Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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'It will be nice to have people around here again:' Border towns excited for reopening
After nearly 19 months, fully vaccinated Canadians will get to drive or ferry to the United States for non-essential reasons. This announcement came on Tuesday night after American president Joe Biden...
Oct 13, 2021 Gateway Cities Golf Course's clubhouse is located on the American side of the border, but it's nine holes are on the Canadian side, leaving the course stuck in the middle of the closed border. (Submitted)
Province encouraging immunization to keep influenza at bay
With COVID-19 still running rampant in Saskatchewan, the government is once again stressing residents roll up their sleeves to get immunized against influenza. Starting Tuesday, people in the province...
Oct 12, 2021
Sask. doctors advising to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small, outside
Doctors across the province have some advice to stay healthy and safe this Thanksgiving long weekend. At Thursday’s Saskatchewan Health Authority physicians’ town hall, medical health offi...
Oct 09, 2021
Saskatchewan not asking for COVID-19 help, yet
Saskatchewan hospitals are full of COVID patients and on Thursday there were 78 people reported in ICU, which is one off the number of ICU beds the province has on a normal day. But at a news conferen...
Oct 08, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina doctor says more vaccine mandates required
The federal government needs to put even more vaccine mandates in place, according to a doctor in Saskatchewan. This comes after the Canadian government unveiled its mandatory vaccine policy Wednesday...
Oct 07, 2021 A woman being tested for COVID-19 in her vehicle at the drive-through testing facility in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Passports and booster shots: What's new on the COVID front
Whether it be COVID-19 booster shots going to a second stage or businesses wrapping up their first weekend with the COVID passport system, there are a lot of developments on the COVID front to keep tr...
Oct 05, 2021
City manager says province's public health measures 'sufficient' for Regina, for now
The provincial government's COVID-19 measures are adequate for time being to deal with the fourth wave in Regina, says city manager Chris Holden. However, Holden did not rule out the potential for cou...
Sep 29, 2021 Chris Holden, City of Regina city manager.
'It's a game changer': Microbiologist reacts to Pfizer announcement
Pfizer-BioNTech has submitted data on its COVID vaccine's efficacy for kids aged five to 12. University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau joined Gormley on Tuesday to talk about the a...
Sep 28, 2021 (Supplied)
'I'm scared': The impact of the organ donation program being suspended
Organ donation programs in Saskatchewan are the most recent services to feel the crunch of surging COVID-19 cases. As of Dec. 31, there were 79 people in the province waiting for an organ transplant, ...
Sep 27, 2021 (Eden Janzen/Submitted)
Moe says Sask. hasn't asked for federal help during COVID fourth wave
Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan has heard from the federal government about potentially helping out as the fourth wave of COVID-19 grips the province. But Moe told Gormley on Monday the provincial...
Sep 27, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...