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Saskatchewan has first case of vaccine-related blood clots
A woman in her 60s has become the first Saskatchewan resident to develop blood clots due to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health said Friday a case of vaccine-induced immune thromb...
May 14, 2021
Latest COVID update May 14: Sask. reports first cases of Indian variant
Saskatchewan has reported its first cases of the COVID-19 variant of concern that originated in India. In its daily update Friday, the Ministry of Health said 438 new lineage results had been confirme...
May 14, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina residents concerned about planned canola crushing facility
Some Regina residents in the Uplands neighbourhood could have a canola crushing facility in their own backyard, raising concerns for people in the area who say it's too close for comfort. Bev Leung ha...
May 14, 2021 Bev Leung behind her home in the Uplands neighbourhood. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan government wading into Keystone XL fight in U.S.
Saskatchewan is preparing to enter the fray in the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline. In a release Friday, the provincial government said it was filing an amicus brief in support of the 21 U...
May 14, 2021
Gyms gear up for group fitness classes to expand
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown fitness routines off for many, as gyms closed and then reopened with restrictions. However, a step towards normalcy is coming soon. The first phase of Saskatchewan's R...
May 14, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Protester facing charge of assault with weapon
A 62-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon after a confrontation near a downtown hotel which has a COVID-19 isolation unit for people unable to self-isolate. Police say on Wednesday...
May 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Nurses reflect on COVID year during National Nursing Week
It's been a long, challenging year for nurses on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Everything's rapidly changing. A lot of people don't take this pandemic seriously. They don't see what goes o...
May 14, 2021 Helen Head-Sabtiu, a licensed practical nurse, outside the Pasqua Hospital in Regina on May 13, 2021. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Rhetoric at legislature gets heated as session nears its end
As the six weeks of the spring sitting have gone on, the barbs traded back and forth in the Legislative Assembly have been getting sharper. In the past week, the speaker has had to stand several times...
May 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'Eternal optimists': Farmers hopeful for rain as seeding continues
Farmers in Saskatchewan are hoping to soak in some rain rather than sun in the near future. "There's pockets that are good and pockets that are dry. I think in the next week we will be dry in most of ...
May 13, 2021 (SaskOrganics/Twitter)
Sask. NDP calling on provincial government to 'save our summer'
With warmer weather on the way and the possibility of more things to do, Saskatchewan's NDP is calling on the provincial government to do more to get people out -- safely -- this summer. The Oppositio...
May 13, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili on May 13, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Not every travel horror story is the airline's fault
Sarah Mills says a pregnant Winnipeg woman is disappointed in her WestJet experience after she made the choice to seek h...
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