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...
Tag Archives: COVID-19
Liberal government urged to spend $1.5 billion more to battle COVID-19 abroad
OTTAWA - Canada is expected to send hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding towards an international effort to develop and fairly distribute an eventual COVID-19 vaccine when Prime Minister Jus...
Jun 27, 2020
Sask. campsites fully open in time for hot weather, to campers’ delight
There's sure a lot of happy campers around Saskatchewan this weekend. Campsites opened to 100 per cent capacity Friday, making it a great weekend to pitch a tent when combined with forecasts of sunshi...
Jun 26, 2020 Olena Kirton and Warren Rooks enjoyed spending a few days camping at Echo Valley Provincial Park. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Regina Transit looking to resume collection of fares Thursday
Those who ride the bus in Regina could have to start paying fares again on Thursday. In a media release, the City of Regina said Regina Transit will continue to provide free service until Thursday -- ...
Jun 26, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports 13 new COVID-19 cases, six more recoveries
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Hutterite communities near Maple Creek was connected to the majority of the 13 new cases announced by the Saskatchewan government on Friday. The Saskatchewan Health Authori...
Jun 26, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Saskatoon home to a new PPE manufacturing facility
The provincial government has announced a company that makes personal protective equipment (PPE) will be setting up shop in Saskatoon. In a release, the province says Canadian company Benchmark PPE wi...
Jun 26, 2020
Royal Saskatchewan Museum delaying reopening
Under Phase 4.2 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, museums across the province are allowed to open to visitors again on Monday. However, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum won't be among those throwing open...
Jun 26, 2020 (Royal Saskatchewan Museum/Facebook)
Sask. campgrounds open to 100 per cent capacity for overnight stays
More sites at Saskatchewan campgrounds are available starting Friday. The province bumped up the capacity from 50 per cent to 100 per cent as part of Phase 4 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan. Campgrou...
Jun 26, 2020
Jamie Nye: Refreshing to see B.C. not sacrifice health and safety to be hub city
Good on B.C. for not giving the NHL star treatment when it comes to health and safety protocols. The province's chief medical health officer and the NHL didn't see eye to eye on the protocols that wou...
Jun 26, 2020
‘I gotta say, its different’: students at Tommy Douglas Collegiate celebrate outdoor grad
Graduates at Tommy Douglas Collegiate were unsure if they would get a grad ceremony. With traditional ceremonies now unable to continue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school’s grad committee ...
Jun 25, 2020
Mayor, former players react to Saskatchewan Roughriders' financial outlook
There was plenty of reaction to the news about how COVID-19 could affect the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The CFL team announced Wednesday that, in the worst-case scenario of no games being played in 202...
Jun 25, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 26
Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...