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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Massive winds up to 143 km/h rip through Saskatchewan
It was a case of hold on to more than your hat Wednesday night as a windstorm whipped through the province. Environment Canada confirmed there was a gust of 143 kilometres per hour, a new provincial r...
Jan 14, 2021 Regina's Cornwall Centre was hit by damage from the storm on Jan. 14, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
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8:30 – Despite Saskatchewan reaching the highest active COVID-19 case rate in Canada this week, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab declined to add additional measures and extended our...
Jan 14, 2021
Roughriders sign Moore to contract extension
The man known as Swerve is returning to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The CFL team announced Wednesday it had signed receiver Kyran Moore to a one-year contract extension. He could have become a free ...
Jan 13, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Kyran Moore. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Latest COVID update Jan. 13: 2 deaths, 247 new cases, 205 in hospital
After being declared the province with the highest rate of active COVID-19 cases in Canada, Saskatchewan's number of new infections has dropped slightly. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan had the highes...
Jan 13, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan named a world leader in mining report
The province says a new report has named Saskatchewan one of the world's best regions to get into the mining business. A media release from the province says a new report from the industry publication...
Jan 13, 2021 Located in Northern Saskatchewan, Key Lake is the world’s largest high-grade uranium milling operation. (Cameco)
Weather wreaking havoc on roads; wind warnings in place across Saskatchewan
Some of Saskatchewan's highways and byways were treacherous Wednesday due to a storm bringing freezing rain and high winds to the province. Brad Fast was driving on Highway 4 north of The Battlefords....
Jan 13, 2021 (Brad Fast/Submitted)
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8:30 – Saskatchewan’s provincial government extended our COVID-19 rules to the end of January rather than joining other parts of the country that have much more stronger measures in place....
Jan 13, 2021
COVID diagnosis forces closure of some classrooms at O'Neill High School
Just two days after students returned to Regina schools for in-person learning, some classrooms at Archbishop M.C. O'Neill Catholic High School have been closed after a positive COVID-19 test. In a me...
Jan 12, 2021
Regina reducing landfill capacity during expected wind event
The City of Regina is worried high winds could make a mess at the landfill. In a media release, the City acknowledged that weather forecasters are predicting strong winds from 60-to-80 kilometres an h...
Jan 12, 2021
Saskatchewan ICE Unit sees big increase in caseload in 2020
Saskatchewan’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit was dealing with a very heavy caseload in 2020. According to ICE co-ordinator Staff Sgt. Scott Lambie, the unit dealt with about 700 files i...
Jan 12, 2021
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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 ...