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Saskatoon unofficially breaks daily heat record; scorcher to continue
The year was 1962. It was the same year the Beatles released their first single - when a new home cost around $12,000 USD to buy - and it was also a scorcher in Saskatoon on Canada Day. The daily reco...
Jul 01, 2021
Ministry of Health no longer releasing COVID updates on weekends and holidays
As COVID numbers continue to trend downwards in Saskatchewan, the province is taking a break from reporting daily statistics. Starting Thursday, the Ministry of Health will no longer issue a COVID upd...
Jul 01, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
The heat is on: SaskPower sets summer power demand record
Air conditioners have been working overtime during the sustained heat wave that has descended on Saskatchewan, and that has led to a record for SaskPower. The Crown corporation reported it had set a s...
Jun 30, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Ocean Man First Nation's solar power projects are online
Two solar energy projects on the Ocean Man First Nation now are contributing one megawatt to Saskatchewan's power grid. In a media release Wednesday, SaskPower said the projects on the First Nation lo...
Jun 30, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update June 30: 31 new cases, 17,000+ vaccine doses given
More than 17,000 new doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. The additional 17,420 vaccinations bring the total number of vaccines given in the province to date to 1,153,720....
Jun 30, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon doctor offers tips on how to avoid heat illness
Being exposed to extreme heat can pose more of a threat than some may consider. Sunburns aren’t the only consequences people may face in this heat if they’re not careful. Saskatoon physici...
Jun 30, 2021
Pats, Blades each take two players in CHL import draft
The Regina Pats and Saskatoon Blades added some European flavour to their rosters Wednesday. Each of the WHL teams took two players in the CHL import draft. The Pats selected Finnish forward Joakim Ke...
Jun 30, 2021
Accessible features coming to more Sask. provincial parks
Saskatchewan is making its provincial parks more accessible and inclusive. "Provincial parks are for people of all ages and abilities," Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said in a media rel...
Jun 30, 2021 Fourteen beach wheelchairs are available at Saskatchewan provincial parks to assist those with limited mobility. (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Regina company fined $350K following worker's death
A workplace fatality near Ceylon in November of 2017 has resulted in a $350,000 fine against a Regina company. During an appearance June 22 in Weyburn Provincial Court, B L S Asphalt Inc. was found gu...
Jun 30, 2021
Heat, dry conditions taking toll on crops in Saskatchewan
The heat wave in Saskatchewan is having a major impact on crops in the province. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said producers around the province need rain to improve crop and...
Jun 30, 2021 (Jake Leguee/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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