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COVID pill to be available to eligible Sask. residents starting Wednesday
Saskatchewan is set to make the antiviral COVID-19 pill available to eligible residents. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said Paxlovid -- the only COVID pill approved so far by H...
Jan 25, 2022 A photo provided by Pfizer shows the company's antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19. (Pfizer Canada/Twitter)
'Freedom Convoy' rolling its way east out of Saskatchewan
Hundreds of people left a truck stop in Balgonie on Tuesday morning with a goal of making it to Ottawa by the weekend. They're involved with the Freedom Convoy 2022, a protest focused on bringing an e...
Jan 25, 2022 A vehicle preparing to drive from Balgonie to Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Regina plane, other cities' policing initiatives getting funding from Sask. government
The Regina Police Service's plan to buy a plane is getting more funding to help it get off the ground. During City of Regina budget deliberations in December, the police service got the OK to spend $1...
Jan 25, 2022 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Extreme cold warnings lifted across Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is back out of the deep freeze. The extreme cold warnings Environment Canada had issued Tuesday for areas across the province were lifted in the early afternoon as temperatures climbed. T...
Jan 25, 2022
'Such a good friend:' Bob Bourne remembers Clark Gillies
At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, Clark Gillies was a physical presence, on and off the ice. And yet ... "He's the biggest (wuss) you'll ever meet," a chuckling Bob Bourne, one of Gillies' former New York I...
Jan 24, 2022 (NHL.com/Twitter)
Inflation, Omicron cause for concern: Sask. hospitality association
Uncertainties surrounding inflation and the Omicron surge are putting vulnerable businesses in the hospitality industry in a tough position. Jim Bence, the president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Hotel ...
Jan 24, 2022
Sask. launches ad campaign for people facing mental health, addictions issues
The Saskatchewan government wants people dealing with mental health and addictions issues to remember there is help and there is hope. That's the theme of a new public awareness campaign that has been...
Jan 24, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Mark McMorris wins gold at X Games
Regina snowboarder, Mark McMorris, is golden once again after winning his sixth gold medal in the slopestyle event at the X Games. https://twitter.com/XGames/status/1485017811567058946 The win ...
Jan 23, 2022 (Mark McMorris/Twitter)
Higher oil prices good for economy of Sask. cities, but concerns over how long it will last
There's some optimism surrounding the energy industry, which could be good news for some Saskatchewan cities. While the price of oil has seen some dips recently, it reached a high Wednesday that hadn'...
Jan 22, 2022 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Data problem responsible for 2 weeks without COVID deaths
With an update to the COVID-19 dashboard on Friday, the province revealed a data problem has kept multiple deaths, dozens of hospital cases, and thousands of resolved cases and negative PCR tests off ...
Jan 21, 2022 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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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8:30 - An MOU has been signed between the City of Saskatoon and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on the downtown entertainmen...