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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Trudeau says Canada-U.S. border closure likely to take effect Friday night
WASHINGTON - The Canada-U.S. border will likely be closed to all non-essential travel in both directions as of Friday night, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau says the details are still bein...
Mar 19, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Man on flight from Mexico concerned over lack of communication regarding COVID-19
Mick Anslow is concerned over how little information he has received from the government and health officials since returning from Mexico on the weekend. Anslow and his wife, Donna, were on board Sunw...
Mar 19, 2020 (Sunwing/Twitter)
Archdiocese of Regina to suspend masses
Starting Friday, the Archdiocese of Regina will be taking steps to protect residents from the potential spread of COVID-19. In an email to parishioners Wednesday, Archbishop Don Bolen announced that S...
Mar 18, 2020 Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina. (980 CJME file photo)
Meet Saskatoon’s toilet paper fairy
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Saskatoon man is spreading cheer one toilet paper roll at a time. Shane Dankoski has been buying up toilet paper around the province and giving it away to people in need ...
Mar 18, 2020
Students asked to vacate dorms over COVID-19
Students at several post-secondary institutions were asked or told Wednesday to move out of their dorms in response to COVID-19, forcing many to search for housing or move between cities at a time whe...
Mar 18, 2020 McGill University. (Facebook)
FSIN declares state of emergency
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is declaring a state of emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release sent Wednesday afternoon, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said, "...
Mar 18, 2020
Saskatoon group formed to help those in need gather supplies, get groceries
As Jordan Marcoux heads into a Saskatoon grocery store to gather the items for his very first delivery, he admits he might not know where everything is -- but he'll figure it out. He's one of the foun...
Mar 18, 2020 Volunteer Jordan Marcoux begins fulfilling his first delivery order for a Saskatoon group hoping to help those who can't get out to buy groceries and supplies. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. 'snowbirds' in Mexico booking flights home
While many people are already hunkered down at home, some Saskatchewan "snowbirds" who spend winters down south are scrambling to find flights to get back home. Former 980 CJME news anchor Alex Dockin...
Mar 18, 2020 Alex and Jill Docking. (Facebook)
COVID-19 the main topic as scaled-down budget released
COVID-19 was at the top of people's minds on Wednesday as the provincial government released pared-down numbers for the coming fiscal year. The government only released the spending estimates for the ...
Mar 18, 2020 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivers the estimated expenses for 2020-21 on March 18, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province declares state of emergency due to COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan took the rare step Wednesday of declaring a provincial state of emergency. It's so rare that Premier Scott Moe couldn't remember it happening before. He could recall com...
Mar 18, 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)
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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...