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Physician town hall paints grim pictures of Sask. COVID-19 situation
During Thursday night's virtual meeting with health-care professionals across the province, the top doctors in the Saskatchewan Health Authority painted a picture of dwindling hospital beds, patients ...
Oct 08, 2021
SUN worried about new provincial command for COVID
The head of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses isn't sure a "provincial command centre" is what the government should be worried about right now. On Thursday morning, Premier Scott Moe announced that pr...
Oct 08, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan not asking for COVID-19 help, yet
Saskatchewan hospitals are full of COVID patients and on Thursday there were 78 people reported in ICU, which is one off the number of ICU beds the province has on a normal day. But at a news conferen...
Oct 08, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Provincial Emergency Operations Centre takes command of COVID response in Sask.
While gathering sizes are being left up to individuals this holiday weekend, the Saskatchewan government is making some changes to how its response to the pandemic is being run. The government is acti...
Oct 07, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (left) and Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard (right) on Oct. 7, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
City of Moose Jaw dislodges 'fatberg' from pipe that serves half the city
The first clue that something was wrong was when a local business in Moose Jaw called to complain about a sewer backup on Monday. So, Moose Jaw's public works department sent someone out to investigat...
Oct 07, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
Questions and answers on proof of vaccination
While most people in Saskatchewan will be able to figure out how to use their QR code to show their proof of COVID-19 vaccination just fine, there are others having problems. Some people haven't been ...
Sep 30, 2021 Thomas Siarkos, co-owner of Memories Fine Dining in Regina (left), and Davin Church, eHealth VP of Programs and Technology (right), demonstrate the new COVID-19 vaccine wallet and verifier apps on Sept. 29, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina's public school board votes 'yes' on proof of vaccination
The Regina Public School Board is taking another step toward a proof-of-vaccination policy for staff. On Tuesday night, at a board meeting, the trustees passed a motion for the division to "develop an...
Sep 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
All vaccine apps may not be available by Friday
As of Friday, people in Saskatchewan will need to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to do all kinds of things in public including eating in a restaurant, going to a bar and seeing a mov...
Sep 29, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina curling clubs mandating COVID vaccines
Along with their shoes and broom, curlers in Regina will have to bring their proof of COVID-19 vaccination to be able to play in the coming year. Both the Callie and Highland clubs are implementing a ...
Sep 27, 2021 The Caledonian Curling Club in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Medical Association worried about health-care slowdown
As Saskatchewan's health-care system slows down to help move resources over to the COVID-19 response, doctors in the Regina area are concerned about what that's going to mean for other patients. On We...
Sep 26, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...