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Saskatchewan to expand COVID treatments to include Paxlovid
The Government of Saskatchewan is ready and willing to use the recently approved antiviral COVID-19 pill once a supply lands in the province. A news release from the province Tuesday said a shipment o...
Jan 18, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 18: Hospitalizations climb to two-month high
The number of people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's hospitals has risen by 80 per cent over the past month. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 189 people with COVID in health-care facili...
Jan 18, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina Public Schools moving high schools to online learning for three days
Students at Regina's public high schools are to move to online instruction for three days starting Thursday. The move comes one day after Greg Enion, the director of education for Regina Public School...
Jan 18, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina Public Schools warning parents to be ready for changes
Regina's public school division is warning parents that, thanks to a staffing crunch caused by COVID-19, there could be rapid changes to learning coming. In a letter sent to parents on Monday from the...
Jan 18, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina police not experiencing staff shortage yet
COVID's fifth wave isn't affecting operations at the Regina Police Service, at least not yet. Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said there have been some positive cases in the building and some who are cl...
Jan 17, 2022 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray. (980 CJME file photo)
COVID survivor says Health Canada announcement on Paxlovid like "winning the lottery"
Matthew Cardinal hasn't been this happy in a long time. The 34-year-old Regina man cried tears of joy when he heard Health Canada approved Pfizer's COVID-19 treatment pill, called PAXLOVID. The approv...
Jan 17, 2022 Matthew Cardinal was put in a medically induced coma so he could be put on a ventilator after contracting the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant. He was hospitalized on March 22, 2021. (Submitted by Dianne Desjarlais -Cardinal)
Latest COVID update Jan. 17: 1,347 new cases, hospitalizations up to 167
The number of people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan hospitals rose again Monday. The Ministry of Health's update said there were 1,412 new cases, continuing the recent trend of more than 1,000 cases a ...
Jan 17, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina Public Schools reports COVID cases in 40 schools
Regina Public Schools has updated its list of schools where COVID-19 has been reported after learning of positive cases over the weekend. Cases of COVID were reported at 40 schools between Friday and ...
Jan 17, 2022 Two organizations are threatening legal action if the Saskatchewan government doesn't alter its new policies surrounding students' chosen pronouns in schools. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Health Canada authorizes antiviral COVID-19 pill
Health Canada authorized a blend of two antiviral drugs Monday to treat adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms who are at high risk of progressing to serious disease. The government department...
Jan 17, 2022 A photo provided by Pfizer shows the company's antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19. (Pfizer Canada/Twitter)
Latest COVID update Jan. 16: Hospitalizations rise, 11th straight day with no deaths
It's been 11 days since somebody has died from COVID in Saskatchewan. The province reported no deaths in its daily update Sunday. Cases continued to climb. There were 1,427 new infections, setting a n...
Jan 16, 2022
OPINION
Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 22
On Friday's show, Evan speaks with a Saskatchewan runner who is planning to run the vertical length of Saskatchewan (abo...