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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'Worst is over,' doctor says but adds health-care system still struggling
According to infectious disease physician Dr. Alex Wong, it appears that the fourth wave of COVID-19 -- the deadliest wave of the pandemic yet -- is waning. "All of the leading indicators like test po...
Nov 03, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
'Positive thinking' for those dealing with cold weather at Camp Marjorie
People staying in Regina's homeless camp in Pepsi Park are just trying to stay warm. The temperature has been flirting around the -10 C mark through the last few nights, which has made donations like ...
Nov 03, 2021 Camp Hope in Regina's Pepsi Park. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
At least 26,000 surgeries delayed in Sask. due to pandemic
It's not just people who are getting COVID-19 and having to go to the hospital who are being affected by the pandemic, it's also people who haven't been able to get surgery because a specialist isn't ...
Nov 03, 2021
One Sask. ICU patient to return from Ontario, no other transfers planned
A second ICU patient was scheduled to return to Saskatchewan from Ontario on Tuesday. Saskatchewan health officials have sent 26 patients to Ontario to receive care over the past several weeks. The fi...
Nov 02, 2021
Shahab urges everyone to 'stay vigilant' during winter months
Daily COVID-19 case numbers in Saskatchewan are continuing a slow decline, with Tuesday's total of 107 confirmed cases the lowest number in nearly three months. However, that doesn't mean this is a ti...
Nov 02, 2021 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID vaccine fraud happening in Saskatchewan
Instead of someone paying for another person to write an exam for them at school, Saskatchewan officials say people are hiring others to get their COVID-19 vaccination. Saskatchewan Health Authority C...
Nov 02, 2021
Saskatchewan getting 2,500 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
One day after Saskatchewan's health minister said he hoped the province soon would get some doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the province said Tuesday that 2,500 doses are on the way. The M...
Nov 02, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 2: 107 new cases, 5 deaths
Nearly one-third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Tuesday were people who were fully vaccinated. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said 35 of the 107 new cases had recei...
Nov 02, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Highway signs to mark Treaty boundaries in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is launching a signage project that is the first of its kind in Canada. The provincial government said Tuesday it's supporting the Office of the Treaty Commissioner's application for offi...
Nov 02, 2021
Health minister hoping Sask. gets Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Those who still haven't got a COVID-19 shot could have another option in the coming weeks to join the ranks of the fully vaccinated. Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said Monday he has made ...
Nov 01, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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 ...