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Latest COVID update Oct. 1: Sask. reports 5 deaths, 313 hospitalizations
Five more Saskatchewan residents have died as a result of COVID-19, increasing the province's death toll due to the virus to 700 since the pandemic started. The deaths reported Friday comprised three ...
Oct 01, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP's First Nations and Metis Relations critic sees West Lawn as place for learning
In recent years, the West Lawn in Wascana Park outside the Legislative Building has been used as a base where Indigenous activists made their calls for justice. On the country's first National Day for...
Oct 01, 2021 Betty Nippi-Albright, the NDP critic for First Nations and Metis Relations, speaking in the West Lawn of Wascana Park on Sept. 30. To her right is Janet Bugler, an Elder from Red Pheasant Cree Nation and descendant of Chief Piapot. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
With 1 in 5 employees unvaccinated, SHA launches proof-of-vaccination policy
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says 20 per cent of health-care workers in the province haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. That's one of the reasons the SHA launched its proof-of-vaccination ...
Oct 01, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Biggest concern among businesses is abuse of employees, says Hospitality Saskatchewan
It's the first workday for the hospitality sector under Saskatchewan's new proof-of-vaccination requirements. As of Friday, a number of businesses must check customers for proof of vaccination or a ne...
Oct 01, 2021 "That's why it's called the hospitality industry. We need those smiling faces in the right places," said Jim Bence, President and CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP seeking person of interest after officer’s home shot at
The RCMP is investigating a shooting incident outside the home of one its officers in northern Saskatchewan. The Mounties received a report Monday that a gun had been fired several times outside an of...
Oct 01, 2021
Driver in hit-and-run crash charged with attempted murder
A 20-year-old Regina man is facing three charges of attempted murder in the wake of a crash Wednesday at one of Regina's busiest intersections. Larz Anthony Okeeweehow also was charged with dangerous ...
Oct 01, 2021
Four Regina schools confirm cases of COVID
Four more Regina schools have reported cases of COVID-19. Regina Public Schools said cases have been detected at Ruth Pawson School, Ecole Connaught Community School and Dr. A.E. Perry School, while t...
Oct 01, 2021
City of Regina closing down outdoor facilities for season
The City of Regina is getting ready for the arrival of Old Man Winter. Crews are closing -- or preparing to close -- city-operated facilities such as off-leash dog parks, spray pads and golf courses. ...
Oct 01, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police investigating after man shot during robbery
Regina police are searching for the gunman behind a shooting early Wednesday night. According to a news release, they found a young man with a gunshot wound inside a home near Robinson Street and Fift...
Oct 01, 2021 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Sask. no longer lowest minimum wage in Canada
Minimum wage earners in Saskatchewan received a raise on Friday. The province's minimum wage bumps up to $11.81 per hour, an increase of 36 cents. At $11.75 per hour, New Brunswick now has the lowest ...
Oct 01, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...