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Saskatchewan announces fifth death due to COVID-19
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan's far north now includes the region's first fatality due to the coronavirus. In a media release Monday, the Government of Saskatchewan confirmed a pers...
Apr 27, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Driver critically injured in crash near Fort Qu'Appelle
A 31-year-old man is in critical condition after he was ejected from his pickup truck in a crash and then run over by another driver on Highway 10 near Fort Qu'Appelle on Sunday. According to the RCMP...
Apr 27, 2020 (RCMP/Submitted)
Sask. microbiologist says complacency is new threat of COVID-19
A Saskatchewan microbiologist is warning people not to get too relaxed with social distancing measures and to seek testing even if they have just one mild symptom of COVID-19. "The greatest threat rig...
Apr 27, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Four youths, two adults charged with first-degree murder in Regina
Six people -- including four youths -- are facing first-degree murder charges in connection with Regina's sixth murder of 2020. The Regina Police Service said Monday the victim is a 16-year-old boy. T...
Apr 27, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon doctor cautiously optimistic about lifting restrictions
The Saskatchewan government's plan to gradually ease pandemic restrictions is being met with cautious optimism by a Saskatoon family doctor -- for the most part. Dr. Carla Holinaty admitted on the Gre...
Apr 27, 2020
Canada's Farm Show postponed due to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the postponement of Canada's Farm Show. In an email Monday, Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) and the Canada's Farm Show advisory board announced the show -...
Apr 27, 2020
Petition calls for high school name change for RCMP officer killed in rampage
HALIFAX - An online campaign is seeking to change the name of a Nova Scotia high school to honour the RCMP officer killed during the shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in the province earlier this...
Apr 27, 2020
Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency measure ...
Apr 27, 2020
Saskatchewan Health Authority to release updated modelling numbers
At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) released grim modelling numbers in order to properly plan for the worst-case scenario for infections. Now those numbe...
Apr 27, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Lawyers and advocates ponder the future of the jury system with COVID-19
CALGARY - The president of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers is worried the justice system will try to delay jury trials as it deals with COVID-19 at the expense of the rights of those ...
Apr 27, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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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...