Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Prime minister and premiers to discuss health-care funding during meeting in Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with Canada's premiers next month to try and hammer out a new deal for health-care funding. Trudeau made the announcement Wednesday morning, saying the meet...
Jan 25, 2023
COVID, flu cases drop slightly in Sask. as RSV cases rise
The number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 and influenza cases in Saskatchewan both dropped slightly in the last two weeks of 2022, but the province saw an increase in cases of RSV. According to the Ministr...
Jan 06, 2023
More COVID vaccines available for Saskatchewan kids starting Monday
Starting Monday, some new COVID-19 vaccination options for children will be available in Saskatchewan. The Pfizer bivalent vaccine will become available as a first or second booster for children aged ...
Jan 06, 2023
'As quickly as I could': Chief coroner wants pipeline from hospital to detox
Saskatchewan's chief coroner is looking to improve things after the drug overdose death of a man just hours after he was released from hospital. Shayne Turner, 31, died in November 2021 of a drug over...
Jan 05, 2023 Saskatchewan Chief Coroner Clive Weighill. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Dietician gives advice for navigating holiday meals
Turkey dinner with mashed potatoes smothered in gravy is a holiday meal we often look forward to — and topping that off with dessert will make those calories add up. According to a study by Wren...
Dec 17, 2022
SHA recruits 22 new health-care workers during Philippines trip
Job offers have been accepted by nearly two dozen health-care workers so far in the Philippines, according to Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Andrew Will. In an effort to address Saskatchewan's shor...
Dec 01, 2022
Province expands incentive eligibility in effort to hire more rural health-care staff
As Saskatchewan struggles with a lack of health-care workers, the provincial government is offering big incentives to workers in high-priority roles in rural areas. The Rural and Remote Recruitment In...
Nov 30, 2022
COVID, influenza both on the rise in Saskatchewan: Ministry of Health
COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and deaths are all on the rise in Saskatchewan, according to the Ministry of Health. In the latest biweekly update, the ministry reported 1,154 new cases - 488 in the week of...
Oct 27, 2022
New nurses in Kamsack mean hospital beds will reopen next month
There's a lot of relief being felt in a Saskatchewan town, after a major step was taken towards reopening beds at the local hospital. The relief comes in the form of six new nurses hired to work in Ka...
Oct 26, 2022
Interim health authority CEO takes over position on permanent basis
The Saskatchewan Health Authority's CEO chair is no longer vacant. Andrew Will, who has served as interim CEO of the SHA since Dec. 2, 2021, was named the new permanent CEO on Thursday in Saskatoon fo...
Oct 20, 2022
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...