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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Regions should reopen on their own timelines, poll suggests
OTTAWA - As provinces take their cautious first steps to allow people back into local businesses, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't think province-wide measures are the best way to reopen the e...
May 20, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Annual inflation rate turned negative in April, Statistics Canada reports
OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate turned negative in April as the economy came to a standstill in the first full month of the pandemic. The agency reports the consumer price i...
May 20, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Jamie Nye: 2020 Stanley Cup champs shouldn't have to worry about an asterisk
The NHL could be coming back with a 24-team tournament for the Stanley Cup. It would feature "elite" teams like the Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens. It's an easy question to ask: Will the ch...
May 20, 2020
Saskatoon shoppers flock to retail outlets on day one of Phase 2 of Re-Open Saskatchewan
The warm, sunny weather brought out Saskatoon shoppers by the droves Tuesday, May 19; the first day of Saskatchewan’s Phase 2 re-opening. What were nearly vacant parking lots just a month ago &#...
May 19, 2020
Province announces details of Municipal Economic Enhancement Program
In a media release Tuesday, Government Relations Minister Lori Carr announced specific funding allocations for all Saskatchewan communities under the new Municipal Economic Enhancement Program 2020 (M...
May 19, 2020
Sask. reports seven new COVID-19 cases, 15 recoveries; travel restrictions eased in north
For a ninth straight day, Saskatchewan has reported a single-digit total of new COVID-19 cases and a double-digit total of recoveries. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said there ...
May 19, 2020
Sask. reports seven new COVID-19 cases, 15 recoveries; travel restrictions eased in north
For a ninth straight day, Saskatchewan has reported a single-digit total of new COVID-19 cases and a double-digit total of recoveries. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said there ...
May 19, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Despite risks, Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House hurried Tuesday to defend President Donald Trump's decision to take a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that i...
May 19, 2020
U.S. agrees to Canada’s request to extend non-essential travel ban into June
WASHINGTON - Canada is already contemplating the measures it will take to safely end restrictions on international travel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday as he confirmed that the United St...
May 19, 2020
Essential workers inspire mural in Warehouse District
Art may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of a pandemic, but Josh Goff spent the past week working on a mural for the essential workers on the frontlines of that pandemic. Goff...
May 19, 2020 Josh Goff works on a mural in the Warehouse District to recognize essential workers during the pandemic on May 15, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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
8:30 - Canada and the province of Alberta are at a bit of a crossroads. While talks of separatism remain just talks, doe...