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Threat of COVID-19 prompts changes at Sask. Court of Appeal
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is changing its practices in light of COVID-19. In a statement issued Friday, Chief Justice Robert G. Richards said changes will come into effect Monday. All matters b...
Mar 20, 2020
Asylum seekers to be turned back at U.S. border, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Asylum seekers crossing into Canada on foot from the U.S. will be turned back as part of the border shutdown between the two countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Fri...
Mar 20, 2020 Asylum seekers cross the border from New York into Canada at Roxham Road on March 18, 2020 in Hemmingford, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID-19 medical gear
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trud...
Mar 20, 2020
Canadian dies in Japan due to COVID-19
A Canadian has died in Japan from complications related to COVID-19. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne confirmed the news on Twitter and shared his condolences with the family of th...
Mar 20, 2020
‘New football journey’: Tom Brady signs with Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A new look for the NFL: Tom Brady in Tampa Bay pewter and red rather than Patriots red, white and blue. The six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback signed a two-year, $60-million c...
Mar 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Air Canada lays off more than 5,000 flight attendants amid COVID-19 pandemic
MONTREAL - Air Canada is laying off more than 5,100 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19, a union official says. The Canadian Union of Public...
Mar 20, 2020 After more than 14 months of negotiations, the airline as well as pilots will be in a position tomorrow to issue a 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout. A full shutdown could begin as soon as Sept. 18. (Canadian Press files)
Regina family offers advice on teaching kids at home
Bells are ringing to empty classrooms and playgrounds Friday as Saskatchewan schools close indefinitely while kids and parents face a sudden new reality of educating from home. Jenn Dean with Families...
Mar 20, 2020 Jenn Dean and her sons Ryan (14) and Evan (15) gathered around the computer at home on March 19, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Sask. doctors dealing first-hand with COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus is starting to turn up in members of Saskatchewan's medical community. The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, Dr. Allan Woo, issued a statement Thursday in which he ...
Mar 19, 2020
We won’t know if isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says it could be weeks or even months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19. The numbers of...
Mar 19, 2020
Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...
Mar 19, 2020 Minister of Finance Bill Morneau speaks during a press conference on economic support for Canadians impacted by COVID-19, at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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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...