Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
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Chief Darcy Bear among Order of Canada appointees
Two more people from Saskatchewan have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Whitecap Dakota First Nation Chief Darcy Bear and revolutionary crop scientist Dr. Alfred Slinkard were among the 114 new ...
Nov 27, 2020
COVID forces suspension of Wing in the New Year program
For the first time in its history, the Wing in the New Year program will not be offered this year. SGI made the announcement Friday in a media release, saying "the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pand...
Nov 27, 2020
Mid-year financial report forecasts lower deficit
Saskatchewan's financial picture is brighter than expected at the mid-year point. The 2020-21 mid-year report, which was released Friday, predicts the province's deficit will be more than $380 million...
Nov 27, 2020 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Emergency services disrupted by COVID-19 in Herbert
Starting Friday, a medical clinic in Herbert will go without emergency services until further notice. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says in a news release it's because of COVID-19 in the area and ...
Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 cases identified at St. Kateri, Miller, Henry Braun schools
A classroom and a bus at St. Kateri Tekakwitha School in Regina have been closed until Dec. 4 because of a COVID-19 case. The Regina Catholic School Division says in a news release that other classes ...
Nov 27, 2020
Show Segments
8:30 – Columnist Matt Gurney says Canada’s COVID-19 failures can easily become a partisan blame game, but the real reason Canada wasn't adequately prepared for COVID-19 is because we faile...
Nov 27, 2020
Real trees in large and early demand this year
We are one month from Christmas and Rick Van Duyvendyk with Dutch Growers in Saskatoon says his business has sold twice as many live Christmas trees as it did this time last year. “I am a little...
Nov 26, 2020
ICU capacity at nearly 100 per cent in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says with the growth in COVID-19 cases in intensive care units in the past month, it is having to escalate its response to the pandemic. The SHA said Thursday p...
Nov 26, 2020 (File photo by Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
SHA moving entry point for Regina drive-through testing site
With more demand at Regina's COVID-19 drive-through testing site, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is making a change to help reduce the traffic spilling onto Dewdney Avenue. Beginning Friday, people...
Nov 26, 2020 Vehicles line up to get into the drive-through testing site at Evraz Place on Sept. 8, 2020. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 26: 3 deaths, 299 new cases; 85 active cases at Saskatoon jail
The Saskatchewan government reported Thursday the deaths of three residents who had tested positive for COVID-19. One of the people was in their 70s and lived in the Saskatoon area. The other t...
Nov 26, 2020 A woman being tested for COVID-19 in her vehicle at the drive-through testing facility in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Subtle words delivered by a king
Sarah Mills says King Charles touched on everything from NATO to climate and global conflicts in his speech to U.S. Cong...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...