Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Battle on controlling STI numbers in Sask. on display this World AIDS Day
Saskatchewan is working towards goals that didn’t seem attainable even one decade ago. The work within harm reduction and battling the AIDS crisis has been vast, particularly towards the Indigen...
Dec 01, 2020
STF says no current plan for education to move online; nearly 80 Saskatoon classes in isolation
The number continues to change day by day, but many Saskatoon students are at home due to positive COVID-19 cases within classrooms and cohorts. As of Monday, 53 classrooms and cohorts within Saskatoo...
Nov 30, 2020
SGEU looking for ‘optional accommodations’ for Saskatoon jail staff amid COVID outbreak
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak. The facility is now up to 130 active cases between both offenders and staff. That’s according to Glenn Billingsley, t...
Nov 30, 2020
Mild temperatures to stick around into first week of December: Environment Canada
It’s welcome news to many in the prairies. Mild temperatures are expected to stick around for at least the next upcoming week. That’s according to Environment Canada lead forecaster, Brad ...
Nov 29, 2020
FSIN 2nd Vice Chief David Pratt urges attention to public health orders after COVID-19 diagnosis
For months now, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations 2nd Vice Chief David Pratt has been wearing a mask, washing his hands, and keeping his “bubble” small. It’s something he...
Nov 27, 2020
Chief Darcy Bear among Order of Canada appointees
Two more people from Saskatchewan have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Whitecap Dakota First Nation Chief Darcy Bear and revolutionary crop scientist Dr. Alfred Slinkard were among the 114 new ...
Nov 27, 2020
85 active COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatoon Correctional Centre outbreak
The Saskatchewan government reported 72 new COVID-19 cases located at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on Thursday. There were 299 new cases reported in the province Thursday, a number that included ...
Nov 26, 2020
Real trees in large and early demand this year
We are one month from Christmas and Rick Van Duyvendyk with Dutch Growers in Saskatoon says his business has sold twice as many live Christmas trees as it did this time last year. “I am a little...
Nov 26, 2020
Heading to the ODR’s: A look at Saskatchewan’s backyard rink builds
Saskatchewan's hockey community may have some free time on its hands following the release of the province's new COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday. Hockey will be done officially Thursday at midnight, w...
Nov 26, 2020
Saskatoon woman builds large snow dragon in hopes of making people smile
Mel Thompson is making the most out of all the snow that was left on her front yard earlier this month. It took her about a week, but she made a giant blue snow dragon. She started by shovelling the s...
Nov 26, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...