Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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'Sicker and sicker every day': Sask. woman pushes gov't for help as she waits on surgery
Nearly as long as Saskatchewan has been dealing with the pandemic, Stephanie Brad has been waiting for surgery to get her bladder removed. "I'm getting sicker and sicker every day," said Brad. She and...
Nov 30, 2021 Stephanie Brad holds a picture of her four daughters, who she says have been seriously affected by her illness. Brad has been waiting for a bladder surgery that was postponed in April 2020 then again in October 2021 due to COVID pressures on the healthcare system. She was brought to the legislative building by the Sask. NDP. Nov. 29 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina police looking into suspicious call made to school
The Regina Police Service is looking into a strange phone call received last Tuesday at an elementary school in the city. According to police, school officials told their School Resource Officer on We...
Nov 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Man charged with murder after death on Kawacatoose First Nation
A man from the Kawacatoose First Nation has been accused of murder. In a news release Monday, the RCMP said officers were called to a home on the reserve about 140 kilometres northeast of Regina for r...
Nov 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 29: 88 recoveries, 49 new cases, 1 death
Saskatchewan has reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases since early August. The Ministry of Health on Monday said there were 49 new infections, the fewest in a day since 24 cases...
Nov 29, 2021
Saskatchewan sending resources to B.C. to help fight flooding
Saskatchewan is pitching in to help British Columbia. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe tweeted Monday the province is sending resources to B.C., to help that province deal with ongoing flooding. Moe sai...
Nov 29, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Abuse charges dropped against former Saskatchewan-based priest
Prosecutors in Scotland have dropped historical physical and sexual abuse charges against a retired Catholic priest who used to live in Saskatchewan. According to the BBC, Father Robert MacKenzie, 87,...
Nov 29, 2021 Father Robert MacKenzie. (Archdiocese of Regina)
Drought has big impact on Saskatchewan's mid-year financial forecast
Some of Saskatchewan's finances have dried up thanks to the drought that hit the province in 2021, helping to keep the province's books in the red. In its mid-year financial report released Monday, th...
Nov 29, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. Nov. 29, 2021 (980 CJME)
Gas prices begin to plummet across Saskatchewan
It has been a long time coming, but gas prices are finally starting to drop in Saskatchewan this week. On Sunday, gas prices at some stations went down to $1.39 per litre. The president of Canadians f...
Nov 29, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 28: Lowest new case total since early August, four new deaths
It's been more than three months since Saskatchewan has had a day with as few COVID cases as Sunday. In its daily update, the province reported just 52 new infections. The last time cases were that lo...
Nov 28, 2021
'I'm sick of losing': Ed Gainey looks to improve playoff fortunes
Ed Gainey is no stranger to the pain of a heartbreaking loss in the CFL playoffs - and he's sick of it. "Every year we do really well in the regular season - we finish first or second in the West - an...
Nov 28, 2021 Defensive back Ed Gainey is among the Saskatchewan Roughriders who could become free agents Feb. 9, unless they re-sign before that. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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