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Province considering removing Russian product from SLGA shelves
The Saskatchewan government is looking to the liquor board's shelves to find a way to express its displeasure with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, a government spokesperson said that is curre...
Feb 25, 2022
SHA to start easing visitation restrictions at long-term care homes Monday
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is to begin relaxing visitation restrictions at most of its long-term care homes in the province on Monday. At 8 a.m., SHA long-term care homes will start easing COVI...
Feb 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Bronze for Ben: Moose Jaw's Coakwell savouring Olympic medal
Ben Coakwell and his teammates kept their heads down in Beijing -- and that helped them win a bronze medal. Coakwell, a 34-year-old product of Moose Jaw, was the brakeman in the Canadian sled that fin...
Feb 25, 2022 Justin Kripps (front) and his teammates -- including Moose Jaw’s Ben Coakwell -- celebrate their bronze medal in four-man bobsleigh at the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Team Canada/Twitter)
SaskPower providing funding boost to EV charging station program
Electric vehicle owners in Saskatchewan are getting a boost from SaskPower. The company announced Friday it's investing about $2 million in the SaskPower Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which...
Feb 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskTel waiving fees for calls, texts to Ukraine
SaskTel is trying to help people in the province connect with friends and family in Ukraine. The Crown corporation announced Friday it's waiving long-distance charges for SaskTel wireless, landline an...
Feb 25, 2022
Telemiracle Week proclaimed as annual telethon approaches
Saskatchewan is getting ready to "ring those phones" during the 46th edition of Telemiracle. Telemiracle Week is to begin in the province on Sunday and run until March 5, when the annual telethon is t...
Feb 25, 2022
State of emergency being extended in Saskatchewan
The situation with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is good enough that all of the public health orders will be dropped as of Monday, but the province's state of emergency will continue. On Wednesday, Premier...
Feb 24, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports 1,407 new COVID cases, 37 more deaths
Another 37 Saskatchewan residents died of COVID-19 during the province's latest reporting period. The Ministry of Health issued its weekly epidemiological report Thursday, with data from the week star...
Feb 24, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Former Saskatchewan MLA watching Ukraine situation closely
Ken Krawetz spent most of Wednesday evening watching the news, trying to figure out what was happening on the ground in Ukraine. "It's just a terrible situation for Ukrainians who believed that (Russi...
Feb 24, 2022 Saskatoon's Ukrainian community held a rally at Saskatoon City Hall on Feb. 23, 2022. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Civilians fleeing Ukraine in face of Russian attack
Civilians were doing whatever they could Thursday to get out of Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion of its neighbour late Wednesday night. Media reports from Ukraine said people were leaving in c...
Feb 24, 2022 A woman holds her baby inside a bus as they leave Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...