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‘Some days I get very depressed:’ Seniors discuss isolation during the pandemic
Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...
May 06, 2020 Jackie Potter is photographed at her home in Hamilton, Ont., on April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The second virus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?
ROME (AP) - From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn't whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and death...
May 06, 2020 A serviceman of the Belarus Ministry of Defence, left, and medical workers wearing protective gear are seen at a local hospital in Minsk, Belarus on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Nova Scotia mass killer should be subjected to psychological autopsy: experts
HALIFAX - As the RCMP investigates the case of the Nova Scotia gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage last month, a key question remains unanswered: Why? The Mounties have said little ab...
May 06, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Forces members killed in helicopter crash honoured in emotional ramp ceremony
OTTAWA - A nation already struggling with the emotions of a pandemic lockdown, a horrific plane crash in Iran and the worst mass shooting in its history grieved again on Wednesday as it honoured the v...
May 06, 2020 Canadian Armed Forces members (clockwise from top left) Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough, Capt. Brenden MacDonald, Capt. Kevin Hagen, Capt. Maxime Miron-Morin, Master Cpl. Matthew Cousins and Sub-Lt. Matthew Pyke are shown in a Department of National Defence handout photos. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Department of National Defence
Online intermission: Saskatchewan performers go online to sing
For once, the show really must not go on. But as curtains closed on stages across the world for an indefinite intermission due to COVID-19, performers of all ages and abilities have turned their creat...
May 06, 2020 The last cast photo taken of the Do It With Class Young People’s theatre production of Matilda the Musical before the COVID-19 pandemic began in Saskatchewan. Now the same young people are performing separately in a Homebound Concert Series. (DIWC/Submitted)
Business booming for Osler meat processor as residents search for locally sourced food products
Pine View Farms co-owner Melanie Boldt says she can hardly remember what life was like before March 10. In the last eight weeks, it has changed dramatically. Prior to that day, the Osler-based farm-to...
May 05, 2020
'Invisible hazard': How Regina firefighters are managing COVID-19
Firefighters are used to facing risks on the job, but now they're suiting up in a different kind of protective gear on all medical emergency calls. Regina Fire and Protective Services Deputy Chief Nei...
May 05, 2020 A Regina firefighter tests out a 'worst-case' light hazmat suit for responding to medical emergencies where COVID-19 might be present. On normal calls, they wear masks and surgical gowns. (Submitted/Deputy Fire Chief Neil Sundeen)
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Saskatoon dairy; 18 of 20 new cases in far north
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a dairy facility in the Saskatoon region. Scott Livingstone, the SHA's chief executive officer, made the announcement Tuesda...
May 05, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SHA unveils plan to restore health-care services
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing to resume health-care services that were put on hold in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province. But not everything will restart ...
May 05, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
REGINA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming. Perry Bellegarde notes there has been a steady rise in cases mainly f...
May 05, 2020 Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Sarah Mills: School supply lists should be eradicated
Between 18 school divisions and the Ministry of Education, Sarah Mills says there must be a better way to procure pencil...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, July 28
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about making it easier to find a family doctor, a surge in highway fatalities, Saskatchew...