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...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Government dismisses NDP call for higher fines for violations of health orders
The Saskatchewan NDP wants to send a message to anti-mask protesters, but the provincial government is dismissing the attempt. On the weekend, NDP Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer tried to amend The Emer...
May 04, 2021 NDP MLA for Regina Douglas Park, Nicole Sarauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Details still unclear on rapid testing in Regina schools
After several weeks of learning at home, students in Regina will be heading back to class Monday - but at last check, it still wasn't clear what kind of a role rapid tests will play. In March, the pro...
May 02, 2021 Education Minister Dustin Duncan (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Suicide prevention strategy bill passes on third attempt
NDP MLA Doyle Vermette was overwhelmed and emotional Friday afternoon, just minutes after the Legislative Assembly unanimously passed The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act after the thi...
Apr 30, 2021 NDP MLA Doyle Vermette speaking at the Walking with our Angels protest camp in Wascana Park on Aug. 11, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina woman mourns husband, lost to COVID-19
After days of fear and uncertainty, Roshelle Montgomery held her husband's hand while he died last Thursday. Warren Montgomery, 42, had COVID-19 and had been in the hospital for a week, but it all sta...
Apr 30, 2021 Warren Montgomery, ran The Big Easy Kitchen in Regina. He died from COVID-19 on April 22, 2021. (The Big Easy Kitchen/Facebook)
COVID shot eligibility drops to 40, priority groups also eligible
As of 8 o'clock Friday morning, thousands more people in Saskatchewan will be able to get a COVID-19 shot as eligibility expands once again. The eligibility will move to people 40 years of age and old...
Apr 30, 2021 (Joseph Ho/980 CJME file photo)
Facing calls for paid sick leave, Sask. government defers to feds
While members of the public is being told to stay home if they feel sick, some can't afford to miss the hours at work. However, the provincial government is pushing calls for paid sick leave over to t...
Apr 29, 2021 Minister Don Morgan (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP releases report citing worker harassment at Parkside Extendicare
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina was one of the worst in the province, and the NDP now has a document that raises more questions about what happened ther...
Apr 28, 2021 Parkside Extendicare care home in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
P.1 COVID variant spreading in Saskatchewan
It has been a couple of weeks since the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant established itself as the dominant strain in Saskatchewan, but a new variant is now starting to spread. Originally only five cases of t...
Apr 27, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina man calls COVID situation in India a 'nightmare'
The COVID-19 situation in India is critical right now, with skyrocketing new cases every day and a health-care system that can't deal with the flood of patients -- and people in Saskatchewan from Indi...
Apr 27, 2021 Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India, on April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Moe, Merriman decline ICU invitation again
Saskatchewan's premier and health minister are brushing off another invitation, extended through the opposition leader, to tour the intensive care unit at the Regina General Hospital. In Question Peri...
Apr 26, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...