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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36 COVID-related deaths at Parkside Extendicare: SHA
There have been 36 deaths at Parkside Extendicare in Regina due to a COVID-19 outbreak. That's the latest from the Saskatchewan Health Authority, which has been helping with the day-to-day operations ...
Dec 30, 2020 Parkside Extendicare care home in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan vaccination distribution spreading to other areas
Saskatchewan added another tool to its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday afternoon, with the first shipment of the Moderna vaccine arriving in the province. About 4,900 doses arrived a...
Dec 30, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Sask. highways minister visited California over Christmas
Saskatchewan's minister of highways has been out of the country over the Christmas break. Even though the federal and provincial governments have suggested people avoid unnecessary interprovincial and...
Dec 30, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 30: 3 deaths, 147 new cases, 2,949 active cases
For the first time in more than a month, the number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan has fallen below 3,000. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said the...
Dec 30, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Saskatoon company fined $70K after workplace fatality
A Saskatoon company has been fined $70,000 in connection with a fatal workplace incident in October of 2019. Sommer Green Forages pleaded guilty in Outlook Provincial Court on Dec. 17 to a violation u...
Dec 30, 2020
Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas. In a media release Wednesday, the government announced ...
Dec 30, 2020
Visitors to Echo Valley Provincial Park can Skate the Park
Skate the Park is returning to Echo Valley Provincial Park. Starting in January, visitors to the park near Fort Qu'Appelle can go for a skate on a road that has been flooded by staff and turned into a...
Dec 30, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Playing out the final hours of 2020
People looking to escape 2020 can spend the final few hours of the year solving an online escape room. District 3 Escape Rooms offers the virtual experience as an option, where participants log in and...
Dec 30, 2020
Latest COVID update Dec. 29: 10 deaths, 208 new cases, 405 recoveries
Ten Saskatchewan residents who previously tested positive for COVID-19 have died over the past two days. In a media release Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said a person in their 20s from the S...
Dec 29, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina police dog apprehends man suspected in assault
A 49-year-old Regina man is facing a charge of assault with a weapon after a 26-year-old man was injured Saturday evening. According to the Regina Police Service, officers responded at about 8:30 p.m....
Dec 29, 2020 (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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...