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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Weyburn hospital closed to non-COVID patients
People who aren't feeling well in Weyburn are going to have to go somewhere other than the Weyburn General Hospital. The Saskatchewan Health Authority has decided to move the hospital to care only for...
Jan 20, 2021 (Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation Inc./Facebook)
Some seniors left out of COVID vaccine distribution at Regina care home
While the rest of the residents at the Qu'Appelle House Special Care Home in Regina got their COVID-19 shots on Monday, those in assisted living suites at the residence had to wait. The residents of t...
Jan 19, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Saskatchewan gov't already working against Keystone cancellation
The Saskatchewan government is already working to stop the potential cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline approval in the United States, according to Premier Scott Moe. Over the weekend, it came o...
Jan 18, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
‘Not a question of if’: Sask. releases its mass fatality plan
The Saskatchewan Coroners Service is releasing its first mass fatality plan, a plan created thanks to recommendations spurred by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. In 2018, Clive Weighill released his re...
Jan 18, 2021 Former Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighill releases his report and makes 44 recommendations for the Office of the Chief Coroner. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Some health-care workers declining COVID vaccines
A select group of health-care workers in Saskatchewan are being offered the COVID-19 vaccines right now, but it seems some are declining the offer. Scott Livingstone, CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Au...
Jan 13, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Premier Moe confident vaccinations will speed up
Giving an update on the province's COVID-19 situation, Premier Scott Moe acknowledged the vaccine rollout has been slower than hoped, calling it "sluggish." But Moe also said he thinks it's going to p...
Jan 13, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. pharmacists looking for more details on vaccine plan
Many pharmacists in the province are ready and able to start giving out COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan. Now they're just waiting to find out where they fit in...
Jan 11, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Email mistake leads to privacy investigation into Sask. hunting licence system
An investigation has been opened into thousands of emails sent to the wrong people through the province's Hunting, Angling and Trapping Licence (HAL) system. Last last week, the third-party company th...
Jan 11, 2021
Announcement on COVID rules expected early this week
The most recent round of COVID restrictions are set to expire on Friday, but the health minister is expected to announce an update to restrictions early this week. Minister Paul Merriman said he's bee...
Jan 11, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Vaccine plan needs faster rollout, better communication, says Sask. nurses' union
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) thinks the province's program to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines needs to be sped up in a significant way. "The quicker we go, the quicker we get...
Jan 11, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM 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...