Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Canadian economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen. In Saskatchewan, 30,000 people found work last month, pus...
Jul 10, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Employee at Saskatoon bar tests positive for COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued an advisory Thursday evening after confirming an employee working at The Canadian Brewhouse pub and restaurant in Saskatoon's Stonebridge neighbourhood tested ...
Jul 10, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
U Sports not making exemption for football age cap
Robbie Lowes was scrolling through social media Thursday when he saw the news his football career was over. "I still haven't really processed it yet," said the University of Regina Rams linebacker, wh...
Jul 09, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Non-profits glad to see bingo halls reopening after COVID-19
Local charities will be thrilled to hear the sounds of "Bingo" once again throughout Saskatchewan. Under Phase 4.2 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, casinos and bingo halls were allowed to reopen Thur...
Jul 09, 2020 (Cornwall Bingo Center/Facebook)
Investigation underway after inmate found dead in his cell at Regina jail
The RCMP has started an investigation into the death of an inmate at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre. In a media release, the province's Ministry of Corrections and Policing said the man was...
Jul 09, 2020
Five new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; more new guidelines issued
As the province keeps opening, Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer is reminding people to keep their bubbles intact. Dr. Saqib Shahab said each case we're seeing is generating more contacts no...
Jul 09, 2020
Five Regina Public Library branches reopen
The Regina Public Library reopened some of its branches Thursday. The Glen Elm, Regent Place, Albert, Connaught and Prince of Wales branches opened their doors after being closed in March due to the C...
Jul 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
U.S. policy triggers Harvard lawsuit, could expel thousands of Canadian students
TORONTO - Questions over whether thousands of international students could be deported from the U.S. under a new Trump administration policy are causing consternation among school officials and anxiet...
Jul 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Chief of Cowessess First Nation says federal child welfare legislation is an ‘opportunity’
An agreement between the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations was signed Tuesday, outlining how funding for an overhaul of the First Nations child welfare system will work for legislat...
Jul 09, 2020 The Sacred Wolf Lodge grand opening was held on the Cowessess First Nation on Nov. 1, 2019. (File photo courtesy of the Cowessess First Nation)
SGI anticipating small impacts from COVID, no rate increases
SGI is one of the few big Crown corporations in Saskatchewan not expecting to see a big impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on its bottom line. The company tabled its annual report Thursday for the fisc...
Jul 09, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Let's revive the one-fingered salute
The lonely trip down a never-ending highway needs a signal for "Hey, I see you." Sarah Mills says the only way...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 31
On Friday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks passenger rights during the WestJet strike, Marineland's beluga whales ...