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Financial support program for small business extended by Saskatchewan government
Small businesses in Saskatchewan ordered to close or reduce their operations because of COVID-19 have an extra month to get financial support from a provincial government program. Applications to the ...
Apr 30, 2021 "That's why it's called the hospitality industry. We need those smiling faces in the right places," said Jim Bence, President and CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Johnson & Johnson doses held up by Health Canada
Health Canada has put a hold on doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that came into the country this week. Saskatchewan was expecting a shipment of about 9,300 doses of the vaccine to a...
Apr 30, 2021
Outdoor relaxing on warm-weather days made better with cocktails
Saskatchewan is getting a taste of summer to kick off the weekend, as daily high temperatures hover around or above the 20 C mark. Many are taking advantage of the warm weather by grabbing a cold beve...
Apr 30, 2021
Demand for vaccines remains rampant in small communities in Sask.
Tiny communities around Saskatchewan have been busy places as people go on the road for COVID-19 vaccinations. One of the communities that has seen people come from all over the southern portion of th...
Apr 30, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update April 30: 264 new cases, four deaths, 173 total hospitalizations
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals has fallen to its lowest mark in April. According to the Ministry of Health, 173 people are in hospitals around the province due to the virus....
Apr 30, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Green thumbs up from households having food and yard waste collected by City of Regina
Households that have had their food and yard waste collected by the City of Regina for the past six months through a pilot program are giving it a green thumbs up. The compost that has resulted from t...
Apr 30, 2021 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
More vaccines on the way to Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is about to see another spike in the number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine it receives. Currently, the province gets about 31,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine each week. But in the coming week, ...
Apr 30, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
More than 3,600 sign petition against Regina students returning to classrooms
Students in Regina's two largest school divisions are preparing to return to classrooms on Monday, but a petition with more than 3,600 signatures is trying to change that. Public and Catholic school d...
Apr 30, 2021 The petition started by Dawn Barker had more than 3,300 signatures as of April 29, 2021. (Change.org)
Design phase for new Weyburn hospital set to begin
Plans for the new Weyburn and District General Hospital have taken another step forward. Design plans will soon be underway as Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd, a Saskatoon-based firm, has been...
Apr 30, 2021 Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation board chair Jeff Hayward. (Discover Weyburn file photo)
Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens
JERUSALEM - A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials s...
Apr 30, 2021
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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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