Sarah Mills: Left-lane hoggers are everywhere
Passing lanes allow a faster driver to pass another vehicle. But Sarah Mills says it seems the left-lane hoggers have es...
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Latest COVID update April 5: 219 new cases, 212 recoveries, 1 death
The Milden Hotel and Bar is the latest Saskatchewan establishment to be fined for violating COVID-19 measures. In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Health said the hotel and bar had been fined $...
Apr 5, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
VIDO-InterVac vaccine tweaked to tackle variants
The COVID-19 vaccine developed in the lab at Saskatoon’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan is now better equipped to fend off emerging variants...
Apr 5, 2021
Organizer behind Lumsden's Hockeyville bid hoping for big voter turnout
Lumsden's Jamie Lees is hoping supporters of her town's Kraft Hockeyville bid will vote in droves this weekend. Voting for the contest begins Friday at 7 a.m., and is to close the next day at 3 p.m. A...
Apr 5, 2021 (File photo)
Latest COVID update April 4: Vaccine numbers delayed, Moderna shipment arrives, active cases rise
There was no new data on COVID vaccinations in Saskatchewan this Easter Sunday. The Ministry of Health reported in its daily update that it will launch a new web page with data on vaccines by age rang...
Apr 4, 2021
Saskatoon drive-through immunization clinic to begin Monday, other cities Tuesday and Wednesday
Prairieland Park preparing for many visitors to kick off the workweek. On Monday and Tuesday, the facility will hold a drive-through COVID-19 immunization clinic with the AstraZeneca vaccine. It opens...
Apr 4, 2021
Two women fined following Saturday Victoria Park COVID protest
Two women have been handed tickets for allegedly breaking COVID rules. In a news release, Regina police said there was a protest against public health measures at Victoria Park at about 2 p.m. Saturda...
Apr 4, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police looking for suspicious man after possible abduction attempt
Regina police are looking into a possible abduction attempt in Harbour Landing. On Friday around 8:45 p.m., officers were called to the neighborhood to talk with a 22-year-old woman who said she was a...
Apr 3, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Health Canada issues advisory for masks with graphene
Health Canada is advising people not to use face masks that contain graphene. According to the advisory, graphene contains tiny particles that can be inhaled and cause lung toxicity in animals. The re...
Apr 3, 2021
Officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade was identified as an 18-year veteran of the force. William "Billy" Evans join...
Apr 3, 2021
Latest COVID update April 2: Variants continue to spread, active cases climb over 2,000
COVID variant cases continue to spread in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Friday, the Ministry of Health reported that 269 new variant cases have been identified in the province. So far, there have ...
Apr 2, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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Murray Wood: Two reasons the Alberta referendum might have had some value
Murray Wood says Alberta's referendum was craven political kowtowing to a hard-line faction of the province's governing ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Oct. 22
On Thursday's show, Evan talked about the Alberta referendum and the political fallout and equalization. Plus, rethinkin...