Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Saskatchewan police looking out for unbuckled drivers this month
Police across Saskatchewan will be keeping a special eye out for people unbuckled in cars this month: It's the traffic spotlight in partnership with SGI. Tyler McMurchy, manager of media relations wit...
Feb 01, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Plastic bag ban takes effect in Regina
As of Tuesday, shoppers will have to do an even better job of remembering reusable bags or bins when they head out -- the City of Regina's ban on plastic checkout bags takes effect. The ban was approv...
Feb 01, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Moe doubles down on goal to remove vaccination, negative test mandate
On the same day Saskatchewan hit the highest number of COVID-related hospitalizations since the pandemic started, Premier Scott Moe repeated and explained his push to end the vaccination or negative t...
Jan 31, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Looking far ahead, Sask. leaders finding some optimism on COVID
As COVID cases continue to grow by leaps and bounds in Saskatchewan and some worry over the government's response - or what some feel is a lack thereof - news around the pandemic can be quite grim. Bu...
Jan 29, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'Underwater,' 'overwhelmed': Doctors presentation paints dire picture of Sask. health care
On Thursday, the Saskatchewan government announced a loosening of the isolation rules around COVID-19 while talking about learning to live with the virus. Just a few hours later, doctors in the provin...
Jan 28, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Health authority starting process of moving patients in city hospitals to rural areas
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is working through its plans to manage the increased demands on hospitals due to Omicron, and part of that is moving patients around. Derek Miller, interim chie...
Jan 28, 2022
Saskatchewan changes COVID-related self-isolation requirements
Saskatchewan is changing the rules around isolation as it tries to move the province's residents towards living with COVID-19 like any other respiratory virus. "We're moving gradually to living with C...
Jan 27, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Local markets feeling inflation and supply crunch in a different way
Even though the places local markets get their products tend to be within a day's drive, they're still seeing effects from recent inflation and supply chain issues related to weather and international...
Jan 27, 2022 The Local and Fresh market in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Urban patients could be moved to rural centres as hospitalizations rise
Saskatchewan's premier and health minister both are expecting hospitalizations to keep going up while the province goes through a fifth COVID-19 wave and -- while not putting in any new health measure...
Jan 24, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Data problem responsible for 2 weeks without COVID deaths
With an update to the COVID-19 dashboard on Friday, the province revealed a data problem has kept multiple deaths, dozens of hospital cases, and thousands of resolved cases and negative PCR tests off ...
Jan 21, 2022 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...