Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Premier, chief medical health officer explain Re-Open Saskatchewan strategy
Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's chief medical health officer, were full of thanks and congratulations as they revealed the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan Thursday. They offered thank...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
Premier to unveil plan to slowly open Sask. economy
People all across Saskatchewan are holed up in their living rooms and basements, watching the active COVID-19 cases in the province tick slowly down, and wondering when things are going to get back to...
Apr 23, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
3,800 surgeries postponed in Saskatchewan over COVID-19
As the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) tries to keep on its toes and ready for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases, thousands of other surgery patients are being told to wait. Part of the authority...
Apr 22, 2020 An intravenous fluid bag at a trauma room at the Regina General Hospital's emergency department. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Crashes down in Sask. during pandemic, many cancelling plates
As people hide away, isolating themselves and physically distancing against the pandemic, fewer people are out on the roads. With fewer vehicles on the roads, there have been fewer crashes. SGI's prel...
Apr 22, 2020 SGI's preliminary numbers show that, while fewer people have been out and about during the pandemic, claims were down 30 per cent for March. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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.
(Submitted/980 CJME)
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)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...