Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Regina couple still stuck in Mexico, scared of flights home
While many Saskatchewan snowbirds are now home and through the two-week quarantine period for COVID-19, some are still stranded. Margo Jones of Regina said she and her husband tried to book flights ho...
May 10, 2020 Margo Jones of Regina. (Photo supplied)
Funding boost for Buffalo Pound conservation project
Nature lovers Isobel Ralston and Jan Oudenes have never been to Buffalo Pound Lake before, but thanks to them, donations to its conservation project will now go twice as far. The Ontario duo, founders...
May 10, 2020 (Photo supplied)
COVID-19 pandemic prompts urbanites to rethink ‘grand bargain’ of dense city living
MONTREAL - The densely populated slums of Montreal's Griffintown were the subject of a famous 1897 study by businessman and philanthropist Herbert Ames, whose work on the disease-ridden tenements infl...
May 10, 2020 A worksite is seen Friday May 8, 2020 in Montreal. As Quebec's construction sector reopens Monday following weeks of shutdown to slow the spread of the virus, the main players behind the city's building boom in neighbourhoods such as Griffintown say it's "business as usual" and are confident the market remains robust. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Record-breaking Mother's Day anticipated: SaskTel
SaskTel is preparing to see a record-breaking Mother's Day for its services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, people sent more than four million text messages on the day. As people continue to fi...
May 10, 2020
Trudeau says Canada will not pay full price for 8 million sub-standard masks
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not pay the full price for medical masks that do not live up to medical standards. "We have been working very, very hard from the very beginning...
May 09, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Saskatchewan Indigenous community ‘frustrated and angry’ as it battles outbreak
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Amanda Black feels lucky that her symptoms have remained mild since she tested positive last week for COVID-19. She and her six-year-old son, Malachi, have runny noses and can't tast...
May 09, 2020
Bagpipes played in honour of 75th anniversary of VE Day
While it wasn't the original plan to honour veterans on VE Day, the Royal Canadian Legion found a way to do it despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Friday marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the day when...
May 08, 2020 Bagpipes were played outside of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 001 building on the 75th anniversary of VE-Day on May 8, 2020. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan RCMP has handled nearly 1,400 COVID-related calls since March
The RCMP in Saskatchewan said Friday officers have responded to 1,379 calls related to COVID-19 since March 1. In a media release, the Mounties said four charges have been laid so far during the pande...
May 08, 2020
Sask. gov't extends financial assistance program for businesses
With job numbers continuing to drop in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is extending its aid package to small- and medium-sized businesses. The government announced Friday it was extending the ...
May 08, 2020
Pandemic causing ‘unprecedented’ threat to beef and pork producers: industry
Canadian livestock groups say producers are suffering since COVID-19 outbreaks have caused closures and slowdowns at meat-processing plants across the country. A backlog of animals waiting to be proce...
May 08, 2020
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Sarah Mills: It's time to embrace 24 Sussex Drive
The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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8:30 - The Saskatchewan NDP says the Sask Party government is using profits from gaming and lotteries to help cover loss...