Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Moe tests negative for COVID, but remains in self-isolation
Premier Scott Moe's COVID-19 test has come back negative. In a media release Monday, Moe's office said he had started self-isolating after potentially being exposed to a person who had tested positive...
Nov 27, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 27: 4 deaths, 329 new cases reported
Four more Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. In a media release Friday, the provincial government said three individuals in the 80-and-over age group - one from ...
Nov 27, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
New awareness campaign to dispel myths about interpersonal violence and abuse
A new public service announcement from the provincial government aims to shift attitudes and norms that lead to interpersonal violence. The theme of the campaign is "Excuses only cover the truth. Face...
Nov 27, 2020 Education Minister Gord Wyant. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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
OPINION
Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Thursday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming in...