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Saskatchewan resident heeds call for Ukraine support
As Ukraine's president pleads for people to help defend his country against the Russians, some people in Saskatchewan are taking the request to heart. One of those people is a 70-year-old man from Lip...
Mar 02, 2022 A photo from inside a basement shelter in Lviv, Ukraine on Feb. 26, 2022. (Odri Stachiw/Submitted)
'A human rights atrocity': Sask. NDP looking to help Ukraine
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping politicians in the province can band together to help end the war between Ukraine and Russia. On Tuesday, NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon came out with strong words...
Mar 01, 2022 NDP MLA Trent Wotherspoon. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon woman keeping in touch with family in Ukraine
Iryna Matsiuk is glued to the news these days, watching for any tidbit about where fighting between Russian troops and Ukrainian defenders is happening. She moved to Saskatoon 10 years ago but still h...
Mar 01, 2022 People hold a giant Ukrainian flag as they rally against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a protest in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Environment Canada expecting mixed bag for Sask. in March
David Phillips has seen March come in like a lion and go out like a lamb many times. And sometimes it doesn't. "I've seen as many the other way -- and sometimes it comes in like frozen mutton," Enviro...
Mar 01, 2022 Environment Canada senior climatolgist, David Phillips, said southern Saskatchewan will likely see normal to slightly warmer than normal temperatures in March, while central and northern Saskatchewan are expected to get some cooler weather. (980 CJME file photo)
Dutch Growers among companies giving customers choice to wear masks in store
Businesses across Saskatchewan no doubt will have different rules moving forward when it comes to wearing a mask in stores. The public health order requiring masks to be worn in indoor public places w...
Feb 28, 2022
Canora woman cashes in with VLT jackpot
Alicia Brass broke the bank. The Canora woman took home $811,843.81 after winning the grand jackpot on Vault Breaker on a VLT at the Lunn Hotel in Canora on Feb. 16. "I knew I won but I didn't realize...
Feb 28, 2022 (Western Canada Lottery Corporation/Submitted)
'OK, it's on:' Saskatchewan man offers glimpse of war in Ukraine
A Saskatchewan man who moved to Ukraine three years ago has found himself in the middle of a war. Bryce Walker -- who lives in Rivne, roughly 350 kilometres west of Kyiv -- joined John Gormley on Mond...
Feb 28, 2022 A photo from inside a basement shelter in Lviv, Ukraine on Feb. 26, 2022. (Odri Stachiw/Submitted)
Saskatchewanderer becoming full-time, permanent job
The Saskatchewanderer is going full time. The provincial government announced Monday the position is becoming a full-time, permanent position starting in April after more than a decade as a 12-month t...
Feb 28, 2022
No more mandates: A timeline of COVID public health orders in Saskatchewan
As of 12:01 Monday morning, the Government of Saskatchewan no longer had any public health orders related to COVID-19 in effect. Mandates have been a bit of a rollercoaster in the province, coming on ...
Feb 28, 2022 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Russian family living in Sask. decries war against Ukraine
In the opinion of Oleg Kougiya, the war between Ukraine and Russia does not have a place in this world. “I lived in (the) Soviet Union and I lived in Russia long enough not to get shocked with a...
Feb 28, 2022
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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