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New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Regina police respond to gunshots in Glenelm
A man is facing an array of charges after allegedly firing gunshots near some kids in the Glenelm neighbourhood. On Saturday night, four kids in the area reported they saw a man in the neighbourhood w...
Jun 28, 2021 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Heat wave shatters records, smothers Saskatchewan in warnings
Heat warnings are expected to blanket most of Saskatchewan for the next week according to Environment Canada. The prolonged heat wave started in northern and west-central Saskatchewan over the weekend...
Jun 28, 2021
VIDO vaccine to be put to test this summer in Saskatoon
The vaccine developed by the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is coming to Saskatoon for its clinical trial testing. The trial testing is expected ...
Jun 27, 2021
Latest COVID update June 26: Active caseload falls under 600
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan fell under 600 on Saturday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health reported 61 new cases, 71 recoveries and one death. That left...
Jun 26, 2021 The drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Evraz Place. (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update June 25: 56 new cases, 609 active cases
The number of cases of the Delta variant of concern of COVID-19 is continuing to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Friday, the Ministry of Health said 178 cases of that variant had been ident...
Jun 25, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Religious group says it will release residential school records
The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents...
Jun 25, 2021 A ground-penetrating radar is used to record hits of what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves near the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, FSIN
SaskTel increases investment in fibre optic broadband technology
SaskTel is doubling its efforts to put fibre optic broadband technology into rural Saskatchewan. The Crown corporation announced Friday it was putting $50 million into its Rural Fibre Initiative, incr...
Jun 25, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'This is the time': Merriman urging people to get vaccinated
Saskatchewan's COVID-19 vaccination campaign reported its biggest day yet Thursday, but health officials in the province want more. "We've never had more vaccines available in our province," Health Mi...
Jun 24, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
'We're finally being heard:' NDP critic on discovery of unmarked graves
As a residential school survivor, the Saskatchewan NDP's Betty Nippi-Albright was not surprised by revelations of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School on the Cowessess ...
Jun 24, 2021 The NDP critic for First Nations and Metis Relations, Betty Nippi-Albright, reacts to the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the former site of the Marieval Indian Residential School on Cowessess First Nation. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update June 24: Nearly 25,000 new vaccinations done
For the second time in less than a week, Saskatchewan has set a daily record for COVID-19 vaccinations. The Ministry of Health said Thursday there were 24,971 doses of vaccine administered in the prov...
Jun 24, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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