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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White Christmas to finish off wild weather in the west in 2020
A province known for being green is expected to be white for the holidays. "I'm going to bet a couple loonies that you're going to clearly have a white Christmas," Environment Canada senior climatolog...
Dec 18, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Roughriders release Regina product Zack Evans
The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders released Regina-born defensive tackle Zack Evans on Friday. The 30-year-old product of the PFC's Regina Thunder initially signed with the Roughriders in 2012 as a te...
Dec 18, 2020 Zack Evans. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina police, RCMP search urban, rural locations for guns
An investigation into the illegal manufacturing of guns resulted in searches at a number of properties in Regina and in rural Saskatchewan on Thursday. In a media release late in the afternoon, the Re...
Dec 17, 2020 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Isolation period for Saskatchewan COVID cases reduced to 10 days
People who test positive for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan won’t have to spend as long in isolation. Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer, announced Thursday the isolat...
Dec 17, 2020
SHA updates its COVID response surge activation plan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) continues to juggle staff and resources to manage during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an update Thursday to the surge activation plan it announced Dec. 3, the auth...
Dec 17, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
University of Alberta research team believes a cure for diabetes is within reach
Scientists at the University of Alberta believe they’ve come up with a way to cure diabetes. Dr. James Shapiro is the lead scientist working on the project. He spoke with 650 CKOM’s Brent ...
Dec 17, 2020
Early vaccine delivery on its way to Saskatchewan
The province is expecting another big shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week, kicking off the official first phase of Saskatchewan's vaccination rollout plan. The first phase initi...
Dec 17, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Dec. 17: 7 deaths, 238 new cases, 466 recoveries
The COVID-related death toll in Saskatchewan surpassed 100 on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health, seven more people who had tested positive for the virus had died. There now have bee...
Dec 17, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Conservative MP blames Evraz layoffs on Liberal government
A Conservative MP from Regina is blaming the federal Liberal government for layoffs at Evraz Steel in Regina. As of Thursday, 591 employees in the tubular division were laid off indefinitely. Regina-L...
Dec 17, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Police arrest two young offenders who escaped from Paul Dojack Youth Centre
The two young offenders who escaped from the Paul Dojack Youth Centre in west Regina on Tuesday night are back in custody. Regina police said one youth was arrested Wednesday night without incident at...
Dec 17, 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...