Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Close contacts in Sask. schools need to self-isolate, NDP says
The NDP's education critic says there's still time for the government to correct its approach to COVID-19 in schools and order close contacts to self-isolate. Currently, when there are positive cases ...
Sep 28, 2021 Sask. NDP Education Critic Carla Beck (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 28: Record hospitalizations, 10 deaths reported
Hospitalizations and ICU admissions due to COVID-19 reached record levels again Tuesday in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 311 COVID patients in the province's health-car...
Sep 28, 2021 (Dr. Susan Shaw/Twitter)
Heat records broken in 12 Sask. communities Monday, more likely to fall Tuesday
The heat is still hanging around, just days before we turn the calendar. A total of 12 records were broken in Saskatchewan communities Monday, mostly located in the southern portions of the province. ...
Sep 28, 2021
It'll be weeks before Sask. sees benefit of vaccination uptake, says U of S epidemiologist
Provincial health measures designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 and to promote vaccination need to go further, according to a University of Saskatchewan epidemiologist. Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine says w...
Sep 28, 2021
Freberg officially appointed Saskatchewan's first chief firearms officer
Saskatchewan is taking a bit more control over gun laws. The province has appointed Robert Freberg as its first chief firearms officer (CFO); the federal government previously appointed the Saskatchew...
Sep 27, 2021 Robert Freberg. (Canadian Sport Shooting Association/YouTube)
Latest COVID update Sept. 27: Active cases fall, hospitalizations rise
For the first time in nearly three weeks, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan has fallen. In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Health said there were 4,788 active cases in the...
Sep 27, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
SHA expands mask mandate at long-term care homes
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is expanding its medical masking mandate at the long-term care homes it operates in the province. In a media release Monday, the SHA said the recent increase in COVID...
Sep 27, 2021
'I'm scared': The impact of the organ donation program being suspended
Organ donation programs in Saskatchewan are the most recent services to feel the crunch of surging COVID-19 cases. As of Dec. 31, there were 79 people in the province waiting for an organ transplant, ...
Sep 27, 2021 (Eden Janzen/Submitted)
Questions linger for Sask. business owners ahead of vaccine passport implementation
When the Saskatchewan government announced vaccine passports would be required at various establishments and businesses, the first thought that came to Tracy Read's mind was how she was going to carry...
Sep 27, 2021 David Ma, co-owner of District 3 Escape Rooms in Regina, stares into a two-way mirror in his escape room's "Interrogation Room." (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Sept. 26: Cases continue to climb, 3 deaths
COVID cases continue to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported 552 new cases of the virus. There were also three deaths reported. Hospitalizations have gone...
Sep 26, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
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Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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