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Latest COVID update Dec. 11: No deaths, 57 positive tests outside of province
A number of out-of-province cases affected Saskatchewan's COVID totals Saturday. Within the province, there were 77 new cases and 137 recoveries reported. However, 57 people from Saskatchewan tested p...
Dec 11, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Murder case involving former Prince Albert RCMP officer faces delays
A scheduled preliminary hearing next week for a former Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with first degree murder has been postponed five months. The simple reason provided to paNOW by Prosecutor Bil...
Dec 11, 2021 Bernie Herman is scheduled to appear in court again May 26 on a charge of first degree murder. (paNow/May 14)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist facing charges in Swift Current
Details are scarce, but an internationally renowned agriculture scientist is facing charges in Swift Current. Yantai Gan, whom the Royal Society of Canada said in a Facebook post "invented pulse-based...
Dec 10, 2021 (Royal Society of Canada/Facebook)
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19. A survey from Uni...
Dec 10, 2021
Suspected car thief caught in the act by Regina police
Regina police officers interrupted an attempted car theft early Friday. In a media release, police said they got a call just after midnight about a break-in at a car dealership in the 600 block of Alb...
Dec 10, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Federal health minister warns international travellers about Omicron
As international flights resume out of Regina and Saskatoon, Canada's health minister is issuing a warning to people who want to head overseas. During a media conference Friday, Jean-Yves Duclos said ...
Dec 10, 2021 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
Latest COVID update Dec. 10: 69 new cases, 42 recoveries, 1 death
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose for a second straight day Friday. The Ministry of Health said there were 653 active cases, an increase of 31 from the previous day. There were ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Santas Anonymous preparing for dropoff day
It's a chance to take part in the "giving season." On Saturday, the Salvation Army and 980 CJME will hold the toy dropoff day for Santas Anonymous. The annual campaign collects toys and gifts for kids...
Dec 10, 2021 980 CJME's Greg Morgan collects toys at the Santas Anonymous dropoff day on Dec. 12, 2020. (980 CJME file photo)
Health minister discusses plan to cut down surgical wait lists
Health Minister Paul Merriman is defending Saskatchewan's plan to cut down surgical wait lists, eliminate the surgical backlog and beef up hospital capacity. He joined Gormley to discuss the details a...
Dec 10, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'It's indescribable': Reginans set for fun in the sun in Mexico
People in Saskatchewan are once again hopping on planes to get away for a tropical vacation. There hasn't been an international flight out of Regina since the initial COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ca...
Dec 10, 2021 Passengers line up ahead of a flight to Mexico from the Regina Airport on Dec. 10, 2021. (Dominick Lucyk/650 CKOM)
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