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'The lucky ones:' Sask. veterans share their stories on 75th anniversary of VE Day
On May 8, 1945, Allied forces declared victory in Europe. Beyond the now-iconic images of celebrations on the streets on VE Day, some men who fought for that victory recall the relief of being reunite...
May 08, 2020 Reg Harrison. (Memory Project)
Wage-subsidy program to be extended as steep job losses continue, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended beyond its early-June endpoint. The program covers 75 per cent of worker pay up to ...
May 08, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
'A business worth saving': Former Riders president-CEO reacts to possibility of lost season
It's something that has been mentioned as a possibility, but the loss of the 2020 CFL season seemed to be closer to becoming a reality Thursday. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie testified before a Hous...
May 07, 2020 Mosaic Stadium. (980 CJME file photo)
Government inspecting Saskatchewan meat plants
Hundreds of cases of COVID-19 across North America have been traced to meat plants, and the provincial government is looking to stop that from happening in Saskatchewan. Dr. Saqib Shahab, the chief me...
May 07, 2020
19 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more recoveries in Sask.; Lloydminster gets green light to reopen
The far north has overtaken Saskatoon as the provincial hotspot for COVID-19. In a media release Thursday, the Government of Saskatchewan said there were 19 new cases in the province - 15 of them in t...
May 07, 2020 Minister of Health Jim Reiter, left, and Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Premier says government’s budgeting allowed for infrastructure spending
One day after announcing an infrastructure top up for municipalities, Premier Scott Moe touted how the Saskatchewan Party government's handling of the province's finances over the last four years allo...
May 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Ministry of Education says schools will stay closed for 2019-20
School's out in Saskatchewan - at least in person. In a statement Thursday, the Ministry of Education confirmed that schools will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year. Classrooms acro...
May 07, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says the det...
May 07, 2020
French teens, Normandy vets swap stories of life in lockdown
CABOURG, France (AP) - French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a Second World War veteran in Britain, thanking him for taking part in the Normandy invasion that freed her country fr...
May 07, 2020 Marion Nivard, a student at Saint-Louis Middle School in Cabourg, France, shows a photo of Second World War veterans, including Bill Ridgewell, in Varaville, Normandy. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
Experts warn of increasing car use, loss of transit routes post-crisis
VANCOUVER - Getting around Stanley Park since the pandemic struck is a new experience for Tom Green. Roads that weave through the urban forest in Vancouver have been closed to traffic, making space fo...
May 07, 2020 Two people wearing personal protective equipment, including respirators and coverall suits, in-line skate on the seawall at Stanley Park in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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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...