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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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Saskatchewan gov't says mask measure could be lifted by July 11
Saskatchewan residents could be unmasked by July 11. On Tuesday, the provincial government set out vaccination targets required to prompt the removal of public health measures such as mandatory maskin...
Jun 01, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update June 1: Active cases fall below 1,300
Saskatchewan reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than three months Tuesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said there were 86 new cases, the fewest in a day sinc...
Jun 01, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Caretakers pay respects at former Regina residential school site, cemetery
The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., hits close to home for some in Saskatchewan. Just off Pinkie Road on the outskirts of Regina stands a sma...
Jun 01, 2021 The Indian Industrial Cemetery on Pinkie Road in Regina on May 31, 2021. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Regina police use taser to stop man from harming himself
A member of the Regina Police Service (RPS) used his stun gun to prevent someone from committing suicide. That's according to a statement by the RPS, saying officers responded to a home in the 1000 bl...
Jun 01, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
21-year-old man drowns in Swift Current Creek
A 21-year-old Alberta man drowned Sunday in the Swift Current Creek near Simmie. According to the RCMP, officers from the Shaunavon detachment got a call at about 5 p.m., that a man had gone missing w...
May 31, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update May 31: Sask. sets new daily record for second doses
Saskatchewan reported the delivery of a record number of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines Monday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said a single-day high of 5,450 people had received their...
May 31, 2021
Sask. gov't joins FSIN to demand more investigation of residential school sites
The Saskatchewan government is joining the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) in calling for radar ground searches of residential school sites in the province. After the remains of 215 ...
May 31, 2021 Premier Scott Moe wears an orange ribbon as he announces the province will support the FSIN in the search for unmarked graves at residential school sites on May 31, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID vaccination programs begin in some Saskatchewan schools
The biggest school mass vaccination campaign Saskatchewan has ever seen is getting underway in some parts of the province, including Regina. High school students are expected to get their chance at a ...
May 31, 2021
What you missed this weekend: Looking at Saskatchewan's COVID statistics
Remember November? In a weekend where Saskatchewan saw active cases jump slightly, we’re trending on our way to seeing November levels. Saskatchewan gained 350 new cases of COVID on Saturday and...
May 31, 2021
Planning underway for Queen City Ex
The fair experience you know and love will be returning this summer. After telling 980 CJME in April that the Queen City Ex coming back for the summer was a real possibility, it's looking like the hop...
May 31, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Whose standards do we use when we measure offence?
Sarah Mills says we all have different standards when it comes to what offends us. But when standards don't align, who's...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...