Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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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)
Latest COVID update Dec. 3: 78 new cases, 1 death reported Friday
The province reported 78 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan Friday- seven more than the day before - and one new death. Active cases in the province is 744, up 11 from Thursday, with 68 new recover...
Dec 03, 2021
Healthcare workers asking for help, more workers
Workers in healthcare are getting so tired and overworked they're quitting and retiring early, according to the head of CUPE local 5430. Bashir Jalloh attended the legislative building Thursday mornin...
Dec 03, 2021
Father 'relieved' daughters protected against COVID-19
After months of waiting, Martin Gaal said he was relieved when his daughters got their COVID-19 vaccines. “It actually shocked me a little bit that I felt a physical weight being lifted off my c...
Dec 01, 2021
COVID-19 Omicron variant having impact on stock market
The stock market was bleeding red again Tuesday as it reacted to the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. The TSX fell nearly three per cent over the last five days, while the price of oil came tumbling down...
Nov 30, 2021 (AP file photo)
Regina, Saskatoon airports brace for COVID-19 changes
International flights and new vaccination rules start Tuesday for the Regina and Saskatoon airports. After losing their official "international" designation from Transport Canada in March, people will...
Nov 30, 2021
'Sicker and sicker every day': Sask. woman pushes gov't for help as she waits on surgery
Nearly as long as Saskatchewan has been dealing with the pandemic, Stephanie Brad has been waiting for surgery to get her bladder removed. "I'm getting sicker and sicker every day," said Brad. She and...
Nov 30, 2021 Stephanie Brad holds a picture of her four daughters, who she says have been seriously affected by her illness. Brad has been waiting for a bladder surgery that was postponed in April 2020 then again in October 2021 due to COVID pressures on the healthcare system. She was brought to the legislative building by the Sask. NDP. Nov. 29 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Finn family to finally get health-care money from province
After more than a year of fighting with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health, the Finn family will now be reimbursed for the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spent on lifesaving health care for thei...
Nov 24, 2021 Conner Finn, whose parents are calling on the provincial government to reverse its decision not to help pay for his treatment for Adrenoleukodrystrophy (ALD). (Submitted)
Doctor speaks on emergence of new COVID variant subtypes in Sask.
As the COVID-19 virus passes on to more people, the chance of it mutating into a different variant grows. This makes Health Canada's approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11 even...
Nov 19, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 weighing heavy on Saskatchewan mayors
When Glenn George first took on the role of mayor in Melfort about a year ago, he didn't realize how much the pandemic would impact the job. “I’m working at it twice as hard as I ever thou...
Nov 19, 2021
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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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