Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
'Moral sense of obligation': Complaint filed against judge in Ukabam acquittal
(WARNING: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers) When one of the victims in the Sylvester Ukabam case heard the verdict -- that he'd been found not guilty on seven charges...
Jun 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Small-town Saskatchewan comes together for Ukrainian family
Montmartre is rolling out the small-town hospitality for a Ukrainian family that has just arrived, fleeing the war. Marie Anne Fournier is part of the committee that got things rolling for the father,...
Jun 13, 2022 (Marie Anne Fournier/Facebook)
Long COVID is 'emerging public health crisis'
While people who have COVID-19 can be contagious for as long as 10 days, the symptoms for some are lasting months or even years and that is poised to be a big burden on Saskatchewan. "I think this is ...
Jun 10, 2022 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant renewal to begin next month
There's a constant hum in the background inside the current Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, no matter where you are. But in the next three years, the machines making that hum will get bigger and ...
May 26, 2022 Ryan Johnson, CEO of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, explains the current process and how the renewal will improve it. May 26, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier Scott Moe addresses soaring resource prices
Premier Scott Moe has laid out the possibilities of what the Saskatchewan government could do with a resource revenue windfall but cautioned it would only come later into the year. Oil and potash pric...
May 23, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Meili resigning Saskatoon Meewasin seat as well as NDP leadership
Just moments after leaving the Saskatchewan legislature for the last time as an MLA, Ryan Meili said he was "feeling good." Meili announced Thursday morning that he will be resigning his seat as the M...
May 19, 2022
Frustrations run high in dwindling days of the legislative session
Proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were short two MLAs by the end of the day on Wednesday after they were kicked out during the proceedings. Emotions were running high as things moved into Questi...
May 19, 2022 NDP MLA Doyle Vermette. May 18, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Legislature security bill passes after contentious slog
Bill 70, which has taken up a lot of room in debates and a lot of air in the Legislative Building over the past session, has finally passed and is expected to be given royal assent on Thursday. The bi...
May 18, 2022 Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Christine Tell. (980 CJME file photo)
Families watch as suicide prevention committee voted down
Jude Ratt was disappointed and angry after watching the Saskatchewan government decline to strike a bipartisan special committee of the Legislature with the NDP on the mental health crisis and addicti...
May 18, 2022 Frannie and Jude Ratt (l to r) lost their niece and daughter to suicide and support the NDP's call for a committee to find solutions to the province's suicide problem. May 17, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Public drinking bill in Saskatchewan adjourned
Drinkers will have to keep a cork in it in parks in Saskatchewan for a while longer. On Tuesday afternoon, debate was adjourned on Bill 86, which would have allowed municipalities to decide for themse...
May 17, 2022
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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