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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Fear over COVID-19 strikes Sask. uranium sector
Two large-scale uranium project sites in Saskatchewan are going on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameco is temporarily suspending operations at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan;...
Mar 24, 2020 The McArthur River mine. (Cameco)
New businesses try to adapt, find footing during COVID-19 pandemic
It's been a roller-coaster two weeks for Warehouse Brewing in Regina. Two weeks ago, the new brewery opened its doors for the first time to customers. Now, due to the ever-changing social and legal re...
Mar 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the games could not go ahead as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Olymp...
Mar 24, 2020 (The Associated Press)
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside. People wit...
Mar 24, 2020 In this March 23, 2020 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers disinfect a subway train in preparation for the restoration of public transport in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. China's health ministry says Wuhan has now gone several consecutive days without a new infection, showing the effectiveness of draconian travel restrictions that are slowly being relaxed around the country. (Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via AP)
SRNA makes urgent call out to retired RNs
The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association is now compiling a bank of eligible, qualified RNs across the province as medical support, if necessary. They may be retired, or grad nurses as well. A n...
Mar 23, 2020
U of S receives $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research
The University of Saskatchewan received a funding boost Monday in the ongoing effort to find a vaccine for COVID-19. The federal government announced $23.3 million for the university's Vaccine and Inf...
Mar 23, 2020
Rosthern ready to take on challenge of lost health-care facilities
On the weekend, news broke about the hospital and medical clinic in Rosthern closing down after one of the town's doctors tested positive for COVID-19. All the workers that he was in contact with have...
Mar 23, 2020
Province creates team to help businesses get COVID-19 information
The provincial government is looking to help businesses make sense of things during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Saskatchewan announced Monday that it has launched the Business Response Te...
Mar 23, 2020
Sask. has 14 new cases of COVID-19; total now at 66
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer believes the province is at a pivotal point in its battle with COVID-19. The province announced Monday that it had 14 new cases, bringing the total in Saska...
Mar 23, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
Canadian IOC member Dick Pound expects Olympic postponement
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound of Montreal believes the 2020 Tokyo Games will be postponed. Pound told The Canadian Press in a phone interview he expects the July 24 start o...
Mar 23, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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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...