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Freeze carbon tax, delay new climate regs during virus crisis, oil lobby asks
OTTAWA - Canada's oil and gas producers have asked the federal government to freeze the carbon tax and delay new climate change regulations while the industry weathers the storm of COVID-19. In a lett...
Apr 17, 2020
RV owners helping essential workers self-isolate, protect their family members
The only thing Rick Siewierski finds harder than protecting himself from COVID-19 is keeping his pregnant wife safe from the virus too. The Ontario paramedic is positive he has been exposed to the hig...
Apr 17, 2020 Paramedic Rick Siewierski, centre, poses for a photo with his wife Mariam Siewierski, left, and Al Robinson of Great Canadian RV near Orillia, Ont. in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Stacey Robinson
Life during COVID-19: Grocery stores make big changes to keep safe
Things are quite a bit different now at Dad's Organic Market in Regina than they were even two months ago. "We have to clean everything every morning when we come in. Everything gets wiped down, all t...
Apr 17, 2020 Meghan Rice, who works at Dad's Organic Market in Regina, says she makes sure to keep herself and her workspace clean so she's not worried about dealing with customers. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Dozens of Saskatchewan nurses receive emergency licences to help with COVID-19 fight
In the last several weeks, at least 60 non-practising or retired nurses have received their emergency licences, according to the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association's executive director, Cindy ...
Apr 17, 2020
Sask. RCMP issues warrants for four suspects in online romance schemes
One man has been arrested and Canada-wide warrants have been issued for four other men in connection with online romance scams. According to a media release Thursday from the RCMP, the five men were l...
Apr 16, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Co-op refinery reduces production due to low demand, market conditions
The self-isolation measures being taken by Canadians due to COVID-19 are having an impact on the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. On Thursday, the refinery issued a media release saying it was reduci...
Apr 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Now's not the time to reopen economy or relax physical distancing measures: SUN
The analogy Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president Tracy Zambory describes is simple: You wouldn't go skating on a pond that has just started to freeze over or you'll fall through. You need to w...
Apr 16, 2020
Farm group calls on Ottawa to help save food sector
By Nigel Maxwell The federal government is being called upon to create an emergency fund to assist farmers and agriculture-related businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agri...
Apr 16, 2020
Number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan falls to 82
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan continues to fall. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government reported there was one new confirmed case and 14 more recoveries. There...
Apr 16, 2020 Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
‘I’ll never forgive him for doing any of that’: La Loche shooting victim
A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday’s news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loch...
Apr 16, 2020
OPINION
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...