Murray Wood: Gas gains and gas pains
Governments are raking in higher resource revenues thanks to high oil prices. Murray Wood says if that's a justification...
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Government provides $19M to child-care facilities
Licensed child-care facilities in Saskatchewan are getting more financial help. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan government said it was providing around $19 million from the Federal Safe Restart Agreemen...
Mar 04, 2021 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
Hospitalized Prince Philip has successful heart procedure
LONDON - Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of "rest and recuperation," Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The palace said...
Mar 04, 2021
Three years after Broncos bus crash, Logan Boulet still inspiring organ donation
Jim Lowes had never thought about being an organ donor until he read a story about Logan Boulet nearly three years ago. Boulet was one of 16 people who died in April 2018 when a truck driver blew a st...
Mar 04, 2021
Regina COVID cases increasing faster than other parts of Sask.
New COVID-19 cases have been popping up consistently all over the province for months now, but recently the Regina area has been seeing even more new cases. The Regina area has had the largest number ...
Mar 03, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Spread of COVID at Regina Huda School between family members, not in classrooms: Principal
While there has been a string of recent COVID-19 cases at the Regina Huda School, the principal doesn't think classrooms are where the virus has been spread. Regina Huda School is an associate school ...
Mar 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update March 3: 180 recoveries, 121 new cases, 2 deaths
Recoveries once again outnumbered new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan on Wednesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said there were 180 recoveries and 121 new cases. The number of active ca...
Mar 03, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Driver safety shields among safety upgrades proposed for Regina Transit
The City of Regina is looking to use COVID-19 funding to improve safety on public transit. In November, the city applied for funding under the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream. The city's exe...
Mar 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol
WASHINGTON - Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing a "possible plot" by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-Presiden...
Mar 03, 2021
Team Dunstone prepared for big-city Brier in small-town Saskatchewan
It's a case of a double bubble for Matt Dunstone's curling team. In preparation for the bubble in Calgary for the Tim Hortons Brier, Saskatchewan's representatives at the Canadian men's curling champi...
Mar 03, 2021 Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone throws a rock during the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. (Curling Canada/Twitter)
Moe says decision on vaccine interval expected this week
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government will make a decision by Thursday on stretching the interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses. Moe told Gormley on Wednesday the sudden shift from three...
Mar 03, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: Trump's Air Force One ruse leaves others vulnerable
It is right to protect the president from assassination threats, but Sarah Mills says leaving staff, journalists and oth...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 12
On Wednesday's show, Evan was joined by Ralph Goodale to talk U.S. tariffs. Also, possible changes to Saskatoon's smokin...