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Step by step: Saskatchewan prepares for final phase of reopening
Saskatchewan is set to take its next step. The final phase of the provincial government's Re-Opening Roadmap comes into effect Sunday with the removal of all public health orders. That includes mandat...
Jul 07, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update July 7: 53 new cases, 1 death reported
Saskatchewan reported its highest daily total of COVID-19 cases in the past 10 days Wednesday. The Ministry of Health said there were 53 new infections, the most since 61 were announced June 26. There...
Jul 07, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Man fatally shot by RCMP on George Gordon First Nation
One man is dead after he was shot by police on George Gordon First Nation. On Tuesday around 2:15 p.m., Punnichy RCMP officers responded to a report of a man armed with a rifle and making threats on t...
Jul 07, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'Hope and dreaming': Cowessess First Nation takes control of child and family services
Clouds may have crowded in for the afternoon, but the feeling at the Cowessess First Nation on Tuesday was one of celebration and achievement. With Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme, Premier Scott Moe al...
Jul 06, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) was on the Cowessess First Nation Tuesday to sign a coordination agreement with Chief Cadmus Delorme (L) and Premier Scott Moe to finalize the first nation taking back jurisdiction for its child and family services. Jul. 6, 2021 (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME)
Tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect in southwestern Sask.
At 6:30 p.m. Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the R.M. of Reno including Consul, Robsart and Willow Creek. It also upgraded to a tornado warning from a thunderstorm warning for the R.M....
Jul 06, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update July 6: Sask. surpasses 500,000 second doses, first death in a week reported
More than half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. There were 8,348 doses administered in the province in the latest reporting period, with 7,393 of those secon...
Jul 06, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP conducting investigation near Sandy Beach
Police are conducting an investigation at a rural area south of Sandy Beach, in the RM of Good Lake, roughly 230 kilometres northeast of Regina. A portion of Tiny Grid Road was blocked off Tuesday mor...
Jul 06, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Hidden Crisis: Recovering addict shares story of pain and triumph
This is Paula Ryan. Ryan is a 46-year-old recovering addict. She shared the story with 650 CKOM of her full-blown addiction to fentanyl and crystal meth. And why did she open up to the media? "...
Jul 06, 2021
Northern community dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, Delta variant
As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation -- including Wollaston Lake -- is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak. The outbreak was declared J...
Jul 05, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Latest COVID update July 5: 20 new cases, 360 active cases
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan continued to fall Monday. The Ministry of Health said there were 360 active cases in the province, the fewest since there were 342 re...
Jul 05, 2021
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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...