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Sask. conservation officers stop boat contaminated with zebra mussels
Saskatchewan conservation officers recently intercepted a boat contaminated with an aquatic invasive species (AIS) near Moosomin. The Ministry of Environment said the examination of a boat at a waterc...
Sep 16, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Saskatchewan's harvest nearly three-quarters complete
Saskatchewan farmers remain well ahead of the average pace for harvest. According to the Ministry of Agriculture's weekly crop report, 74 per cent of the crop has been combined -- far above the five-y...
Sep 16, 2021
'They should be getting a call today:' Sask. NDP calls for 2nd shot strategy
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the provincial government to implement a strategy that will encourage people with their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to roll up their sleeves for Round 2. Opposi...
Sep 15, 2021
Daycare workers across Saskatchewan afraid, stressed and burned out
It’s not just health-care workers across Saskatchewan whose jobs are being seriously affected by the fourth COVID-19 wave in the province. Daycare providers are as well, according to the Saskatc...
Sep 15, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 15: Number of total cases passes 60,000
Saskatchewan went over the 60,000 mark in total COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The provincial government reported 475 new cases and the addition of two cases that tested positive outside the province, movi...
Sep 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
RCMP investigating alleged abduction in Meadow Lake
The RCMP is on the lookout for two women and two cars after an alleged abduction early Wednesday in Meadow Lake. According to the RCMP, officers from the Meadow Lake and Loon Lake detachments responde...
Sep 15, 2021
NDP demands measures to protect health-care workers from harassment, intimidation
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the provincial government to bar protests outside health-care facilities including hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. At a news conference outside the Regina General...
Sep 14, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili flanked by Labour Critic Carla Beck and Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer. At a news conference outside the Regina General Hospital on Sept. 14, the party called for protests to be outlawed outside health-care facilities to protect workers from harassment and intimidation. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Sept. 14: 506 new cases sets record for second straight day
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March of 2020, Saskatchewan has reported more than 500 new cases in a day. The Ministry of Health said there were 506 new cases Tuesday, breakin...
Sep 14, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
'A very sad and depressed life right now': Surgery backlogs and the impact they have
Surgery backlogs in Saskatchewan aren't anything new, but the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the province is stretching out long wait times to even longer lengths. According to the most recent numb...
Sep 14, 2021
City of Regina delaying start date for proving vaccination
After announcing in August that the city would require people to provide proof of vaccination to enter its facilities starting on Sept. 20, it's looking like that date will be pushed back. A report in...
Sep 14, 2021
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...