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Saskatchewan provincial courts make changes due to COVID-19
Courts in Saskatchewan are continuing to reduce their operations as they try to limit the potential spread of COVID-19. All court appearances regarding tickets and trials, including Traffic Safety Cou...
Mar 17, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Legislation quickly passed to protect workers hit by COVID-19
On Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government quickly introduced, read, passed, and brought into force amendments to the Employment Act to protect workers affected by COVID-19. The amendments would protect ...
Mar 17, 2020 Saskatchewan Labour Minister Don Morgan speaks to media on March 17, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Alberta declares state of public emergency
Alberta is declaring a state of public emergency in reaction to the COVID-19 virus. As part of that effort, Premier Jason Kenney announced that any gathering larger than 50 people will be cancelled --...
Mar 17, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Hotel sector facing up to 10K Sask. layoffs due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan's hotel industry is struggling in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and thousands of layoffs are looming across the province. Jim Bence, the president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Hotels ...
Mar 17, 2020 (Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association/Facebook)
Commons likely to sit again to pass economic response to COVID-19, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - A sweeping federal economic stimulus package to combat the shock of COVID-19 is now to be unveiled Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, and could soon be before an emergency sitting...
Mar 17, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Government to release scaled-back budget Wednesday
Saskatchewan's budget release on Wednesday afternoon is going to be quite a bit different than what was originally planned -- the province will only be tabling its expenses for the coming year, not it...
Mar 17, 2020 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (File photo by Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Premier says getting 811 up to speed a top priority
Saskatchewan residents are still running into trouble dialing into the 811 Healthline. Part of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's pandemic plan announced over the weekend was increasing resources for...
Mar 17, 2020
Co-op food stores adjusting supply after unprecedented demand
Many people going to grocery stores may be seeing empty shelves after a surge in demand due to COVID-19, but the stores' operators are asking customers for patience. John Stilborn, the food division m...
Mar 17, 2020
‘Sit in jail and wait:’ Legal experts worried about coronavirus court delays
CALGARY - Some legal experts are warning that the COVID-19 pandemic will have lasting effects on the Canadian justice system. Among some court changes across the country, Alberta's Court of Queen's Be...
Mar 17, 2020
Brady leaving Patriots, says ‘football journey’ is elsewhere
Tom Brady, the centerpiece of the New England Patriots' championship dynasty over the past two decades, is poised to leave the only football home he has ever had. The 42-year-old six-time Super Bowl w...
Mar 17, 2020 In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) waves to the crowd after an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Frank Victores, File)
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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...