Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
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Saskatchewan has first case of vaccine-related blood clots
A woman in her 60s has become the first Saskatchewan resident to develop blood clots due to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health said Friday a case of vaccine-induced immune thromb...
May 14, 2021
Latest COVID update May 14: Sask. reports first cases of Indian variant
Saskatchewan has reported its first cases of the COVID-19 variant of concern that originated in India. In its daily update Friday, the Ministry of Health said 438 new lineage results had been confirme...
May 14, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SHA likely to begin school-based COVID vaccinations for kids 12+ in early June
In less than a week, children ages 12 and up in Saskatchewan will become eligible for their first COVID-19 vaccination. In anticipation of that, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is working with the M...
May 14, 2021
Saskatchewan government wading into Keystone XL fight in U.S.
Saskatchewan is preparing to enter the fray in the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline. In a release Friday, the provincial government said it was filing an amicus brief in support of the 21 U...
May 14, 2021
Gyms gear up for group fitness classes to expand
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown fitness routines off for many, as gyms closed and then reopened with restrictions. However, a step towards normalcy is coming soon. The first phase of Saskatchewan's R...
May 14, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Sask. driver justifies speeding by trying to ‘knock the rust off the brake rotors’
Police have heard every excuse in the book to justify speeding, but on Wednesday a driver gave Corman Park police a unique explanation. Officers were patrolling on Grasswood Road when their radar cloc...
May 14, 2021
Rhetoric at legislature gets heated as session nears its end
As the six weeks of the spring sitting have gone on, the barbs traded back and forth in the Legislative Assembly have been getting sharper. In the past week, the speaker has had to stand several times...
May 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'Eternal optimists': Farmers hopeful for rain as seeding continues
Farmers in Saskatchewan are hoping to soak in some rain rather than sun in the near future. "There's pockets that are good and pockets that are dry. I think in the next week we will be dry in most of ...
May 13, 2021 (SaskOrganics/Twitter)
Sask. NDP calling on provincial government to 'save our summer'
With warmer weather on the way and the possibility of more things to do, Saskatchewan's NDP is calling on the provincial government to do more to get people out -- safely -- this summer. The Oppositio...
May 13, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili on May 13, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. won’t let those with COVID tickets flout public health orders: Wyant
Saskatchewan Justice Minister Gord Wyant says the province is going to get more aggressive when it comes to people who don’t pay their COVID-19 tickets. During Question Period on Monday, Wyant w...
May 13, 2021
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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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 ...