Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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'We're pleading with them to hear us:' Sask. unions want Shahab recommendations made into PHOs
Six of Saskatchewan's unions came together Thursday to send a message to the province: Listen to Dr. Saqib Shahab's advice. The joint press conference included the heads of the Saskatchewan Teachers' ...
Jan 20, 2022
Saskatchewan to expand COVID treatments to include Paxlovid
The Government of Saskatchewan is ready and willing to use the recently approved antiviral COVID-19 pill once a supply lands in the province. A news release from the province Tuesday said a shipment o...
Jan 18, 2022
SHA closely watching COVID outbreaks in long-term care
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is paying attention and watching closely what COVID-19 is doing in long-term and personal care homes in the province, according to the authority's interim COO, Derek ...
Jan 16, 2022 Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina. Feb. 2, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It's just been a mess': Sask. Trucking Association on feds' vaccine mandate for truckers
The executive director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association is calling the recent flip-flopping by the federal government "confusing" after the government went back and forth about a vaccine manda...
Jan 14, 2022
'It's a detriment to our character': Business owner reacts after being wrongly listed among COVID fines
A business owner in Swift Current is speaking out after Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health mistakenly listed her business as one that broke COVID-19 guidelines. The owner of Central Ave Hair Studio, La...
Jan 12, 2022 (Central Ave Hair Studio/Facebook)
Woman quarantining after COVID test invalid due to cold
Rhonda Pachal was returning from the United States when she tried to provide a negative test to avoid the 14-day quarantine. But she says the tests she was given were invalid and now, as a result, she...
Jan 12, 2022
USask prof says extreme cold can be ideal for exercise
Dr. Phil Chilibeck practises what he teaches - in this case, enjoying a late afternoon of snowshoeing for exercise in a wind chill of -24 C. Chilibeck is a professor of kinesiology at the University o...
Jan 07, 2022
Regina nurse in ICU after getting long-awaited liver transplant
A Regina nurse who suffers from a rare disease has received her second liver transplant. Krystal Graham has been desperately waiting for the surgery to treat her life-threatening disease. She spoke wi...
Jan 07, 2022 (Krystal Graham/Facebook)
Moe gov't says it hasn't ruled out more public health measures
The Saskatchewan government has reiterated it hasn't dismissed the idea of new public health measures as case numbers of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise in the province. In a statement Friday, Premi...
Jan 07, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Parents, school divisions react as students return to classrooms
Students, teachers and staff members in more schools throughout Saskatchewan were to make their return to the classroom on Tuesday. Saskatchewan is the only province in the country not pushing back it...
Jan 04, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
Evan celebrates Canada Day with a test of your citizenship knowledge, hears about the latest happenings in the Canadian ...