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Blondeau outlines options for protecting unvaccinated kids from COVID
The public health orders around COVID-19 may be lifted, but some parents across Saskatchewan may not feel at ease, with young kids not yet vaccinated. University of Saskatchewan clinical microbiologis...
Jul 12, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
More than 700 groups receive charitable gaming grants in Sask.
Community groups and organizations from A to Z -- from Abbey to Zenon Park -- received more than $2.1 million in funding from the Saskatchewan government in the latest round of the province's charitab...
Jul 12, 2021
Three Saskatchewan communities under threat of wildfires
Wildfires are now posing a danger in Saskatchewan following another round of heat warnings. The Public Safety Agency of Saskatchewan issued evacuation orders on Sunday in the villages of St. George's ...
Jul 12, 2021 A wildfire burns near Dillon on July 12, 2021. (Sierra Bravo/Facebook)
Sask. plan rejected, feds changing carbon pricing benchmarks
Despite the provincial government's apparent frustration, the federal carbon tax will be a fixture in Saskatchewan for at least another 17 months. In a statement Monday, Premier Scott Moe said the fed...
Jul 12, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Daycare keeping some precautions as province lifts all COVID restrictions
Just over 70 per cent of eligible people in Saskatchewan have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but none of those are children. None of the vaccines are approved for people under 12 years old an...
Jul 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Air quality advisory for northern Sask., summer storm hits southern Sask.
An air quality advisory has been issued for most of northern Saskatchewan. The advisory came into effect at around 7 a.m. on Monday as wildfire smoke creates poor air quality and less visibility. "Ind...
Jul 12, 2021 Special air quality statements due to wildfire smoke remained in place in Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Mixed reactions come with lift of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 public health orders
The last of Saskatchewan's public health orders were lifted on Sunday, as the province started Step 3 of the provincial government's Re-Opening Roadmap. Final restrictions requiring masking in public ...
Jul 11, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Plough winds 'very likely' Sunday for some areas; severe thunderstorm watches for Regina, southwest
It will likely be a stormy Sunday in Saskatchewan. Severe thunderstorm watches were called around 1 p.m. in the southwestern portions of Saskatchewan, along with the City of Regina. An eye is being ke...
Jul 11, 2021
Latest COVID update July 10: 42 new cases, 1 new death
Saskatchewan reported 42 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Saturday, the day before the province is set to remove all remaining public health restrictions. The new cases are located in the far n...
Jul 10, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Hundreds of jobs expected as construction starts on power plant outside Moose Jaw
Up to 500 people can expect to find work building the Great Plains Power Station, now that construction has started on SaskPower's newest natural gas power plant located southeast of Moose Jaw. Once i...
Jul 09, 2021 Workers at the site of where the Great Plains Power Station will be located. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...