Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Latest COVID update April 26: 245 new cases, 221 recoveries, 1 death
The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan since the pandemic started went over the 40,000 mark Monday. The Ministry of Health said there were 245 new cases around the province, pushing the...
Apr 26, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
STC planning to vaccinate teachers Friday at SaskTel Centre clinic
First it was frontline police officers. Now it’s the teachers’ turn. The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) has been making use of its SaskTel Centre vaccine clinic, with Tribal Chief Mark Arc...
Apr 26, 2021
Applications open Saturday for big game draw in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's big game draw for 2021 is set to open Saturday. Hunters will have until 11:59 p.m. on May 25 to apply online. After receiving almost 115,000 applications in 2020, the Ministry of Enviro...
Apr 26, 2021 (Ministry of Environment/Submitted)
New rules coming to keep vapes out of kids' hands
Following in the footsteps of tobacco rules, the provincial government is trying to make it harder for kids to get their hands on vaping products. This week, the government introduced The Tobacco and ...
Apr 26, 2021
Saskatchewan Blue Cross investigating cybersecurity “incident”
Saskatchewan Blue Cross has confirmed the company experienced a cybersecurity "incident" last week. President and CEO Shelley Vandenberg said she's unable to determine if the company fell victim to a ...
Apr 25, 2021
Latest COVID update April 24: 286 new cases, 2 deaths, 392,294 total vaccinations
The Saskatchewan government is reporting 286 new cases of COVID-19, 194 recoveries and two deaths in the province. The people who died were in the 70 to 79 age group from the Regina zone. To date, 473...
Apr 24, 2021
Doctor reacts as anti-mask protests sweep through Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning people about attending rallies against COVID restrictions as a convoy of people parade through the prairies. Chris Saccoccia, who identifies himself ...
Apr 24, 2021 (Chris Saccoccia/Twitch TV)
'It is a lot worse than what you think it is': Regina nurse describes ICU conditions
As the province continues to see intensive care units filled with COVID patients, a nurse at the Regina General Hospital (RGH) is speaking out on what conditions really look like. Whitney Walker-Ross ...
Apr 23, 2021 (Whitney Walker-Ross/Submitted)
'We have a government that is lying to us': Meili takes shots at pandemic messaging
Is the provincial government downplaying the current situation on COVID-19 in Saskatchewan? NDP Leader Ryan Meili thinks so. Speaking to reporters Friday at the legislative building in Regina, the Opp...
Apr 23, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. to review new NACI recommendation on AstraZeneca
The latest change to age eligibility for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in Canada may not make much of a difference to Saskatchewan's rollout right now. On Friday, the National Advisory Committee on I...
Apr 23, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...