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 Jan. 7: 3 deaths, 334 new cases, 278 recoveries
The Saskatchewan government reported Thursday the deaths of three more residents due to COVID-19 as well as the highest single-day total of new cases in more than a month. Two of the deaths - o...
Jan 07, 2021
Bedford Road Invitational Tournament cancelled for first time in 53-year history
For the first time since its creation more than half a century ago, the Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) has been cancelled. The 2021 version of the Saskatoon high school basketball tournam...
Jan 07, 2021
Regina man gets $2,800 ticket for violating COVID public health order
The Regina Police Service has issued a $2,800 fine to a 52-year-old man for a violation of the public health orders regarding COVID-19. In a media release Thursday, police said at about 7:40 p.m. on W...
Jan 07, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Police arrest man after standoff in Dinsmore
A tense situation in Dinsmore ended with a 34-year-old man taken into custody early Thursday. The RCMP said the incident started Wednesday around 4:15 p.m., after the Mounties received reports about a...
Jan 07, 2021
Saskatoon PPE company to provide masks for Saskatchewan schools
It’s a made-in-Saskatchewan success story. A Saskatoon company that makes medical grade personal protective equipment (PPE) is expanding, after demand for its products significantly increased. J...
Jan 06, 2021
Amid violence, Trump says, ‘Remember this day forever!’
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appeared to excuse the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters Wednesday, hours after they stormed the symbol of American democracy in an effort to...
Jan 06, 2021
Saskatchewan ramping up vaccine distribution
The Saskatchewan government is defending its vaccination program as criticism surfaces that the rollout has been too slow. Looking at the full number of 13,675 vaccines received by the provincial gove...
Jan 06, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Jan. 6: 9 deaths, 277 new cases, 439 recoveries
Saskatchewan is reporting its third-highest single-day total of deaths related to the COVID-19 virus. In its daily update, the province confirmed that nine more people have died after contracti...
Jan 06, 2021 A woman being tested for COVID-19 in her vehicle at the drive-through testing facility in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Vaccination process off to slow start in Saskatchewan
More than two-thirds of the COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to Saskatchewan have yet to be administered. According to the federal government's COVID-19 tracker as of Wednesday morning, 4,254 of the 1...
Jan 06, 2021 (John Cairns/University of Oxford via AP, File)
Freezing rain could be in store for southern Saskatchewan
Environment Canada says a weak weather system is moving into southern Saskatchewan which could bring a nasty surprise on Thursday. "It is going to bring some light snow and the risk of freezing rain a...
Jan 06, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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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 ...