Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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Potential COVID-19 exposures at Sask. businesses
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is letting the public know that a person who tested positive for COVID-19 visited businesses in Saskatoon, Wynyard and Foam Lake earlier this month. The busines...
Sep 15, 2020
Regina man charged with murder in Alberta town
A 55-year-old Regina man is facing charges of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a woman in Boyle, Alta., in December. According to a media release from the RCMP on Tuesday, the body...
Sep 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Manitoba turns shipping containers into nursing home visitation rooms
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government went looking for a way to quickly set up exterior visitation rooms at personal care homes across the province - something that could keep residents and the...
Sep 15, 2020
Gov't says Saskatoon gathering responsible for 17 COVID cases, with more likely
A recent social gathering in Saskatoon has produced 17 cases of COVID-19. The provincial government made the announcement in a media release Tuesday, two days after reporting the get-together was resp...
Sep 15, 2020
University students worried about privacy over test-monitoring software
Universities have had to find a whole new way of doing things in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that means whole new problems. Some of the solutions have students worried about their privacy. ...
Sep 15, 2020
Voluntary in-school COVID-19 testing set to begin
Students at a few Saskatchewan schools are getting the chance to be tested for COVID-19, but Donna Schell's daughter won't be one of them. The province is bringing in voluntary in-school testing for t...
Sep 15, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
At 11th hour, U.S. abruptly reverses course, lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has suddenly called a tariff truce with Canada, lifting its 10 per cent aluminum levy Tuesday just hours before Ottawa was to unleash a suite of countermeasures. T...
Sep 15, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke
Fougere officially launches bid for re-election as Regina mayor
As he kicked off his bid to secure a third term as Regina's mayor, Michael Fougere cast himself as a steady hand and one that will stay out of the pockets of taxpayers. Fougere, who was first elected ...
Sep 15, 2020 Mayor Michael Fougere launched his re-election campaign on Scarth Street in downtown Regina on Sept. 15, 2020. The mayor, who plays drums in a band, was introduced by his friend and bandmate, Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of AGT Foods. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
COVID-19 controls tightened as cases rise and possible second wave looms
VICTORIA - The looming prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall has governments cautiously monitoring daily infection rates as economies restart and students return to school. A widespread retu...
Sep 15, 2020 B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Moe lays out Saskatchewan's concerns in letter to PM
Premier Scott Moe has sent Saskatchewan's wish list to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Moe wrote a letter to Trudeau outlining issues the province would like to see addressed in the Sept. 23 throne spe...
Sep 15, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Online reviews aren't always helpful
Sarah Mills says giving a business a chance to rectify something a client or customer is upset or disappointed by is a f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 4
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about the end of the WestJet strike, an irrigation project around Lake Diefenbaker, conce...