Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Mike Babcock returning home as head coach of U of S Huskies
Mike Babcock is coming home. The Stanley Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medal-winning coach was announced the new head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team Saturda...
Feb 20, 2021 The University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team won the program's 11th Canada West championship with a 3-1 win over the UBC Thunderbirds on Feb. 29, 2020 at Merlis Belsher Place. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Mike Babcock returning home as head coach of U of S Huskies
Mike Babcock is coming home. The Stanley Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medal-winning coach was announced the new head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team S...
Feb 20, 2021
Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under ‘699’ clause
By Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding ...
Feb 20, 2021
Rosthern man wins nearly $1.2 million on VLT
Michael Tokarz is joining a pretty exclusive club. He’s one of just 15 people to win a Vault Breaker jackpot in Saskatchewan since 2017. On February 12 all five icons fell into place while he wa...
Feb 20, 2021
Large crowds look to embrace the outdoors during winter warm-up
The return of more season conditions for this time of year is welcome news after a frigid deep freeze across the province. Those warmer temperatures are expected to bring many people outdoors. Gail Mo...
Feb 20, 2021
Defending champion Einarson wins opener as bubble play begins at Hearts
CALGARY - Kerri Einarson picked up where she left off at the Canadian women’s curling championship. The defending champion kicked off curling bubble play at the Markin MacPhail Centre on Friday ...
Feb 20, 2021
Canada-US border closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21
OTTAWA - The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure...
Feb 20, 2021
‘He loved his job,’ says friend of Battlefords-area health care worker who died after testing positive for COVID-19
Tom Thomas was an active member in his church and in the community, a caring man who would help anyone – and a man who loved his job. Antony Mathew, who knew Thomas since his arrival in Canada i...
Feb 19, 2021
Latest COVID update Feb. 19: 146 new cases, three new deaths, 2,403 vaccine doses given
For the second straight day, Saskatchewan saw 146 new cases of COVID-19 reported. There were three new deaths reported, bringing the total to 365. The Ministry of Health's daily update also reported 7...
Feb 19, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan emerges from 31 days of freezing temperatures
Few in Saskatchewan have experienced a February like the one of 2021. Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips has declared that if the calendar were to flip Thursday, it would have be...
Feb 19, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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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...