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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Cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians has reported 21 cases of COVID-19 so far
A cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians that is being held in the waters off San Francisco has 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Princess Cruises issued a statement late Friday saying the first phase of he...
Mar 07, 2020
Morneau says Ottawa will announce support for those quarantined due to COVID-19
TORONTO - The federal government is preparing to undertake measures designed to protect Canadians and the country's economy from the outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus. Finance Minister Bill Morn...
Mar 06, 2020
As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor
BANGKOK (AP) - The number of people infected with the new virus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread....
Mar 06, 2020 South Korean army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at Daegu International Airport on March 6, 2020. (Kim Joo-sung/Yonhap via AP)
Province assures public there aren't any cases of COVID-19 in Sask.
The province is confirming there aren't any positive cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Saskatchewan to date. Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, shut down a rumour circul...
Mar 05, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
U of S professor examines reaction to coronavirus
So far, there haven’t been any confirmed cases of coronavirus in Saskatchewan, but officials and those on the health-care frontlines are keeping a close eye on the situation. Dr. Joseph Blondeau...
Mar 04, 2020
PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. "We need to make sure ...
Mar 04, 2020
Anti-virus measures take drastic turns in Saudi, Iran, Italy
BANGKOK (AP) - Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing this year's Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighed closing schools nationwide and Iran cancelled Friday prayers for a second week as nati...
Mar 04, 2020 Army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Virus crisis spreads in Iran, ebbs in China; G7 vows resolve
BEIJING (AP) - The coronavirus spread deep into Iran's government, South Korea ramped up its fight against the epidemic by starting drive-thru testing, and seven major economies tried to shore up glob...
Mar 03, 2020 South Korean army trucks spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia. (Kim Young-tae/Yonhap via AP)
Virus reaches new countries as crisis seems to ease in China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The coronavirus appeared for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin and clusters of the disease surged around the world, even as new cases in China dropped to their lo...
Mar 02, 2020 Commuters wearing protective face masks wait for buses at a stop in the Central Business District in Beijing, Monday, March 2, 2020. China's manufacturing plunged in February as anti-virus controls shut down much of the world's second-largest economy, but companies are confident activity will revive following government stimulus efforts, according to two surveys. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
‘Unprecedented’ public demand for personal protective medical supplies says healthcare products CEO
The demand for face masks, gowns, goggles and disinfectants is skyrocketing among members of the general public, according to the President and CEO of Saskatoon’s Schaan Healthcare Products. The...
Feb 28, 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...