Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Tornado to heat record to snow: Sask. deals with wide array of weather
Saskatchewan's living skies lived up to their nickname recently, going from the first tornado of the year being recorded to sunny skies that helped break heat records that have stood for 120 years. En...
May 17, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Provinces, territories across Canada looking at Sask. drive-thru model
Over the past several months, tens of thousands of Saskatchewanians have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at one of 20 drive-thru clinics in the province. In fact, they’ve prov...
May 17, 2021
Sask. doesn’t want to mix and match vaccines unless necessary: Merriman
As long as there aren’t significant supply issues, Saskatchewan does not plan on giving residents a different vaccine if they got AstraZeneca the first time around. That’s according to Sas...
May 17, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (File photo/Submitted)
Over 37,500 vaccinations administered over the weekend in Saskatchewan; where to roll up your sleeve Monday
Saskatchewan was administering vaccinations at a rate never before seen in the pandemic this past weekend. A total of 37,563 people in the province were vaccinated on Friday and Saturday, according to...
May 17, 2021 The lineup at the drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Evraz Place on April 9, 2021. (Kevin Antrobus/980 CJME file photo)
Wet, snowy conditions ahead for Regina and southeast Saskatchewan
The warm streak had to end sooner or later. Weather conditions are expected to drop by more than 20 C over the course of the week - from Monday's high of 31 C - as a cold front sweeps through parts of...
May 17, 2021
Saskatoon, Regina vaccine drive-thru’s close early Sunday
Saskatoon’s drive-thru vaccine clinic at Prairieland Park closed early Sunday after running out of doses. Around 9:25 a.m. Sunday, a tweet by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) outlined the...
May 16, 2021
NDP tables bill to ban pro-life protests near abortion clinics
The Saskatchewan NDP wants to ban pro-life protests near abortion clinics. Its Women's Status Critic, Jennifer Bowes introduced a bill that would limit anti-abortion protests inside a "bubble" of 150 ...
May 16, 2021 (Saskatchewan New Democrats/Twitter)
Latest COVID update May 15: Sask. sets new single-day vaccination record
Saskatchewan reported a new single-day vaccination record Saturday by more than doubling the number of vaccines given over the previous four days. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said 18,5...
May 15, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Ticks are back in Saskatchewan, risk of Lyme disease remains low
Tick season is underway in Saskatchewan. The creepy crawlers are typically active in Saskatchewan between April and July with the peak happening in May and June. Dr. Maarten Voordouw with the Departme...
May 15, 2021
20+ age group to be eligible for COVID shot Sunday; second doses to start Monday
Saskatchewan's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand in two different ways in the coming days. On Sunday at 8 a.m., the age of eligibility to get a first dose of the vaccine will drop from 23 and ...
May 14, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...