his New York Rangers down thre...
Nov 04, 2021 (AP Photo file photo/Frank Franklin II)
Check your ticket! Sask. sees another big lottery win
Saskatchewan's run of big lottery wins continued on Wednesday night. The Western Canada Lottery Corporation's website listed a Saskatoon ticket as the winner of the $2-million Western 649 jackpot. It ...
Nov 04, 2021
Nov. 4 Show Segments
8:30 – Saskatchewan’s backlog of surgeries has grown by between 34,000 and 35,000 since the start of the pandemic, with as many as 1,000 being added every week. According to Dr. Haissam Ha...
Nov 04, 2021
Grant for winter festival gets support from city committee
A grant of up to $150,000 to support a winter festival in February received support from the city's executive committee on Wednesday. The festival will be called Frost Regina and is expected to take p...
Nov 04, 2021 Public skating on Wascana Lake during the Waskimo Winter Festival. (980 CJME file photo)
Pats edge Warriors to post third straight victory
The Regina Pats have followed up a seven-game losing streak with a three-game winning streak. Regina improved to 5-7-0-0 with a 4-3 WHL victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Wednesday at the Brandt C...
Nov 03, 2021 Regina Pats forward Zack Smith. (File photo by Keith Hershmiller Photography)
COVID cases confirmed at five Regina schools
Cases of COVID-19 have been identified at five Regina schools over the past two days. Regina Public Schools said one case had been detected at each of The Crescents School, Ruth M. Buck School and Cam...
Nov 03, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 3: 173 new cases, 3 deaths, 1,765 active cases
More than 800,000 Saskatchewan residents have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and are considered fully vaccinated. In its daily COVID update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said 1,662 second...
Nov 03, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
'Worst is over,' doctor says but adds health-care system still struggling
According to infectious disease physician Dr. Alex Wong, it appears that the fourth wave of COVID-19 -- the deadliest wave of the pandemic yet -- is waning. "All of the leading indicators like test po...
Nov 03, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Weyburn salon changing the subject from COVID to positivity
Every day, Tessa Dupuis walks into work through a door under a sign with the words "beauty and wellness." But throughout the pandemic, the owner of Tessa's Beauty and Wellness in Weyburn has hated goi...
Nov 03, 2021 (Tessa's Beauty and Wellness/Facebook)
Wage increases planned for child-care workers in Saskatchewan
Early childhood educators in Saskatchewan are getting a raise. The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced Wednesday they're giving qualified child-care workers a wage increase of up to $3 pe...
Nov 03, 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)
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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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