Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Latest COVID update Dec. 12: Lowest new case number since August, no new deaths
Saskatchewan reported its lowest day of COVID cases since the summer on Sunday. There were just 37 new cases in the province’s daily COVID update. That’s the lowest such number since Aug. ...
Dec 12, 2021
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19. A survey from Uni...
Dec 10, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 10: 69 new cases, 42 recoveries, 1 death
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose for a second straight day Friday. The Ministry of Health said there were 653 active cases, an increase of 31 from the previous day. There were ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Health minister discusses plan to cut down surgical wait lists
Health Minister Paul Merriman is defending Saskatchewan's plan to cut down surgical wait lists, eliminate the surgical backlog and beef up hospital capacity. He joined Gormley to discuss the details a...
Dec 10, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon’s Berkly Catton taken first overall in 2021 WHL draft
Saskatoon’s Berkly Catton was selected first overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the 2021 WHL prospects draft Thursday. "We are thrilled to welcome Berkly and the Catton family to our organization,...
Dec 09, 2021
Fall sitting ends with different takes by government, Opposition
The legislative building may be all decked out with Christmas trees and nutcrackers for the season, but MLAs won't be there much longer. Many will turn around and head home soon, as the fall sitting e...
Dec 09, 2021 Premier Scott Moe and NDP Leader Ryan Meili discuss the end of the fall sitting on Dec. 9, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
U of S researcher reacts to food price predictions
One of the lead researchers behind Canada's Food Price Report for 2022 is providing some insight into the staggering seven per cent increase prediction in food prices. Dr. Stuart Smyth, an associate p...
Dec 09, 2021
Province's top doctor says locations of Omicron cases won't be shared
Dr. Saqib Shahab says details on where the Omicron variant was found in Saskatchewan will not be shared. In this case, when the situation involves four people who are members of one household, the inf...
Dec 09, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 9: 62 new cases, active cases up
For the first time in nearly a week, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose Thursday. The Ministry of Health reported there were 622 active cases, 13 more than the previous day. The ...
Dec 09, 2021
Moose Jaw city council presented with 2022 proposed budget
City administration presented its 2022 proposed budget to city council on Wednesday night. The budget includes a 3.25 per cent tax increase for operation expenses, which will have an effect of $48.36 ...
Dec 09, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...