Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Mayfair Hardware closing after more than 70 years in business
Saskatoon is losing a piece of retail history. Mayfair Hardware on 33rd Street is closing up shop after a seven-decade run serving the community. "On behalf of Bruce Thomas, owner of Mayfair Hardware,...
May 04, 2020 Many customers looking to support Mayfair Hardware for the final time lined around the store on May 4, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Hair salons face operational changes amid plans to reopen in May
Phase 2 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan kicks off on May 19 and hair salons are one type of business that will be allowed to open. However, it won't be business as usual. There will be many operation...
Apr 29, 2020
U of S engineering students design innovative N95 mask
An engineering team at the University of Saskatchewan is on the front line of innovation in medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has designed a new mask with a removable filter....
Apr 22, 2020
Sask. adds 6 new COVID-19 cases, 6 recoveries
The provincial government announced six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Three are confirmed while three are considered presumptive. Saturday’s numbers include the La Loche area cases tested t...
Apr 18, 2020
‘I’ll never forgive him for doing any of that’: La Loche shooting victim
A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday’s news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loch...
Apr 16, 2020
Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned
Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation as to why a drive-in church service on Easter Sunday wasn't allowed. Scott Moe's office is asking for answers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority about w...
Apr 15, 2020
Sask. Polytechnic donates masks, gloves and more to provincial government
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is giving a helping hand to health-care facilities across the province. It's donating thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment like gloves, masks and hand sanitize...
Apr 15, 2020 Personal protective equipment ready to be shipped to the health authority from Sask. Polytechnic. (Submitted/Saskpolytech.ca)
BHP adapts to COVID-19, helps local contractors keep going
BHP is adjusting its operations at its offices and the Jansen Potash site to reduce the risk of COVID-19. The company implemented split shifts at the Jansen project site, about 140 kilometres east of ...
Mar 27, 2020
Two corrections workers test positive for COVID-19 in Saskatoon
In a release issued early Friday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) said that two corrections officers in Saskatoon have tested positive for COVID-19. The union...
Mar 27, 2020
Fear over COVID-19 strikes Sask. uranium sector
Two large-scale uranium project sites in Saskatchewan are going on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameco is temporarily suspending operations at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan;...
Mar 24, 2020 The McArthur River mine. (Cameco)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...