Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Signatory to doctors' letter disappointed by new provincial COVID-19 measures
Family doctor Carla Holinaty says new measures introduced by the provincial government to contain the spread of COVID-19 were a start. Those measures included making masks mandatory in communities wit...
Nov 16, 2020
Moose Jaw police fine individual for not self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19
Moose Jaw police have fined a person $2,800 for not self-isolating. In a release Sunday, the Moose Jaw Police Service says it had received a complaint about a person who had tested positive for COVID-...
Nov 15, 2020
Doctors call for stronger COVID measures, including closing bars, gyms and more
Once again, a group of Saskatchewan doctors are calling for stronger measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Over 300 doctors sent a letter to the provincial government Tuesday, asking officials t...
Nov 15, 2020
Latest COVID update Nov. 15
Two more people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have died. Both were from the north-central region. One person was in their 80's or older, the other was in their 20's. The Ministry of Health r...
Nov 15, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
‘Totally, crazy:’ David Kirton leaves microphone behind for term on city council
The last time David Kirton was preparing for a career change, he was sporting bell bottom jeans and long hair that draped past his eyes. The longtime broadcaster and host of 650 CKOM and 980 CJME̵...
Nov 15, 2020
Saskatoon man is the TikTok of the town
Phil Eagle can TikTok with the best of them. The Saskatoon man has more than 814,000 followers on the social media app and, by Christmas, likely will have more than a million followers. Even Eagle can...
Nov 15, 2020 (Phil Eagle/TikTok)
Saskatoon woman killed in car crash near Moose Jaw
A 23-year-old woman is dead after a crash north of Moose Jaw. At 6:10 p.m. Friday, reports of the crash came into police. It happened around 41 km north of the city on Highway 2. There, they found two...
Nov 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Arrest warrant issued for woman involved in infant abduction incident on One Arrow First Nation
Wakaw RCMP is looking for a suspect following an incident Saturday night on the One Arrow First Nation. Around 6:45 p.m., RCMP received a report of several disturbances in the community. While investi...
Nov 15, 2020
Indian Head schools move classes online, three cases discovered
COVID cases within the community of Indian Head are forcing schools to move to online learning. Starting Monday, students at both Indian Head Elementary School and Indian Head High School will move fr...
Nov 15, 2020 (Dan Loran/Facebook)
Latest COVID update Nov. 14
The province announced a record 308 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan Saturday. In a news release, the Ministry of Health attributed some of the cases to the winter storms across the province earlier...
Nov 14, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...