Murray Wood: What rights do we have to defend our property in Canada?
Murray Wood says self defence in the spotlight again with a case in Manitoba of a landowner charged for firing a shot wh...
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SEIU-West president unsure about NDP call for military help
The head of a union representing thousands of health-care workers across the province isn't sure calling the military is the help the industry needs. However, SEIU-West president Barbara Cape knows so...
Sep 24, 2021 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SIGA to operate new online gaming site with half of revenues to benefit First Nations
Indigenous leaders are celebrating a newly signed agreement with the province that will have the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority operate a new online gaming site. Since 2002, the province has had...
Sep 23, 2021 FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron (left) and Jim Reiter, minister responsible for SLGA, at a signing ceremony at First Nations University of Canada on Sept. 23, 2021. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
'A little bit reckless': Student close contacts allowed to stay in class
The head of the teachers' union in Saskatchewan is raising his eyebrows over a policy change for the current school year on COVID-19 close contacts. Previously, students would have to isolate at home ...
Sep 23, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 23: 460 new cases, 7 deaths, 273 in hospital
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals and ICUs reached record levels again Thursday. The Ministry of Health said there were 273 people with COVID in the province's health-care faci...
Sep 23, 2021 A message written on the sidewalk outside Ellis Hall, next to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
'Under a crunch': Hospitality industry prepares for vaccine passports
With less than a week to go until the vaccine passport system goes into effect throughout Saskatchewan, the hospitality industry is still trying to figure out how it will work. Hospitality Saskatchewa...
Sep 23, 2021
Direct international flights still not available for Sask. airports
The airports in Regina and Saskatoon still don't have direct international flights months after travel restrictions were eased. James Bogusz, head of the Regina Airport Authority, says tropical flight...
Sep 23, 2021
Harvest nearly 90 per cent complete in Saskatchewan
Harvest in Saskatchewan continues to be well ahead of its average pace, thanks in large part to the weather. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said warm, dry conditions have allow...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck School closed due to COVID
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School has been closed due to numerous cases of COVID-19. On Wednesday, Regina Public Schools announced the school was closing a Grade 3 classroom a...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'Misnomer:' Sask. doctors say vaccine exemption letters not an alternative to COVID shots
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan is providing guidance for its members to clear up some misunderstandings about patients seeking vaccine exemption letters. The problem lies with ...
Sep 23, 2021
Suspected outbreak at Parkside Extendicare, according to SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there is a suspected outbreak of COVID-19 at Parkside Extendicare in Regina. It is located in the nursing home's south wing and visitation has been restricted, t...
Sep 22, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: What does offence really mean?
Sarah Mills says we live in a world where everyone seems offended by something. But who gets decide what is and isn't of...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 20
On Thursday's show, guest host Brent Loucks updated the tariff situation in Canada, talks transit rules in Saskatoon and...