Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Patience pays off for Riders' Frankie Hickson
Frankie Hickson is used to playing the waiting game. Hickson, who is from Lynchburg, Va., wasn't highly touted coming out of high school, but his hard work and determination now have him starting at t...
Sep 10, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Frankie Hickson. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Saskatchewan residents recall interactions with Queen Elizabeth II
Lynn Zakreski was only a child when she first spoke to Queen Elizabeth II, but Zakreski couldn't understand a word the Queen said to her. When the Queen visited Saskatoon in 1978, Zabreski was only si...
Sep 09, 2022 Lynn Zakreski meets Queen Elizabeth II in 1978. (Lynn Zakreski/Submitted)
Eligibility set to expand for bivalent vaccine in Saskatchewan
At-risk populations are to be the first people eligible to receive the Moderna bivalent vaccine in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says starting Monday, people 18 and over who live in ...
Sep 09, 2022
'Faithful and dedicated:' Former Sask. chief of protocol recalls time spent with Queen
There’s probably no one in Saskatchewan who knows more about the British monarchy — and who spent more time with the Royal Family, including Queen Elizabeth II — than Michael Jackson...
Sep 08, 2022
Former premiers Romanow, Wall remember Queen Elizabeth II
Roy Romanow is among the few who can boast a more intimate meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth II. During his time in the leadership of Saskatchewan -- first as deputy premier to Allan Blakeney, and...
Sep 08, 2022 (Royal University Hospital Foundation/Facebook)
Queen Elizabeth connected with Saskatchewan through numerous visits
From a wave to even the chance to meet and speak with her, Queen Elizabeth II made many a royal fan happy during her numerous tours of Saskatchewan. In the years that she reigned, the Queen visited th...
Sep 08, 2022 (File photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan)
Harvest 42 per cent complete in Saskatchewan
A stretch of warm weather helped Saskatchewan farmers make significant progress with harvest during the week. In the weekly crop report issued Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture said 42 per cent of...
Sep 08, 2022
Sask. government launches plan to expand health-care workforce
The Saskatchewan government has launched a plan it hopes will add more than 1,000 employees to its health-care system. The plan, dubbed the Health Human Resources Action Plan, was included in the 2022...
Sep 07, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman (left to right), Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley and Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Billie-Jo Morrissette unveil the government's new health-care human resources plan on Sept. 7, 2022. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Victims in Saskatchewan stabbing tragedy revealed
The victims of the stabbing rampage in Weldon and James Smith Cree Nation have been revealed. "The Saskatchewan Coroner's Service, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan RCMP and in collaboration with t...
Sep 07, 2022 Pictures of nine of the victims impacted in the Saskatchewan stabbing rampage. (RCMP/Submitted photos)
James Smith Cree Nation GoFundMe expected to close after smashing fundraising goal
A successful GoFundMe page that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the victims and victims' families of the stabbing rampage in Weldon and James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) is now being followed...
Sep 07, 2022
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 26
Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...