Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
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)
Questions and answers on proof of vaccination
While most people in Saskatchewan will be able to figure out how to use their QR code to show their proof of COVID-19 vaccination just fine, there are others having problems. Some people haven't been ...
Sep 30, 2021 Thomas Siarkos, co-owner of Memories Fine Dining in Regina (left), and Davin Church, eHealth VP of Programs and Technology (right), demonstrate the new COVID-19 vaccine wallet and verifier apps on Sept. 29, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina's public school board votes 'yes' on proof of vaccination
The Regina Public School Board is taking another step toward a proof-of-vaccination policy for staff. On Tuesday night, at a board meeting, the trustees passed a motion for the division to "develop an...
Sep 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
All vaccine apps may not be available by Friday
As of Friday, people in Saskatchewan will need to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to do all kinds of things in public including eating in a restaurant, going to a bar and seeing a mov...
Sep 29, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...