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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Province reports big-screen TVs stolen from Moose Jaw school
A sizeable theft at a Moose Jaw school has police investigating. The Education Ministry is reporting one loss among Saskatchewan's school divisions during the first quarter of the financial year. It t...
Jan 04, 2021 Holy Trinity Catholic School Division. (Photo courtesy DiscoverMooseJaw.com)
People and puzzles the perfect fit for Whitmore Park resident
Like many people in the pandemic, Lindsay Bzdel has been trying to find different ways to pass the time. In the spring the Whitmore Park resident started putting together jigsaw puzzles, which she sai...
Jan 04, 2021 Whitmore Park resident Lindsay Bzdel made space on her front lawn for neighbours to exchange jigsaw puzzles. (Lindsay Bzdel).
Latest COVID update Jan. 3: No deaths, 3,866 vaccinated, new cases outnumber recoveries
The active COVID case total has risen in Saskatchewan. After recoveries outnumbered new cases for six straight days, the Ministry of Health's update Sunday reported 238 new cases and 109 recoveries. T...
Jan 03, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Fire crews respond to a pair of blazes
Regina fire crews do not believe anyone is hurt after a pair of blazes in the city. At around 4 p.m Saturday, crews were called to 170 Hodsman Road, the industrial area close to the Co-op Refinery Com...
Jan 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Report: Talk show host Larry King in hospital with COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday. Citing an unidentified person close to the family,...
Jan 03, 2021 (The Associated Press)
Latest COVID update Jan. 2: 3 deaths, 485 new cases, 2,712 active cases
Three more people in Saskatchewan have died with COVID-19. Two of the deaths were in the 80+ age group and were from the Saskatoon and Regina zones, while one death was someone in the 50 to 59 ...
Jan 02, 2021 Nurse Leah Sawatsky receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Above average weather in Saskatchewan to kick off 2021
Saskatchewan can expect warmer than average weather to kick off the new year. The forecasts in southern and central Saskatchewan show highs hovering around the 0 C mark. David Baggaley, a meteorologis...
Jan 02, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Increased COVID exposure risk in Meadow Lake & North Battleford
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning of increased COVID exposure risk at bars in Meadow Lake and North Battleford. In Meadow Lake a person who was infectious went to Empire Hotel Bar at ...
Jan 02, 2021
Holzer family welcomes Regina's first baby of 2021
Veronica Rae Holzer is Regina's first baby of 2021. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Karla and Dylan Holzer of Regina welcomed their third child into the world Friday at 2:13 a.m., at Regina's G...
Jan 01, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Host of New Year's Eve get-together in Regina gets $2,800 ticket
A Regina man rang in the new year Friday with a $2,800 ticket for violating public health orders. According to the Regina Police Service, officers got a call at about 12:15 a.m., about a large group o...
Jan 01, 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 ...