Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't pic...
Tag Archives: COVID-19
SHA warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in southwest, central areas
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is calling the COVID-19 outbreak in the southwest and west-central areas of the province "an emergent situation." Through contact tracing and testing, the SHA s...
Jul 16, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Hutterian Safety Council says co-operation is improving
Saskatchewan saw a big jump in cases over the weekend and into Monday, many on Hutterite colonies in southwest and west-central parts of the province. The province's chief medical health officer, Dr. ...
Jul 15, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Sask. reports five new COVID-19 cases, six more recoveries, eight hospitalizations
The number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan's central region continued to climb Wednesday. In a media release, the Government of Saskatchewan said there were five new cases to report. That included t...
Jul 15, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
A look at veterinary care in Saskatchewan during the pandemic
As with any field, animal health care has seen some bumps in the road during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, things are starting to get back to normal for one Regina veterinarian. Dr. Lesley Sawa, a v...
Jul 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 vaccine at VIDO-InterVac on track for human trials this fall
Work on a COVID-19 vaccine continues to show encouraging results at Saskatoon's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization — International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Sa...
Jul 15, 2020
Bank of Canada holds rate, forecasts decline in GDP of 7.8% this year
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is holding its key interest rate at 0.25 per cent in response to what it calls the "extremely uncertain" economic outlook from the COVID-19 pandemic, and plans to keep it t...
Jul 15, 2020
Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions
PROMACHONAS, Greece - Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even ...
Jul 15, 2020
Shahab explains why northern outbreak and current southwest cases treated differently
After the recent jump in cases in the southwest and some of them being attributed to Hutterite colonies, some had been asking why no restrictions were being implemented similar to those that were put ...
Jul 14, 2020
Advisory issued for multiple businesses in and around Swift Current due to COVID-19
An advisory has been issued by the Saskatchewan Health Authority after confirmation individuals who were at several businesses in and around Swift Current have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Satur...
Jul 14, 2020 (Swift Current Online file photo)
Boards n Beans closes permanently due to COVID-19
The dice have stopped rolling at Boards n Beans Cafe in Regina. The board game cafe has had to permanently close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ron Carman's wife, Carole, and daughter, Stephanie Smith,...
Jul 14, 2020 (Boards n Beans/Facebook)
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Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 27
8:30 - As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose cri...