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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Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus
LONDON (AP) - Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. The 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-i...
Mar 25, 2020 (Kirsty Wigglesworth/ AP File Photo)
Province reveals flights that carried passengers who have tested positive for COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is releasing information regarding flights that carried people who have tested positive for COVID-19. On Tuesday, the province released a list of 14 flights that have ha...
Mar 24, 2020
City, school divisions close playgrounds due to threat of COVID-19
Taking your kids to the playground or your dog to the dog park or sending teenagers out to play basketball are no longer options as the city and school boards have moved to close outdoor facilities. I...
Mar 24, 2020
SHA concerned that COVID-19 will overwhelm the health-care system
A Saskatchewan Health Authority internal document warns COVID-19 could overwhelm the health-care system. But the authority's CEO, Scott Livingstone, stressed during a media conference Tuesday at the S...
Mar 24, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
SaskTel using COVID-19 protocols for Internet installations; demand for services up
Don't be surprised if you're a SaskTel customer and you get a call from the company to send a technician over to your home or business. The Crown corporation says it's still doing Internet installatio...
Mar 24, 2020
Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada taking over as main threat, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
CHL cancels playoffs, Memorial Cup over COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years there will be no Memorial Cup champion, as the Canadian Hockey League decided in partnership with Canada's three major-junior hockey leagues to cancel their respective ...
Mar 24, 2020 Game 4 of the Memorial Cup Presented by Kia between the Guelph Storm and the Prince Albert Raiders on Tuesday, May 21th, 2019 in Halifax, Nova scotia, Canada. (Photo by Vincent Ethier/LHJMQ/CHL)
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend. The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors despite...
Mar 24, 2020
Tories will support aid to Canadians, not Liberal ‘power grab’: Scheer
OTTAWA - Federal plans to speedily approve legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic have been held up over Opposition objections that the Trudeau governme...
Mar 24, 2020 Leader of the Opposition Andrew Scheer speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 virus in Ottawa on March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Preparing for battle: Doctor on front lines shares how health care is changing
TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...
Mar 24, 2020 Dr. Seema Marwaha. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Gregory Brandsma
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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...