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Food workers' union calls for consistency in measures, and a little courtesy
For most, the phrase "frontline worker" brings to mind a doctor or a nurse, but in these times, grocery store workers are right up there as well. And the union that represents more than 5,000 of those...
Apr 21, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina store weighing the options of possible opening
While some businesses in the province are champing at the bit with the possibility of getting theirs doors open again, Cecilia Kautzman is taking a more measured approach. Kautzman owns Kids Trading C...
Apr 20, 2020 (Google Maps)
Customers still showing some love to Regina sex shop during pandemic
One of Regina's most popular sex shops has been seeing the good and bad of people being forced to stay at home. Lisa Phillipson is the manager at Industrial Luv. She said at the beginning of March whe...
Apr 17, 2020 (Google Maps)
Life during COVID-19: Grocery stores make big changes to keep safe
Things are quite a bit different now at Dad's Organic Market in Regina than they were even two months ago. "We have to clean everything every morning when we come in. Everything gets wiped down, all t...
Apr 17, 2020 Meghan Rice, who works at Dad's Organic Market in Regina, says she makes sure to keep herself and her workspace clean so she's not worried about dealing with customers. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Teaching online a whole new adventure in the age of COVID-19
After spending ten years delivering her lessons to a classroom full of shiny faces, teaching online through the COVID-19 pandemic is a big change for Jennifer Briere. She has a grade 4/5 class at Argy...
Apr 13, 2020 Jennifer Briere teaches a 4/5 split class and has transitioned to online learning during COVID-19. April 9, 2020.
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Federal benefits hiccups leave some Sask. workers in the lurch
All over the country, the doors of businesses are closed due to COVID-19 restrictions and millions of people are out of work as a result. The federal government has extended relief for workers, and ap...
Apr 10, 2020 Service Canada has closed its offices, making phone and online the only ways people can contact them. Apr. 9 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Local bookstore still serves bookworms after opening cancelled by COVID-19
The opening of a new store can be all excitement and nervous energy -- until that opening is postponed indefinitely by the COVID-19 pandemic. Annabel Townsend was set to open her new independent books...
Apr 07, 2020 (The Penny University/Facebook)
COVID-19 restrictions throwing a wrench into social assistance supports
Many people are lamenting not being able to go to a theatre or to a bar these days, but for some, what they're losing through the public health restrictions is a lot more serious. On a normal day, Jen...
Apr 03, 2020 Jenna Hamilton (left) and Raylynn Pritchard work at Thomas Circle of Care, a social assistance organization, and say they're worried about their clients who can't get their programming amid COVID-19 restrictions. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Souls Harbour's Easter meal gets a makeover due to COVID-19
Holiday meals are a staple every year at Souls Harbour Rescue Mission in Regina, but things have had to change a bit this year because of COVID-19. Normally for the Easter meal, people come into the d...
Apr 02, 2020
Salvation Army filling the gap with lunches after schools close
It has been almost two weeks since schools in Saskatchewan closed and that has left a gap for many kids -- and not just when it comes to learning. Many kids relied on schools for a hot lunch and, with...
Apr 01, 2020 Gord Wilson (left) and Corey Nissen with the Salvation Army Haven of Hope help to hand out bagged lunches to people in need on March 26, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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