Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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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)
Masks, flu comparisons and age: Dr. Blondeau talks COVID-19 myths
Clinical microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau says the evidence on mask usage has evolved over the course of the pandemic and increasingly shows face coverings work to slow the spread of COVID-19. Recen...
Nov 19, 2020
New COVID restrictions now in effect in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents woke up Thursday to new measures the provincial government hopes will limit the spread of COVID-19. As of 12:01 a.m., masks became mandatory in all indoor public places in the p...
Nov 19, 2020 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
Trans-Canada reopened after crash between two semis
The Trans-Canada Highway -- which was closed near Tompkins on Wednesday night after a crash between two semi-trucks -- reopened just after 8 a.m. Thursday. The Swift Current RCMP closed the highway at...
Nov 19, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Show Segments
8:30 – Did you know COVID-19 comes from bat soup, and you can cure it by gargling bleach? It doesn’t matter anyways, because it’s just another common cold and it only infects seniors...
Nov 19, 2020
Broadview's Union Hospital handling COVID cases
Broadview's Union Hospital hasn't been operating as a full-fledged hospital for more than a year due to staffing issues. Without the ability to provide acute care or emergency room services, the facil...
Nov 18, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
City of Regina's green cart pilot project getting rave reviews
Green apparently is the colour for Regina residents. The City of Regina announced Wednesday that its green cart pilot project -- which was launched in late September -- collected nearly 96 tonnes of f...
Nov 18, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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