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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Latest COVID update Dec. 11: No deaths, 57 positive tests outside of province
A number of out-of-province cases affected Saskatchewan's COVID totals Saturday. Within the province, there were 77 new cases and 137 recoveries reported. However, 57 people from Saskatchewan tested p...
Dec 11, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Federal health minister warns international travellers about Omicron
As international flights resume out of Regina and Saskatoon, Canada's health minister is issuing a warning to people who want to head overseas. During a media conference Friday, Jean-Yves Duclos said ...
Dec 10, 2021 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
Latest COVID update Dec. 10: 69 new cases, 42 recoveries, 1 death
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose for a second straight day Friday. The Ministry of Health said there were 653 active cases, an increase of 31 from the previous day. There were ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'It's indescribable': Reginans set for fun in the sun in Mexico
People in Saskatchewan are once again hopping on planes to get away for a tropical vacation. There hasn't been an international flight out of Regina since the initial COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ca...
Dec 10, 2021 Passengers line up ahead of a flight to Mexico from the Regina Airport on Dec. 10, 2021. (Dominick Lucyk/650 CKOM)
Some skeptical over plan to cut down surgical backlog
On Thursday, the provincial government announced a new plan to get through the surgical wait list that grew large because of the grip COVID's fourth wave had on the province. The plan includes an incr...
Dec 10, 2021 Sarah Turnbull and her daughter Blake, whose surgery and procedures were pushed back because of the fourth wave of COVID-19. Dec. 9 2021 (980 CJME)
Province's top doctor says locations of Omicron cases won't be shared
Dr. Saqib Shahab says details on where the Omicron variant was found in Saskatchewan will not be shared. In this case, when the situation involves four people who are members of one household, the inf...
Dec 09, 2021
Mexico-bound passengers on first international flight from Saskatoon thrilled
There wasn't a heavy winter coat to be seen among those checking in at the Sunwing desk in the Saskatoon airport Thursday morning. Passengers were animated and excited to be boarding the first interna...
Dec 09, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 9: 62 new cases, active cases up
For the first time in nearly a week, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose Thursday. The Ministry of Health reported there were 622 active cases, 13 more than the previous day. The ...
Dec 09, 2021
Report predicts record jump in food prices
Canadians will have to stretch their food budgets further in 2022. Canada's Food Price Report 2022 forecasts an overall food price increase of five to seven per cent for the coming year, the highest-p...
Dec 09, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 8: 48 new cases, 2 deaths, 124 in hospital
Saskatchewan has identified 16,425 cases of a COVID-19 variant of concern as of Wednesday. There have been 8,808 cases of the Delta variant, 7,123 cases of the Alpha strain, 484 cases of the Gamma var...
Dec 08, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
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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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