Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the glue that hold our kids' sports together
From the grandpa who rakes the diamond to the parent coach in soccer and the mom cutting flags around little waists, Sar...
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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)
Saskatchewan reveals plans to reduce surgical wait times, increase ICU beds
Saskatchewan is taking steps to eliminate the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19, and to create more intensive care beds for patients. On Thursday, the government and the Saskatchewan Health Authorit...
Dec 09, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency issues warning about ice thickness
The Water Security Agency says the ice on Saskatchewan's lakes and rivers isn't thick enough yet to support many activities. The agency says the warm fall has resulted in thin ice on many bodies of wa...
Dec 09, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Better enforcement needed on age limits for tobacco and vape products: auditor's report
People under the age of 18 in Saskatchewan can't legally buy tobacco or vape products, and the provincial auditor believes the Ministry of Health needs to do a better job of making sure that's enforce...
Dec 08, 2021 Tara Clemett, Saskatchewan's auditor, delivers Part 2 of her office's 2021 report on Dec. 8, 2021 (980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Dec. 8: 48 new cases, 2 deaths, 124 in hospital
Saskatchewan has identified 16,425 cases of a COVID-19 variant of concern as of Wednesday. There have been 8,808 cases of the Delta variant, 7,123 cases of the Alpha strain, 484 cases of the Gamma var...
Dec 08, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Little girl helps Santas Anonymous in a big way
For the second year in a row, seven-year-old Harlee Marre is honouring her brother in a big way by holding a toy drive for Santas Anonymous. Harlee's toy drive had a lot of success in 2020, when she c...
Dec 08, 2021 Harlee (left) and Christine Marre. (Christine Marre/Facebook)
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Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...