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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Yorkton company switches gears to meet demand for toilet paper and hand sanitizer
With many businesses forced to close under new restrictions from the Saskatchewan government, some have managed to switch gears completely to keep running. Chris Lech with Denson Commercial Food Equip...
Mar 27, 2020 (Google Street Maps)
Sask. provincial parks closed to limit potential spread of COVID-19
Residents wanting to head into the great outdoors this weekend won't be able to do so in any of Saskatchewan's provincial parks. In a media release Friday, Saskatchewan Parks said provincial parks are...
Mar 27, 2020 (Saskatchewan Parks/Facebook)
Hold the elevator? How to stay safe in close quarters during COVID-19
It's becoming an increasingly ambiguous scenario: the elevator door opens and someone is already inside. Do you go in, or do you wait for the next one? Public health officials have been urging Canadia...
Mar 27, 2020
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate target while Libs up wage subsidy
OTTAWA - Canada's central bank made yet another unscheduled rate cut Friday to bring its key interest target down to a crisis-level low, and the federal government upped its financial lifeline to busi...
Mar 27, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Regina planter donating N95 masks for nurses, doctors
As COVID-19 keeps spreading across the province, more people are pitching in during a time of need. Fat Plant Farm owner Kait Waugh wants to do the same, which is why she's taking a year's worth of N9...
Mar 27, 2020 Kait Waugh with Fat Plant Farms decided to take the business' year's supply of N95 masks and donate them to health-care workers dealing with COVID-19. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
British Prime Minister Johnson tests positive for virus
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the first leader of a major nation to contract COVID-19, but he insisted Friday that he remains in charge of ...
Mar 27, 2020
Free Music with Tyne keeps babies, kids clapping and dancing online
With kids' activities cancelled and very little sense of normalcy in the world, a local music therapist is making sure her littlest fans and families don't miss out on the power of music and community...
Mar 27, 2020 Regina music therapist Tyne Heenan is offering free online music groups for families with young children to stay connected. (Submitted)
‘There’s nobody. The streets are empty:’ city archivist gives a look at Saskatoon during the Spanish flu
As we continue to tread into uncharted territory with the COVID-19 global pandemic, Saskatoon’s city archivist gave 650 CKOM a glimpse into the past with how the city, and province, dealt with t...
Mar 26, 2020
Union, Sask. NDP call for increased protection for workers
One of Saskatchewan’s largest unions is joining the Saskatchewan NDP to call on the province for increased protections and guidelines for frontline retail workers employed during the novel coron...
Mar 26, 2020
SRNA processing hundreds of inquiries about emergency licences
One week ago, the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) put out an urgent call to its eligible members -- including retired nurses, non-practising nurses, and grad nurses -- to register fo...
Mar 26, 2020
OPINION
Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 22
On Friday's show, Evan speaks with a Saskatchewan runner who is planning to run the vertical length of Saskatchewan (abo...