Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Mosquitoes carrying West Nile found in Estevan area
Saskatchewan's mosquito surveillance program has discovered some pesky - and potentially life-threatening - insects. According to the province, mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus were found on J...
Jul 20, 2017 The City of Regina said current mosquito populations are only about 20 per cent of last year's numbers on May 23, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Hot weather could lead to creation of algae blooms
With many Saskatchewan residents heading out to the lakes to enjoy the hot, dry weather, there's one thing they should be on the lookout for - blue-green algae. The recent weather the province has bee...
Jul 19, 2017 A layer of blue-green algae, also know as cyanobacteria, sits atop a body of water.
Ovarian Cancer Canada seeks new treatments for patients
As if the battle against ovarian cancer wasn't hard enough, another fight is underway to fund the life-prolonging drug Lynparza. Judy Fielden has just finished chemotherapy for her second bout of the ...
Jun 27, 2017 Judy Fielden, 73, has just finished chemotheraphy for her second bout of ovarian cancer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Ovarian cancer patient fights for life-prolonging drug
She has spent more than 40 years caring for others as a nurse but now Judy Fielden is in the fight of her life. Battling a second bout of ovarian cancer, the 73-year-old Regina woman wants the governm...
Jun 26, 2017 Judy Fielden, 73, has just finished chemotheraphy for her second bout of ovarian cancer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Alcohol hospitalizes more than heart attacks in Canada
Alcohol is a big part of the culture in Canada but one that can be harmful. According to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), there were more hospitalizations for co...
Jun 22, 2017 A new study found there were more hospitalizations related to alcohol-related conditions in Canada than there were for heart attacks in the 2015-16 year. (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
West Nile virus could return to Sask. this summer
It wouldn't be a Saskatchewan summer without talk of West Nile virus. The flu-like illness is transmitted through the Culex tarsalis mosquito and can be a major problem each season. But it is difficul...
Jun 22, 2017 The province reminds people to cover-up and wear mosquito repellent to reduce the risk of West Nile virus. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Sask. sisters battle breast cancer together within a year
For Shantelle Arsenault and her family, the story of her cancer diagnosis became a story of two sisters battling for their lives. The Saskatchewan woman was diagnosed with breast cancer on St. Patrick...
Jun 21, 2017
Saskatoon MP concerned over Lyme disease
A Saskatchewan MP says the federal government needs to start taking Lyme disease more seriously. Saskatoon-Grasswoods MP Kevin Waugh said he has been hearing from sufferers who got tested in Saskatche...
Jun 14, 2017
Sask.-born business mogul Pattison all about giving back
As a young boy in Luseland. Sask., Jim Pattison said he was always encouraged to give back. "We've been doing that for a long time," he told the Brent Loucks Show Thursday morning And give back he did...
Jun 01, 2017
Fentanyl death prompts call for parents to talk to kids
An addictions expert is urging parents to talk to their kids about fentanyl in the wake of an overdose death in Saskatoon. Police linked the deadly opioid to three of five overdose calls officers hand...
May 10, 2017
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