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'Haphazard': Health-care workers union critical of government response to COVID-19
The head of a union that represents thousands of health-care workers in Saskatchewan has some particular criticisms of how the provincial government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. "That is one of ...
Mar 26, 2020 SEIU-West president Barbara Cape. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Canada ‘forcefully’ opposed to U.S. idea of posting soldiers at border: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Canada is "strongly opposed" to a proposal floated by the United States to post American soldiers near the border to intercept illegal migrants who could spread COVID-19, Deputy Prime Min...
Mar 26, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Agriculture sector scrambling to offset consequences of COVID-19 crisis
CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVID-19 cr...
Mar 26, 2020 CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Jeff McIntosh
Daycares struggling with uncertain answers from province
For once, the people who run daycares have more questions than the youngest kids in their care, but they don't seem to be getting answers from the government. For Cara Steiner at Prairie Lily Early Le...
Mar 26, 2020 Cara Steiner at Prairie Lily Early Learning Centre's Sacred Heart School location in Regina. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
‘We did it right:’ COVID-19 scare at oilsands work camp tests businesses’ plans
CALGARY - A COVID-19 scare at an oilsands staff lodge north of Fort McMurray, Alta., last week tested the pandemic preparedness of one of the many businesses that house, feed and transport workers at ...
Mar 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Police adjusting to enforcing new law, reduced crime amid pandemic
As concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic continue in Saskatchewan, Regina's police service says it's making the necessary adjustments to respond to public complaints. Chief Evan Bray spoke with Greg Mor...
Mar 25, 2020 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray. (980 CJME file photo)
Testing backlog linked to shortage of chemicals needed for COVID-19 test
Regions across Canada are ramping up efforts to identify people with COVID-19 but some labs are facing a backlog due to diminishing supplies of essential chemicals needed for tests. "We all would want...
Mar 25, 2020 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed hospitals, grounded flights and home confinement, it's...
Mar 25, 2020 In this June 13, 1993 file photo, men run across the bridge into the Sarajevo suburb of Dobrinja in Sarajevo. The suburb was isolated from the capital for three months by Bosnian Serb forces. (AP Photo/Peter Northall, File)
Senate approves emergency bill to respond to COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - An emergency federal bill to inject billions of dollars of aid into the Canadian economy for workers, families and businesses hit hard by COVID-19 has passed the Senate and now awaits royal a...
Mar 25, 2020 With a limited number of Members of Parliament on hand and spread out, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau responds to a question after tabling the governments COVID19 financial measures bill in the House of Commons Wednesday March 25, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus
LONDON (AP) - Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. The 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-i...
Mar 25, 2020 (Kirsty Wigglesworth/ AP File Photo)
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 26
8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...