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Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
'It's going to be unreal': Riders return to action for first time since 2019
It's been 628 days but now the Saskatchewan Roughriders are back. The CFL made it's triumphant return on Thursday after a cancelled 2020 season due to a COVID-19 pandemic. The rematch of the 2019 Grey...
Aug 06, 2021 Quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Gov't to accept recommendations, take over management of Extendicare homes temporarily
There was little beating around the bush on Thursday for Saskatchewan's Minister for Seniors when it came to the Ombudsman's report into the COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare. "Today's report is ...
Aug 05, 2021 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
How to get to and from the Riders game Friday
The first Riders game in almost two years kicks off tomorrow, and as always, fans can make the trek to Mosaic Stadium any number of ways. Walking and biking, as well as using Rider Transit, are encour...
Aug 05, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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)
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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