Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update Jan. 21: 1,233 new cases, 9 new deaths
After 14 straight days without a COVID-related death in Saskatchewan, the province reported nine more deaths due to the virus Friday. The last time the province reported this many deaths was on Oct. 2...
Jan 21, 2022 The contents of a COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh
Government looking for as many as 500 employees to be redeployed in COVID surge
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Saskatchewan and the premier is keeping his hand on the brakes of any new public health orders, the provincial emergency operations centre (PEOC) is preparing for...
Jan 21, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Freezing rain warnings issued for areas of Saskatchewan
Extreme cold warnings for many regions of Saskatchewan were lifted Thursday -- and were replaced in some areas by freezing rain warnings. Environment Canada posted the latter warnings for areas around...
Jan 20, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Moe reiterates no new health measures on tap for Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government is once again nixing the idea of new public health measures to battle rising COVID-related hospitalizations in the province. In a statement Thursday, Premier Scott Moe resp...
Jan 20, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 20: 1,158 new cases, 215 hospitalizations
More than 40 per cent of COVID-19 tests done in Saskatchewan's two largest cities and reported to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday returned positive results. In Thursday's update from the ministry,...
Jan 20, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. moving ahead with work on Integrated Youth Services program
The Saskatchewan government is looking for a partner to help youth who need assistance in the province. The government has issued a Request for Proposals in hopes of finding an organization that will ...
Jan 20, 2022
'It's a dream come true': Two Sask. female hockey officials heading to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games
By Ian Gustafson After years of continued hard work and passion for the game, a pair of Saskatchewan female hockey officials will be heading to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Cianna Lieffer...
Jan 20, 2022
Areas of Saskatchewan still under extreme cold warning
Much of southern Saskatchewan will remain under an extreme cold warning Wednesday evening. Just before 3 p.m., Environment Canada extended its advisory for much of the province, saying a ridge of high...
Jan 19, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 19: Hospitalizations continue to climb
The number of people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's hospitals has more than doubled in the past two weeks. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 199 people with COVID in health-care facilit...
Jan 19, 2022 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Feds, province invest $5M in 28 agricultural research projects
A number of agricultural researchers in Saskatchewan are getting more than $5 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. On Wednesday, the governments jointly announced 28 project...
Jan 19, 2022
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...