Murray Wood: Hats off to the Roughriders
Murray reflects on some oddly sensitive language at the Rider game around doffing headgear for the anthem. And on how fa...
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Latest COVID update Jan. 3: No deaths, 3,866 vaccinated, new cases outnumber recoveries
The active COVID case total has risen in Saskatchewan. After recoveries outnumbered new cases for six straight days, the Ministry of Health's update Sunday reported 238 new cases and 109 recoveries. T...
Jan 03, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
'Get people back to work': NDP Leader Ryan Meili looks ahead at 2021
Ryan Meili is used to helping diagnose and heal illnesses and injuries, and in 2021, the doctor and politician will be trying to help the province recover from a global pandemic. Meili, who is the lea...
Jan 03, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Fire crews respond to a pair of blazes
Regina fire crews do not believe anyone is hurt after a pair of blazes in the city. At around 4 p.m Saturday, crews were called to 170 Hodsman Road, the industrial area close to the Co-op Refinery Com...
Jan 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Report: Talk show host Larry King in hospital with COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday. Citing an unidentified person close to the family,...
Jan 03, 2021 (The Associated Press)
Canada reaches semifinal of world junior tournament with 3-0 win over Czechs
EDMONTON - Canada advanced to the semifinal round of the world junior men's hockey championship with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday. Goaltender Devon Levi posted a 29-save shutout and D...
Jan 02, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 2: 3 deaths, 485 new cases, 2,712 active cases
Three more people in Saskatchewan have died with COVID-19. Two of the deaths were in the 80+ age group and were from the Saskatoon and Regina zones, while one death was someone in the 50 to 59 ...
Jan 02, 2021 Nurse Leah Sawatsky receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Above average weather in Saskatchewan to kick off 2021
Saskatchewan can expect warmer than average weather to kick off the new year. The forecasts in southern and central Saskatchewan show highs hovering around the 0 C mark. David Baggaley, a meteorologis...
Jan 02, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
‘Sky is the limit:’ Pilot project using drones to send medical supplies, COVID tests
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press MORLEY, Alta. - The windswept foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal pro...
Jan 02, 2021
Alberta cabinet minister ‘naive’ in travelling to Hawaii for holiday tradition
By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press EDMONTON - Alberta's municipal affairs minister apologized Friday for vacationing in Hawaii, despite recommendations to stay home, explaining that she wanted to k...
Jan 02, 2021
NDP strip Niki Ashton of critic roles after recent trip to Greece
By The Canadian Press A prominent member of the federal New Democrats has lost her cabinet critic positions after travelling to Greece in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spre...
Jan 02, 2021
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Sarah Mills: U.S. alcohol sales bans were only ever symbolic
Sarah Mills says sources indicate Canadian provinces may lift booze bans as an incentive in the ongoing trade war with t...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 10
On Monday's show, Evan talked about federal by-election controversy, why gas is cheaper in some parts of the province th...