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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Microbiologist encourages vaccinations for children as way out of pandemic
Pfizer has asked Health Canada to approve its vaccine for use in children aged five to 11, but some parents are still not sure they’ll get their kids immunized. According to a recent survey by A...
Oct 20, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 20: 246 new cases, 5 deaths, 3,174 active cases
Five more Saskatchewan residents have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the total for October over the 100 mark. As of Wednesday, 103 people have died due to COVID in the province this month. That...
Oct 20, 2021
More details needed on costs related to out-of-province ICU care, says COVID survivor
A Regina man who survived COVID-19 after spending time in an ICU earlier this year says critical patients need the best care possible, even if it means flying some of them out of province to Ontario. ...
Oct 20, 2021
Sask. mask, isolation mandate extended until the end of November
The Saskatchewan government has opted to extend public health measures requiring people to wear a mask at indoor public spaces and to continue isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. Masks were...
Oct 20, 2021
NDP calling for Shahab's recommendations to be released
Saskatchewan's current situation in the COVID-19 pandemic is sad and frustrating and avoidable, according to the NDP. NDP MLA Vicki Mowat, the party's health critic, said the health system has collaps...
Oct 19, 2021 NDP MLA Vicki Mowat. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Oct. 19: 271 new cases, 3,434 active cases
Active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan dropped again Tuesday, but the province continues to lead the nation in active case rate. There were 495 recoveries, 271 new cases and eight deaths reported, l...
Oct 19, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
'Vigilant': Shahab outlines precautions around gatherings
It might sound like a time warp back to the summer of 2020, but Saskatchewan's top doctor is once again giving the people of Saskatchewan advice about the safety of gatherings and COVID-19. "While tod...
Oct 19, 2021 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. still searching for additional help as COVID ICU transfers begin
Premier Scott Moe says there wasn’t an internal trigger that forced Saskatchewan to send six ICU patients to Ontario this week. There just simply aren’t enough available beds in Saskatchew...
Oct 19, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 18: ICU admissions rise, active cases fall
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan intensive care units reached a record high for a third straight day, the number of active cases in the province fell to its lowest mark in more than a m...
Oct 18, 2021 (Dr. Susan Shaw/Twitter)
Saskatchewan to send six COVID ICU patients to Ontario
One Saskatchewan patient is Ontario-bound and five others are expected to be sent east as COVID-19 numbers continue to worsen in Saskatchewan. The news came Monday, when the Saskatchewan government al...
Oct 18, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (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 ...