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Sask. RCMP issues warrants for four suspects in online romance schemes
One man has been arrested and Canada-wide warrants have been issued for four other men in connection with online romance scams. According to a media release Thursday from the RCMP, the five men were l...
Apr 16, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Co-op refinery reduces production due to low demand, market conditions
The self-isolation measures being taken by Canadians due to COVID-19 are having an impact on the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. On Thursday, the refinery issued a media release saying it was reduci...
Apr 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Farm group calls on Ottawa to help save food sector
By Nigel Maxwell The federal government is being called upon to create an emergency fund to assist farmers and agriculture-related businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agri...
Apr 16, 2020
Despite White House urgency, Canada closes door to reopening U.S. border
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to let Donald Trump down gently Thursday, warning that Canada is still a long way from being ready to agree to relax mutual travel restrictions along i...
Apr 16, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Veteran’s garden walk raises $16M for UK health service
LONDON (AP) - A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has completed his quest to walk 100 laps of his garden in eastern England and raised 13 million pounds (US$16 million) for Britain's National Healt...
Apr 16, 2020 Second World War veteran Tom Moore, 99, poses for a photo at his home in Marston Moretaine, England, after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden, raising millions of pounds for the National Health Service with donations to his fundraising challenge from around the world. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
WASHINGTON - The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in just four weeks, an unprecedented collapse that has fuelled widening protests and...
Apr 16, 2020 A man wearing a mask and gloves as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus drives a taxi in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities are requiring the use of masks for anyone outside their homes. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Ottawa expanding loan program for small businesses hit by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is expanding a loan program for small- and medium-sized businesses suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and working on a new support for companies having trouble paying...
Apr 16, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still bring challenges
OTTAWA - Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19, the federal agriculture minister said We...
Apr 15, 2020 Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on April 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Harsh policing and big fines don’t make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Obi Ifedi of Ottaw...
Apr 15, 2020
Saskatoon doctor shares advice during COVID-19 pandemic
A family physician in Saskatoon is hoping to provide some answers during the changing COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Carla Holinaty joined the Greg Morgan Morning Show on Wednesday and helped answer some comm...
Apr 15, 2020
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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 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...