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Braden Herman's family files lawsuit against Bernie Herman, RCMP
While the criminal murder case against a former RCMP officer in Prince Albert winds its way through the courts, the family of the victim is kicking off a lawsuit. In a statement of claim filed Thursda...
Jul 15, 2021 Braden Herman. (Facebook)
Restaurateur left in the lurch after ability to sell offsale abruptly cancelled
Joshua McLean said he was shocked when he woke up last week to an email explaining his restaurant wouldn't be able to operate as an offsale as of four days later. McLean owns Homestead Bar A Vin, a wi...
Jul 12, 2021 Josh McLean (right), the owner of Homestead Bar a Vin, was shocked when he found out his restaurant's ability to function as an offsale would be taken away. NDP MLA Aleana Young joined McLean for a media conference on July 12, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Daycare keeping some precautions as province lifts all COVID restrictions
Just over 70 per cent of eligible people in Saskatchewan have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but none of those are children. None of the vaccines are approved for people under 12 years old an...
Jul 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Hidden Crisis: Saskatchewan government defends its work
As the drug overdose crisis has gotten worse in Saskatchewan, the voices calling for help have gotten louder. Many in the industry believe, as a health issue, the responsibility lies with the provinci...
Jul 09, 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)
Hidden Crisis: The front lines of the fight
A needle, a vial of naloxone and someone who knows how to use them -- for drug users who take too much, these may be the only things that stand between them and joining the list of those who've died b...
Jul 08, 2021 Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Jason Mercredi stands in front of the safe consumption site. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Restrictions are ending but COVID is not: Premier
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Scott Moe said he looked forward to the day he could shake Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab's hand, and on Wednesday he did just that - with the...
Jul 07, 2021 Premier Scott Moe shakes Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab's hand after nearly 16 months of pandemic restrictions. Jul. 7, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Hidden Crisis: Helping others out of the dark
Less than 10 years ago, Danita Wahpoosewyan was an addict, finding drugs where she could to ease her trauma and pain. But these days, she has kicked the habit and, in the midst of an overdose death cr...
Jul 07, 2021 Danita Wahpoosewyan is a wellness warrior at Wellness Wheel. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Hope and dreaming': Cowessess First Nation takes control of child and family services
Clouds may have crowded in for the afternoon, but the feeling at the Cowessess First Nation on Tuesday was one of celebration and achievement. With Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme, Premier Scott Moe al...
Jul 06, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) was on the Cowessess First Nation Tuesday to sign a coordination agreement with Chief Cadmus Delorme (L) and Premier Scott Moe to finalize the first nation taking back jurisdiction for its child and family services. Jul. 6, 2021 (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME)
Northern community dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, Delta variant
As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation -- including Wollaston Lake -- is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak. The outbreak was declared J...
Jul 05, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Hidden Crisis: Families left behind
When she was a kid, Emily Bryce would dress up with her friends for the midnight release of the latest Harry Potter book, or she'd come home excited to be learning about imaginary numbers in math clas...
Jul 05, 2021 Emily Bryce (left) and Chris Salateski. (Photos submitted)
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