Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Latest COVID update Oct. 8: 576 new cases, including 147 kids under 12
More than a quarter of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday were children aged 11 and under. There were 576 new cases announced, including 147 kids under 12. That age group isn't ...
Oct 08, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SUN worried about new provincial command for COVID
The head of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses isn't sure a "provincial command centre" is what the government should be worried about right now. On Thursday morning, Premier Scott Moe announced that pr...
Oct 08, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate drops in September
Saskatchewan recorded the largest month-to-month drop in unemployment rate in Canada in September. According to job numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada, the province's unemployment rate went ...
Oct 08, 2021
Prairie Spirit School Division facing bus driver shortage
The wheels on the bus do not go round and round for one school division in Saskatchewan. The Prairie Spirit School Division said it is facing a “critical issue” when it comes to staffing b...
Oct 08, 2021
Saskatchewan not asking for COVID-19 help, yet
Saskatchewan hospitals are full of COVID patients and on Thursday there were 78 people reported in ICU, which is one off the number of ICU beds the province has on a normal day. But at a news conferen...
Oct 08, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Gov't denies Meili claim that COVID ICU patients being moved out of province
Has Saskatchewan already started moving COVID-19 patients outside of the province? NDP Leader Ryan Meili believes it is. During a Thursday press conference responding to Premier Scott Moe’s Thur...
Oct 07, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 7: 241 missing cases added, daily total at 650
The Saskatchewan government has added 241 previously missing cases of COVID-19 to the province's total. As a result, the Ministry of Health reported 650 new cases Thursday, which would be the highest ...
Oct 07, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina doctor says more vaccine mandates required
The federal government needs to put even more vaccine mandates in place, according to a doctor in Saskatchewan. This comes after the Canadian government unveiled its mandatory vaccine policy Wednesday...
Oct 07, 2021 A woman being tested for COVID-19 in her vehicle at the drive-through testing facility in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Farmers reporting below-average yields as harvest wraps up
Harvest is nearly complete in Saskatchewan, but farmers are reporting below-average yields. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said 99 per cent of the crop is in the bin in nearly ...
Oct 07, 2021 Saskatchewan producers harvest at sunset. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
Sask. workers face abuse with proof of vaccination
Workers are getting an extra hard time for just doing their jobs, to the point where it's being called abuse. Over the weekend, an incident involving what turned out to be a pellet gun raised concerns...
Oct 07, 2021
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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