Murray Wood: Finally, the game Rider fans have been waiting for
Despite holding a 6-1 record heading into Saturday's CFL game in Montreal, Murray Wood says Rider fans were waiting for ...
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Gov't to accept recommendations, take over management of Extendicare homes temporarily
There was little beating around the bush on Thursday for Saskatchewan's Minister for Seniors when it came to the Ombudsman's report into the COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare. "Today's report is ...
Aug 05, 2021 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Damning report points to numerous problems in deadly Parkside COVID outbreak
Last winter, residents at Parkside Extendicare in Regina endured the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak a Saskatchewan care home has seen, where only four residents didn't catch the virus, and 39 died. A rep...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Investigation to be released into COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare
Some questions could be answered Thursday morning around the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak at a Saskatchewan care home. An outbreak was declared last fall at Parkside Extendicare in Regina and it raged ...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina. Feb. 2, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
No COVID restrictions for Rider shuttles
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders take to the field for the first time in nearly two years and Mosaic Stadium will be able to be full for the first time in 16 months, those won't be the only things near...
Aug 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. parents anxious for border changes to see their daughter
Cal Rosenthal and his wife used to see their 28-year-old daughter multiple times a year, that is until the pandemic started - they live in Oxbow but she now lives in Florida. "This has been a real str...
Jul 24, 2021
Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings dot Sask.
Thursday evening, severe thunderstorm watches and warnings dotted here and there across eastern and central Saskatchewan, bringing hail, rain and high winds. The warnings include the city of Regina. T...
Jul 22, 2021
North Portal relieved at border opening
When the news came out that the Canadian land border would be opening, even a crack, Kaylah Turner said she felt relief more than anything. Turner is the mayor of North Portal, the Saskatchewan villag...
Jul 21, 2021 Gateway Cities Golf Course's clubhouse is located on the American side of the border, but it's nine holes are on the Canadian side, leaving the course stuck in the middle of the closed border. (Submitted)
Regina airport looking for direct international access as border re-opens
On Monday, the federal government announced it would be opening the border to vaccinated Americans in three weeks, and about a month later for everyone else who's vaccinated. James Bogusz, head of the...
Jul 20, 2021 Regina Airport Authority CEO James Bogusz. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP calling for Crown bill deferral program to be extended
Case numbers may be going down but NDP MLA Aleana Young said people are still struggling because of the pandemic. She said she spoke to a man while door-knocking and he told her he has a good job but ...
Jul 20, 2021 NDP MLA Aleana Young. Mar. 17, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. government working on vaccine passports
As people plan to get away from home for the first time in 16 months, it appears more vacations could require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Health said the govern...
Jul 20, 2021 Swift Current teacher Riley Sharp gets his COVID vaccine on May 1, 2021. (Riley Sharp/Facebook)
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