Murray Wood: Alberta referendum rolls the dice on provincial economy
With a referendum vote planned, Alberta has never been closer to separating from Canada. But, Murray Wood wonders, could...
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Canada's Farm Show postponed due to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the postponement of Canada's Farm Show. In an email Monday, Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) and the Canada's Farm Show advisory board announced the show -...
Apr 27, 2020
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada hosting virtual Ramadan due to COVID-19 pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic overlapping with the holy month of Ramadan, the city’s – and country’s – muslim people have had to adapt how they take part in the festivities. Spoke...
Apr 27, 2020
Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency measure ...
Apr 27, 2020
Wage subsidy program for businesses opening for applications Monday
Some key developments are coming this week in the country's relentless struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. They begin Monday with businesses being allowed to apply for the federal government's $73-bi...
Apr 27, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Saskatchewan Health Authority to release updated modelling numbers
At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) released grim modelling numbers in order to properly plan for the worst-case scenario for infections. Now those numbe...
Apr 27, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Nations, U.S. states each chart their own path on reopening
LONDON (AP) - A thinner-looking British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work Monday after a bout with the coronavirus and warned strongly against easing the country's lockdown, even as other ...
Apr 27, 2020 An employee walks past vehicles in production with a face mask in the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany on April 27, 2020. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
Sikh community offering free food delivery for those who can’t afford
Manny Sadhra has been a busy man lately. The president of the local World Sikh Aid Foundation is spending his days delivering meals to keep hunger in Saskatoon at a minimum. Each day, a group of aroun...
Apr 26, 2020
La Loche mayor says community elder with COVID-19 has died
The mayor of La Loche says a member of his community has passed away due to COVID-19. On Sunday afternoon, Robert St. Pierre told 650 CKOM that the death was an elder in the community. According to St...
Apr 26, 2020
Agribition will be held, open letter says
Organizers of Canadian Western Agribition say this year's show will go ahead. In an open letter posted on Twitter on Saturday, they say the show has weathered recessions, droughts and other various ch...
Apr 26, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Physical distancing a challenge for the blind in Saskatchewan
Keeping a proper social distance of two metres is not so simple for people who are blind or partially sighted. Ashley Nemeth is a Saskatchewan advocate for the blind community and for the Canadian Nat...
Apr 26, 2020 Ashley Nemeth and her guide dog. (Ashley Nemeth/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: Investigation into security at Canada's major airports gives pause for thought
Sarah Mills says a W5 investigation into alleged violence, trafficking and organized crime at Canada's busiest airport s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, May 25
8:30 - The Alberta separatism talks just got a lot more serious, and it could have negative implications on the oil and ...