Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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NDP calling for Shahab's recommendations to be released
Saskatchewan's current situation in the COVID-19 pandemic is sad and frustrating and avoidable, according to the NDP. NDP MLA Vicki Mowat, the party's health critic, said the health system has collaps...
Oct 19, 2021 NDP MLA Vicki Mowat. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'High number' of people in Sask. don't know they have COVID-19
Hundreds of people every day in Saskatchewan are finding out they have COVID-19, but it's believed there are even more who don't know. Scott Livingstone, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority, ...
Oct 17, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
SHA to take full control of Extendicare homes in Saskatchewan
Two months after temporarily taking over management of Extendicare homes in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is set to take full control of the company's five long-term care facilities....
Oct 14, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Health Authority preparing for patient transfers, triage
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing for the COVID-19 situation to get worse. It and the provincial government have been in early talks with the Government of Ontario about the possibi...
Oct 13, 2021 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP, organizations, people call on government to 'fix' social assistance
A small group of six tents takes up a portion of Regina's Pepsi Park these days, a home for people who have nowhere else to go. Advocates say it's a symptom of the long-standing homeless problem in Re...
Oct 12, 2021 Gavin Siggelkow is staying at the ten camp in Pepsi Park in Regina. Oct. 12, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Physician town hall paints grim pictures of Sask. COVID-19 situation
During Thursday night's virtual meeting with health-care professionals across the province, the top doctors in the Saskatchewan Health Authority painted a picture of dwindling hospital beds, patients ...
Oct 08, 2021
SUN worried about new provincial command for COVID
The head of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses isn't sure a "provincial command centre" is what the government should be worried about right now. On Thursday morning, Premier Scott Moe announced that pr...
Oct 08, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan not asking for COVID-19 help, yet
Saskatchewan hospitals are full of COVID patients and on Thursday there were 78 people reported in ICU, which is one off the number of ICU beds the province has on a normal day. But at a news conferen...
Oct 08, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Provincial Emergency Operations Centre takes command of COVID response in Sask.
While gathering sizes are being left up to individuals this holiday weekend, the Saskatchewan government is making some changes to how its response to the pandemic is being run. The government is acti...
Oct 07, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (left) and Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard (right) on Oct. 7, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
City of Moose Jaw dislodges 'fatberg' from pipe that serves half the city
The first clue that something was wrong was when a local business in Moose Jaw called to complain about a sewer backup on Monday. So, Moose Jaw's public works department sent someone out to investigat...
Oct 07, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
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