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
Quarantinis and covidiots: How language has changed during the pandemic
There's no social distancing from the fact COVID-19 has changed the way we speak and communicate. University of Saskatchewan linguistics professor Veronika Makarova said new terms and phrases have mad...
Jul 14, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon experiencing record number of overdose calls
Saskatoon paramedics are dealing with a crisis. Troy Davies, director of public affairs for Medavie Health Services West, is claiming there are more overdoses than ever in Saskatoon. “We have ne...
Jul 14, 2020
Sask. announces five new COVID-19 cases, 19 more recoveries
Saskatchewan has reported five new cases of COVID-19 as well as 19 more recoveries. The new cases reported Tuesday — three in the central region, one in the Saskatoon area and one in the Regina ...
Jul 14, 2020
Sask. announces five new COVID-19 cases, 19 more recoveries
Saskatchewan has reported five new cases of COVID-19 as well as 19 more recoveries. The new cases reported Tuesday -- three in the central region, one in the Saskatoon area and one in the Regina area ...
Jul 14, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Employee at Rona Home and Garden in Saskatoon tests positive for COVID-19
An employee at the Rona Home and Garden store in Saskatoon has tested positive for COVID-19, according to its website. On the website, the parent company says an employee at the Preston Avenue store l...
Jul 14, 2020
Revealing specific locations of COVID-19 cases will be up to Shahab, Moe says
When the Government of Saskatchewan gave its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, it disclosed the specific rural municipalities where new cases were found. Premier Scott Moe said that wa...
Jul 14, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon paramedics respond to record number of overdose calls
Saskatoon paramedics were extremely busy last week dealing with a record number of overdose calls. In a media release, Medavie Health Services says it responded to 94 overdose calls. It also reported ...
Jul 14, 2020
Gov't says two flights to Regina had confirmed COVID-19 cases on board
The Government of Saskatchewan says two recent flights into Regina carried passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19. In a post on its website, the government says Air Canada flight 7947 from ...
Jul 14, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Canadians torn on scaling back COVID-19 benefits to save money: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are torn on whether the federal government should tighten the taps on COVID-19 spending to keep the deficit from flooding the nation's future. The Liberals last ...
Jul 14, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Jamie Nye: 'Not fit to play' is a bad play by the NHL
Get used to hearing "not fit to play" from the NHL. If you thought the growing use of upper and lower body injury was getting ridiculous, the NHL is taking it one step further to prevent us from reall...
Jul 14, 2020
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Sarah Mills: A staged photo op in Team Canada jerseys can't hide the political cracks
As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hi...
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8:30 - As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose cri...