Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Conditions apply as Saskatchewan prepares to open care homes to more visitors
Saskatchewan is loosening visitation restrictions at long-term and personal care homes. On Thursday, the provincial government announced that, starting April 29, residents of those facilities will be ...
Apr 22, 2021
Some Sask. pharmacies set to participate in COVID vaccination pilot project
Some Saskatchewan pharmacists are preparing to push plungers in the fight against COVID-19. On Thursday, the provincial government announced a few details about a pilot project that will see up to 63 ...
Apr 22, 2021 (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)
'Just ask questions': A registered nurse discusses vaccine hesitancy
Thousands of people across Saskatchewan are rolling up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine every day, but not everyone is completely convinced about getting the shot. So how do public health official...
Apr 22, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Driving change: $85M in highway projects on spring tender schedule in Sask.
More than $85 million worth of work is to be done on Saskatchewan's highways under the provincial government's spring tender schedule. Among the projects up for tender are: Highway 3 twinning west of ...
Apr 22, 2021 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
Expert says Saskatchewan should consider more targeted vaccine plan as variants surge
SASKATOON - Nazeem Muhajarine says he feels a sense of relief after receiving his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at a centre in Saskatoon. "It was just so well-organized and run. I felt co...
Apr 22, 2021
Provincial update on COVID-19, 3 p.m.
Everett Hindley -- Saskatchewan's minister for mental health, addictions, seniors and rural and remote health -- is to provide an update Thursday on the province's response to COVID-19. Listen live he...
Apr 22, 2021
Latest COVID update April 21: 4 deaths, 231 new cases, 365,001 total vaccinations
Four people from the Regina region are the latest Saskatchewan residents to die due to COVID-19. In its daily update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported one person in each of the 30-to-39, 40-t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
21,000+ COVID vaccination appointments cancelled due to 'erratic' Moderna shipments
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says more than 21,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments — mainly in rural Saskatchewan — have been cancelled over the past couple of months, primarily because...
Apr 21, 2021
Saskatchewan truckers to get COVID vaccine jabs south of the border
Saskatchewan truckers will join in on a cross-border COVID-19 vaccine agreement between Manitoba and North Dakota. Manitoba and North Dakota have agreed to vaccinate truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. ...
Apr 21, 2021
Parent Central website to provide families with info about child care
Families looking for information about child care in Saskatchewan now have a website to help them find it. On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government and the United Way announced the creation of an onl...
Apr 21, 2021 The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced $23.5 million in funding for 2,349 new child care spaces across the province. (Canadian Press file photo)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...