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
Down and dirty with backroad safety
Saskatchewan living requires the skill of rural road driving. From gravel grid roads to unpaved intersections, the province's rural areas can keep residents connected, but also pose a challenge and a ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Dave Parsons/Global News)
Latest COVID update Aug. 5: Sask. active COVID-19 cases rise above 500 first time since June
For the first time in more than a month, active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan number more than 500. Today, the province announced 56 new cases of the virus, bringing the number of active cases to ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. man facing voyeurism charge for photo found on device
A Battleford man has been charged with voyeurism after police discovered a photo in the course of another investigation. North Battleford RCMP said they received a complaint that a woman and a female ...
Aug 05, 2021
Crop report shows harvest well ahead of average, dry conditions posing fire risk
Harvest has begun in Saskatchewan, with this week’s crop report showing three per cent of the crop now combined. This is well ahead of the five-year average of one per cent harvested by this tim...
Aug 05, 2021
Damning report points to numerous problems in deadly Parkside COVID outbreak
Last winter, residents at Parkside Extendicare in Regina endured the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak a Saskatchewan care home has seen, where only four residents didn't catch the virus, and 39 died. A rep...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Woman dead in lone vehicle rollover near La Loche
A woman is dead after a single-vehicle rollover near La Loche. La Loche RCMP was dispatched to the scene on Highway 155, around 2 kilometres south of the village — around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Th...
Aug 05, 2021
Investigation to be released into COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare
Some questions could be answered Thursday morning around the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak at a Saskatchewan care home. An outbreak was declared last fall at Parkside Extendicare in Regina and it raged ...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina. Feb. 2, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Interim benefit increased to aid farmers facing drought losses
Producers in the province will be seeing a 50 per cent increase in their AgriStability interim benefit payment this year. To help support farmers who have been impacted by drought conditions in Saskat...
Aug 04, 2021
Regina recreational centre closing for annual maintenance, upgrades
Annual maintenance work and a few upgrades will be closing the Lawson Aquatic Centre as of Monday. The public will be unable to use the centre while it undergoes its yearly upkeep and work is complete...
Aug 04, 2021 The Lawson Aquatic Centre. (City of Regina/Twitter)
RCMP searching for male suspect in attempted sexual assault near provincial park
Saskatchewan RCMP are trying to locate a man suspected of attempted sexual assault The attempted assault occurred near Meadow Lake Provincial Park, at Highway 224 and Highway 950 in northwest Saskatch...
Aug 04, 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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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...