Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update June 26: Active caseload falls under 600
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan fell under 600 on Saturday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health reported 61 new cases, 71 recoveries and one death. That left...
Jun 26, 2021 The drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Evraz Place. (980 CJME file photo)
Environment Canada issues heat warnings in western Saskatchewan
A prolonged heat wave is expected to start in west-central Saskatchewan over the weekend. In a statement, Environment Canada said afternoon high temperatures near 30 C are expected this weekend, and w...
Jun 26, 2021
Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
By Fred Goodall, The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in ...
Jun 26, 2021
Saskatoon mayor reacts to targeted attack against Muslim man
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark said Friday he was upset to hear a Muslim man had been assaulted in the city. "I am horrified and saddened about the targeted attack on Mohammad Kashif in our own city," ...
Jun 25, 2021
Buffalo Pound Provincial Park to get new visitor centre
Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is turning an old ski chalet into a new visitor centre. This summer, Regina-based Westridge Construction Ltd., is to begin converting the chalet -- which originally was b...
Jun 25, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Latest COVID update June 25: 56 new cases, 609 active cases
The number of cases of the Delta variant of concern of COVID-19 is continuing to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Friday, the Ministry of Health said 178 cases of that variant had been ident...
Jun 25, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. RCMP officer suspended, charged after pepper spray incident
A Carlyle RCMP officer is facing one charge of assault with a weapon after a complaint made about a vehicle stop and arrest in Arcola last October. On Oct. 31, RCMP officers from the Carlyle detachmen...
Jun 25, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Chief Delorme says 'reset' needed on reconciliation journey
Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme was not expecting the number of unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School site to be as high as 751. The search involved the use of g...
Jun 25, 2021 (Cowessess First Nation/Submitted)
SaskTel increases investment in fibre optic broadband technology
SaskTel is doubling its efforts to put fibre optic broadband technology into rural Saskatchewan. The Crown corporation announced Friday it was putting $50 million into its Rural Fibre Initiative, incr...
Jun 25, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Positive ID of remains ends missing person case after 23 years
A missing person case in Regina is over after 23 years. In a media release Friday, the Regina Police Service said human remains discovered Dec. 3 have been identified as those of Patrick Cyril Thauber...
Jun 25, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...