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Flu shots urged to protect health-care system
Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to roll up their sleeves and get their flu vaccines. Dr. Tania Diener, a medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, urged people to get the...
Oct 15, 2021
Regina police ID victim of city's ninth murder of 2021
A 24-year-old Regina woman has been identified as the city's ninth murder victim of 2021. The Regina Police Service said Thursday its investigation, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Coroners Servi...
Oct 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. vaccination rates 'skewed' by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says
Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere. "We have a who...
Oct 14, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman receiving a flu vaccine on Oct. 14, 2021.
Latest COVID update Oct. 14: 315 new cases, 5 more deaths
Five more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19 as the province continues to lead the country in COVID-related death rate. According to the Government of Canada, Saskatchewan had as of Wedn...
Oct 14, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
Special weather advisory persists, but warm weather coming up
Winter-like weather made its presence felt throughout the province Thursday morning. A Colorado low swept through the eastern prairies Thursday bringing "much-needed moisture" into southwestern Saskat...
Oct 14, 2021 A truck drives through slushy conditions. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
SHA to take full control of Extendicare homes in Saskatchewan
Two months after temporarily taking over management of Extendicare homes in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is set to take full control of the company's five long-term care facilities....
Oct 14, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Fire restrictions removed for areas of east-central Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has lifted fire bans that were in place for areas of east-central Saskatchewan. The restrictions -- which covered all provincial Crown lands, including provincial...
Oct 14, 2021 The Bell fire north of Hudson Bay. (Prince Albert Grand Council/Submitted)
Regina diving into feasibility study for new indoor pool
The City of Regina is looking at building a new indoor pool facility where one already exists. In a media release Thursday morning, the city said it was launching a feasibility study to examine the po...
Oct 14, 2021 The Lawson Aquatic Centre. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. NDP calling on government to accept help to reimplement treatment and therapy for children
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for pediatric treatments and therapies to be reinstated with federal help in the province. In a release on Wednesday, the NDP said treatments and therapy options for ch...
Oct 14, 2021 NDP Education critic Carla Beck. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina mayor weighs in on homeless encampment in Pepsi Park
Mayor Sandra Masters offered her thoughts on a growing number of tents being set up in Pepsi Park by those without a home. "The city doesn't endorse or support a tent city on public property. We do, h...
Oct 14, 2021 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters speaks to media at city hall regarding new COVID measures for Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, August 21
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