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Wascana Winter Festival, free activities on tap for Family Day weekend
Families in Regina have a lot of things available to them if they want to mark Family Day. "The Frost festival was tremendously successful in showcasing the fun you can have, and the memories you can ...
Feb 18, 2022 Public skating on Wascana Lake during the Waskimo Winter Festival. (980 CJME file photo)
Workplace injury in Ile-a-la-Crosse results in fine of $28K
A Saskatchewan company has been fined $28,000 for a workplace accident in which a worker was seriously hurt. On Aug. 7, 2020 at a worksite near Ile-a-la-Crosse, a roof structure collapsed and a worker...
Feb 18, 2022 (battlefordsNOW Staff)
Ryan Meili to step aside when new Saskatchewan NDP leader elected
Ryan Meili has only one regret after serving almost four years as leader of the Saskatchewan NDP: His party wasn't better able to urge the provincial government to do more about the COVID-19 pandemic....
Feb 18, 2022 Ryan Meili announcing his resignation to media on Feb. 18, 2022 at his Saskatoon constituency office. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Good as gold: Emily Clark's family revels in Olympic title
Years of being a rink rat helped Emily Clark get to the top of an Olympic podium. The 26-year-old Saskatoon product helped Canada win the gold medal in women's hockey at the Beijing Winter Olympics on...
Feb 17, 2022 Saskatoon's Emily Clark (in the centre of the second row, to the right of #24 Natalie Spooner) and her Team Canada teammates celebrate with their gold medals after defeating the United States in the women's hockey gold-medal game at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Saskatchewan RCMP prepared for weekend demonstrations at U.S. border
The RCMP in Saskatchewan is aware of and preparing for demonstrations at two border crossings into the United States. In a news release Thursday, the RCMP said it was aware that protests of COVID vacc...
Feb 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
High inflation rates affecting many places: Food policy professor
People's grocery bills are on the rise with inflation rates experiencing increases not seen in a while. The overall inflation rate in Canada in January rose to 5.1 per cent, the highest it has been si...
Feb 17, 2022
Regina pub takes unique approach as COVID rules change
The vaccine passport system was no longer required in Saskatchewan as of Monday as the province continued removing its COVID-19 health measures. Even though the system is no longer in place, it doesn'...
Feb 17, 2022 Manager of Bushwakker Brewpub, Grant Frew, speaks about the 'Arizona Room'. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan sets record for COVID hospitalizations
A record number of COVID-19 patients were in Saskatchewan hospitals as of Wednesday. According to the weekly epidemiology report released Thursday by the Ministry of Health, there were 410 people with...
Feb 17, 2022
Saskatchewan food banks feeling the pinch from inflation
Inflation is making it harder for households to make ends meet and Saskatchewan food banks are seeing the fallout. Canada’s inflation topped five per cent last month for the first time in 30 yea...
Feb 17, 2022
Health Canada gives its OK to Novavax's COVID vaccine
Health Canada has approved a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country. Novavax's Nuvaxovid vaccine joins those from AstraZeneca, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Moderna and Pfizer on the list of...
Feb 17, 2022 (Supplied)
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Sarah Mills: Dolly Parton was an icon and a legend
From the music to her songwriting abilities, from the iconic look to the never-ending philanthropy, Sarah Mills says Dol...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 26
On Wednesday's show, Evan is talking tariffs and counter-tariffs with the experts, plus remembering Dolly Parton and mee...