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'Realize the sacrifices': Remembrance for surviving service members, families
It has been nearly 30 years since Col. Gwen Bourque, currently 38th Canadian Brigade Group Commander, joined the military. She spoke at the ceremony on Wednesday in the rotunda at the Legislative Buil...
Nov 03, 2021 The Service of Remembrance for the Public Service was held in the rotunda of the Legislative Building on Nov. 3, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID cases confirmed at five Regina schools
Cases of COVID-19 have been identified at five Regina schools over the past two days. Regina Public Schools said one case had been detected at each of The Crescents School, Ruth M. Buck School and Cam...
Nov 03, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 3: 173 new cases, 3 deaths, 1,765 active cases
More than 800,000 Saskatchewan residents have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and are considered fully vaccinated. In its daily COVID update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said 1,662 second...
Nov 03, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
'Worst is over,' doctor says but adds health-care system still struggling
According to infectious disease physician Dr. Alex Wong, it appears that the fourth wave of COVID-19 -- the deadliest wave of the pandemic yet -- is waning. "All of the leading indicators like test po...
Nov 03, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
'Positive thinking' for those dealing with cold weather at Camp Marjorie
People staying in Regina's homeless camp in Pepsi Park are just trying to stay warm. The temperature has been flirting around the -10 C mark through the last few nights, which has made donations like ...
Nov 03, 2021 Camp Hope in Regina's Pepsi Park. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
Weyburn salon changing the subject from COVID to positivity
Every day, Tessa Dupuis walks into work through a door under a sign with the words "beauty and wellness." But throughout the pandemic, the owner of Tessa's Beauty and Wellness in Weyburn has hated goi...
Nov 03, 2021 (Tessa's Beauty and Wellness/Facebook)
Wage increases planned for child-care workers in Saskatchewan
Early childhood educators in Saskatchewan are getting a raise. The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced Wednesday they're giving qualified child-care workers a wage increase of up to $3 pe...
Nov 03, 2021 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
Moose Jaw voters head to the polls in byelection
For the second time in just under a year, voters in Moose Jaw will head to the polls Wednesday to decide who will next sit in the mayor's seat. Fraser Tolmie won the job during the municipal election ...
Nov 03, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
Large, 10-day winter festival planned for Regina in February
Several community organizations have merged together to plan a large winter festival they hope will snap Regina residents out of their winter doldrums. The festival is expected to take place from Feb....
Nov 03, 2021 People who attended Waskimo Festival on Feb. 19, 2018, could try out snow cricket on Wascana Lake. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
At least 26,000 surgeries delayed in Sask. due to pandemic
It's not just people who are getting COVID-19 and having to go to the hospital who are being affected by the pandemic, it's also people who haven't been able to get surgery because a specialist isn't ...
Nov 03, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Seek out Tinned Fish Reviews
Social media can sometimes be a pit of nastiness, but Sarah Mills says there are some accounts that bring nothing but jo...
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