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Sask. gov't releases Re-Opening Roadmap for easing COVID measures through vaccination targets
Summer is right around the corner and -- if the Saskatchewan government's Re-Opening Roadmap goes to plan -- it could come with few public health measures and a high percentage of adults vaccinated ag...
May 04, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'Lumber is now apparently made with gold': Businesses react as prices soar
The price of lumber continues to reach new heights, having positive and negative impacts on local businesses in the process. In the span of one year, the price has risen roughly 380 per cent and it do...
May 04, 2021 (Fries Tallman Lumber/Facebook)
Latest COVID update May 4: 189 new cases push Sask. total to 42,006
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan since the start of the pandemic went over the 42,000 mark Tuesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said there were 189 new cases -- the l...
May 04, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Government dismisses NDP call for higher fines for violations of health orders
The Saskatchewan NDP wants to send a message to anti-mask protesters, but the provincial government is dismissing the attempt. On the weekend, NDP Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer tried to amend The Emer...
May 04, 2021 NDP MLA for Regina Douglas Park, Nicole Sarauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Advice hasn't changed after latest recommendation from vaccine panel: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his advice to Canadians to get vaccinated as soon as its their turn has not changed. "The way we get through this pandemic is to get vaccinated with whatever vaccine...
May 04, 2021
Hospitalizations 'stabilize' but ICUs still under strain, says SHA's emergency chief
The chief of emergency operations for the Saskatchewan Health Authority says hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have steadied in Regina. "We are seeing the numbers stabilize in Regina and they have come...
May 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Former junior hockey coach faces assault, sexual assault charges
A former coach of the Regina Pats and Humboldt Broncos has been arrested in Alberta on charges of assault and sexual assault. The Regina Police Service says 66-year-old Bernard Charles Lynch is in cus...
May 03, 2021
COVID vaccine pilot project going smoothly for one Regina pharmacist
For at least one pharmacy, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is going smoothly. The Medicine Shoppe on Quance Street in Regina was one of the first 63 pharmacies to administer COVID vaccines. It started do...
May 03, 2021 Allana Reaume prepares a COVID vaccine on April 29, 2021. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update May 3: Seven-day average dropping, 207 new cases, three deaths
The seven-day average of daily new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is dropping. The seven-day average of daily new cases now sits at 230 or 18.8 new cases per 100,000. That's the lowest it ha...
May 03, 2021
Saskatchewan teacher relieved after getting COVID vaccine
Some Saskatchewan teachers are breathing a sigh of relief as they begin to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. Starting last week, education staff who work directly with students were added to the list o...
May 03, 2021 Swift Current teacher Riley Sharp gets his COVID vaccine on May 1, 2021. (Riley Sharp/Facebook)
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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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