Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the big news stories and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Moose Jaw voters head to the polls in byelection
For the second time in just under a year, voters in Moose Jaw will head to the polls Wednesday to decide who will next sit in the mayor's seat. Fraser Tolmie won the job during the municipal election ...
Nov 03, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
At least 26,000 surgeries delayed in Sask. due to pandemic
It's not just people who are getting COVID-19 and having to go to the hospital who are being affected by the pandemic, it's also people who haven't been able to get surgery because a specialist isn't ...
Nov 03, 2021
Shahab urges everyone to 'stay vigilant' during winter months
Daily COVID-19 case numbers in Saskatchewan are continuing a slow decline, with Tuesday's total of 107 confirmed cases the lowest number in nearly three months. However, that doesn't mean this is a ti...
Nov 02, 2021 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Health minister believes municipalities should stick to their jurisdictions
It appears the Saskatchewan government wouldn't allow any municipality to take health orders into its own hands. On Friday, Saskatoon's city council voted down a proposed bylaw that would have impleme...
Nov 02, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (File photo/Submitted)
Health minister hoping Sask. gets Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Those who still haven't got a COVID-19 shot could have another option in the coming weeks to join the ranks of the fully vaccinated. Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said Monday he has made ...
Nov 01, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 and recommendations focus of first QP of new session
True to his word earlier this week, NDP Leader Ryan Meili didn't let up on Premier Scott Moe in the first Question Period of the new legislative session. On Thursday, all of the NDP's questions came f...
Oct 28, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaking in Question Period on Oct. 28, 2021. (Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly video)
'Unfortunate circumstance' as Throne Speech ceremony is cancelled
When more than 100 anti-vaccine protesters took to the entryway in front of the Legislative Building on Wednesday, they got so aggressive the government decided to shut down a Throne Speech ceremony t...
Oct 28, 2021
Economy and recovery likely government priorities in coming legislative session
On Wednesday afternoon, the new legislative session in Saskatchewan will begin with the throne speech, outlining the government's priorities for the coming eight weeks. On Monday, in his State of the ...
Oct 27, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan reveals plan to vaccinate kids 5 to 11 against COVID
Health Canada has yet to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, but Saskatchewan is looking to be ready for when that green light is given. The province unveiled its vaccinati...
Oct 26, 2021 Dr. Tania Diener, medical health officer responsible for immunization and physician co-lead of the SHA’s COVID-19 immunization campaign, speaks to the media on Oct. 26, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Incoming vaccinations will 'definitely' bring child case rates down
Through the pandemic, about a third of cases in Saskatchewan have been in kids and teens, so as cases have gone up in Saskatchewan the last few months, so have cases in kids. However, those high numbe...
Oct 25, 2021 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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