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University of Regina sending stolen statue home to India
It sounds like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. A statue from the University of Regina's collection housed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery is being returned to India, where it was stolen more tha...
Nov 19, 2020 Figure of Annapoorna (Benares, India, 18th century), artist unknown. (Photo courtesy of Don Hall)
Latest COVID update Nov. 19
The modelling provided by the Saskatchewan government shows two different outcomes depending on how many people follow current COVID-19 restrictions. In an update Thursday, Dr. Saqib Shahab, th...
Nov 19, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Conexus Arts Centre acting as temporary courtroom during pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic upstaging live entertainment, the Conexus Arts Centre has turned to courtroom drama to get by. Neil Donnelly, the performing arts centre's CEO, said the facility was picked ...
Nov 19, 2020 (Conexus Arts Centre/Facebook)
Saskatchewan Realtors Association puts pause on open houses
The Saskatchewan Realtors Association is shutting the door on open houses. Starting Thursday, members will not be allowed to hold open houses because of COVID-19 concerns. The measure will last until ...
Nov 19, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Biden reaches out to governors as Trump stymies transition
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's meeting Thursday with a group of Democratic and Republican governors is his latest attempt to fight through President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to block the p...
Nov 19, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 18, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
New COVID restrictions now in effect in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents woke up Thursday to new measures the provincial government hopes will limit the spread of COVID-19. As of 12:01 a.m., masks became mandatory in all indoor public places in the p...
Nov 19, 2020 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
Trans-Canada reopened after crash between two semis
The Trans-Canada Highway -- which was closed near Tompkins on Wednesday night after a crash between two semi-trucks -- reopened just after 8 a.m. Thursday. The Swift Current RCMP closed the highway at...
Nov 19, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
'We're going to find a way to do it': Riders' Dickenson focusing on possible 2021 season
While there isn't a 100 per cent guarantee CFL teams will take the field in 2021, Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson believes that will be the case. "It's full steam ahead for our sta...
Nov 18, 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Broadview's Union Hospital handling COVID cases
Broadview's Union Hospital hasn't been operating as a full-fledged hospital for more than a year due to staffing issues. Without the ability to provide acute care or emergency room services, the facil...
Nov 18, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Meili calls for three-week lockdown in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili wants a "circuit-breaker" lockdown. He said a three-week lockdown could be instrumental in getting COVID-19 under control in the province. "We're calling on the gove...
Nov 18, 2020 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks about the Sask. Party's current COVID-19 restrictions on Nov. 18, 2020. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: We are nothing but commodities to the giants of social media
Sarah Mills says the graphic and public mental health crisis of a celebrity blogger being streamed online shows that use...
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8:30 - Recent incidents across Canada have raised concerns about the safety of places of worship. In Saskatchewan alone,...