Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Pedal power: Regina to begin construction of crosstown bike route
The City of Regina is aiming to begin the first phase of a crosstown bike route this year. On Wednesday, the city revealed the projects that are to be part of a $2.2-million investment in cycling infr...
Apr 28, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
'I've never seen anything like this ever,' says head of Regina ICU
COVID-19 is sending more patients to the Regina intensive care unit than it can handle. The numbers are stunning to Dr. Jeffrey Betcher, head of critical care, who says occupancy hit 150 per cent last...
Apr 28, 2021
P.1 COVID variant spreading in Saskatchewan
It has been a couple of weeks since the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant established itself as the dominant strain in Saskatchewan, but a new variant is now starting to spread. Originally only five cases of t...
Apr 27, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Eligibility changes coming to Saskatchewan vaccination rollout
More age groups are to become eligible this week to get COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan. Starting Wednesday, those 42 and older are to become eligible, as well as anyone 30 and over in the North...
Apr 27, 2021
Regina man calls COVID situation in India a 'nightmare'
The COVID-19 situation in India is critical right now, with skyrocketing new cases every day and a health-care system that can't deal with the flood of patients -- and people in Saskatchewan from Indi...
Apr 27, 2021 Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India, on April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Latest COVID update April 27: 6 deaths, 224 new cases, 238 recoveries
Six Saskatchewan people have died of COVID-19, the highest number recorded in a day since April 9. Those who died were in southern Saskatchewan. In the southeast, one person was in the 40-to-49 age gr...
Apr 27, 2021
Helium production promoted as latest example of Saskatchewan's resource leadership
A private southwest Saskatchewan facility that will produce and sell purified helium is being promoted by the provincial government as evidence of Saskatchewan's leadership as a supplier of necessary ...
Apr 27, 2021 The provincial government said Saskatchewan, as Canada's leading helium producer, supplies about three per cent of the total worldwide supply of the resource. (North American Helium/Facebook)
SaskTel working on blocking international scam calls
SaskTel says it's aware of recent scam calls targeting residents in the province. Greg Jacobs, the external communications manager for SaskTel, said the international calls could end up being costly. ...
Apr 27, 2021
Sask. truckers, oil workers to have chance to get vaccinated at North Dakota border
Saskatchewan truckers and energy workers who regularly cross the North Dakota border are getting the chance to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccinations. On Tuesday, the Saskatchewan and North D...
Apr 27, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Police responded to 75 COVID calls in March, issued eight tickets
Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray told the board of police commissioners that intention matters when officers decide whether or not to issue COVID-19 tickets. As an example, Bray said police might...
Apr 27, 2021 Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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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