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Nine emergency shelters to get extra funding from gov't
Nine emergency shelters in Saskatchewan are to receive more financial support from the provincial government to assist them in their response to COVID-19. In a media release Friday, the government sai...
Nov 20, 2020
Police report 658 cases of distracted driving in October, SGI says
Saskatchewan Government Insurance focused on distracted driving during October's Traffic Safety Spotlight. Last month, police caught 658 people for the offence, with 538 ticketed for using a cellphone...
Nov 20, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
‘I left the store in tears’ : Prince Albert mother raises concerns with pandemic policy
By Nigel Maxwell By all accounts, Shannon Halpenny's trip to the grocery store Wednesday night with her seven-year-old son should have been routine, but she says the events that transpired left her sh...
Nov 20, 2020
COVID forces postponements of jury trials in Saskatchewan
Jury trials at Saskatchewan's Court of Queen's Bench that were scheduled to begin between now and the end of December have been postponed due to rising COVID-19 cases in the province. In a media relea...
Nov 19, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
COVID case confirmed at Campbell Collegiate
Regina Public Schools says an individual at Campbell Collegiate has tested positive for COVID-19. The school division didn't say in its media release if the person was a student or a staff member. Stu...
Nov 19, 2020
Manitoba man dies in vehicle fire near Estevan
A 35-year-old man from Manitoba is dead after a vehicle fire Wednesday night near Estevan. In a media release, the Estevan RCMP said officers responded just before 11:30 p.m., to a report of a vehicle...
Nov 19, 2020
Star Blanket First Nation man gets 6-year sentence for manslaughter
A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in a federal penitentiary for killing a 17-year-old man on the Star Blanket First Nation in January. Shauntay Keewatin initially was charged with seco...
Nov 19, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
University of Regina sending stolen statue home to India
It sounds like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. A statue from the University of Regina's collection housed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery is being returned to India, where it was stolen more tha...
Nov 19, 2020 Figure of Annapoorna (Benares, India, 18th century), artist unknown. (Photo courtesy of Don Hall)
Latest COVID update Nov. 19
The modelling provided by the Saskatchewan government shows two different outcomes depending on how many people follow current COVID-19 restrictions. In an update Thursday, Dr. Saqib Shahab, th...
Nov 19, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Conexus Arts Centre acting as temporary courtroom during pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic upstaging live entertainment, the Conexus Arts Centre has turned to courtroom drama to get by. Neil Donnelly, the performing arts centre's CEO, said the facility was picked ...
Nov 19, 2020 (Conexus Arts Centre/Facebook)
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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...