Murray Wood: All hail the placekicker! Except when he misses
Alex Hale was supposed to make us forget about Brett Lauther, but how can we? Murray Wood says Hale has struggled, while...
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Sask. Catholic schools win funding appeal fight
It's a significant legal victory for Catholic education in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the appeal of the Theodore case in a unanimous decision. It overturns t...
Mar 25, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
14 new cases of COVID-19 brings Saskatchewan’s total to 86
Saskatchewan's goal of limiting community transmission of COVID-19 could get a serious test as more travellers return to the province. On Wednesday -- when the provincial government revealed there wer...
Mar 25, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. limits gatherings to 10, orders more businesses to close
The Government of Saskatchewan is limiting the size of public and private gatherings to a maximum of 10 people in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19. In a media release Wednesday, the government ...
Mar 25, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 on March 18, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
‘We did it right:’ COVID-19 scare at oilsands work camp tests businesses’ plans
CALGARY - A COVID-19 scare at an oilsands staff lodge north of Fort McMurray, Alta., last week tested the pandemic preparedness of one of the many businesses that house, feed and transport workers at ...
Mar 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
CFL commissioner says league continues to discuss potential contingency plans
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the CFL continues to discuss potential contingency plans to its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No decisions have been made yet but Ambrosie said l...
Mar 25, 2020
Mandatory quarantines to apply to returning travellers, Freeland says
WASHINGTON - With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating in the United States, the federal government lowered the boom Wednesday on renegade globetrotters, ordering any non-essential travellers who recent...
Mar 25, 2020
Police adjusting to enforcing new law, reduced crime amid pandemic
As concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic continue in Saskatchewan, Regina's police service says it's making the necessary adjustments to respond to public complaints. Chief Evan Bray spoke with Greg Mor...
Mar 25, 2020 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray. (980 CJME file photo)
Testing backlog linked to shortage of chemicals needed for COVID-19 test
Regions across Canada are ramping up efforts to identify people with COVID-19 but some labs are facing a backlog due to diminishing supplies of essential chemicals needed for tests. "We all would want...
Mar 25, 2020 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed hospitals, grounded flights and home confinement, it's...
Mar 25, 2020 In this June 13, 1993 file photo, men run across the bridge into the Sarajevo suburb of Dobrinja in Sarajevo. The suburb was isolated from the capital for three months by Bosnian Serb forces. (AP Photo/Peter Northall, File)
Senate approves emergency bill to respond to COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - An emergency federal bill to inject billions of dollars of aid into the Canadian economy for workers, families and businesses hit hard by COVID-19 has passed the Senate and now awaits royal a...
Mar 25, 2020 With a limited number of Members of Parliament on hand and spread out, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau responds to a question after tabling the governments COVID19 financial measures bill in the House of Commons Wednesday March 25, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Sarah Mills: Oprah Winfrey is trying to rewrite history
Oprah has been asked to look back on her infamous interview with Prince Harry and Megan Markle. But rather than review h...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, July 27
On Monday's show, Evan talks U.S. tariffs, the postponed Post Malone show in Edmonton, youth unemployment in Canada, ano...