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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Gov't regulations aim to reduce vaping among young people in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is looking to reduce vaping among younger people in the province. On Monday, the government introduced new regulations which will restrict the sale of flavoured vapour prod...
Apr 19, 2021
Latest COVID update April 19: 357 recoveries, 243 new cases, no new deaths
Saskatchewan has reported its highest daily total of recoveries from COVID-19 in nearly three months. In its daily update Monday, the Ministry of Health said there were 357 recoveries -- the largest-s...
Apr 19, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. considering lowering age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government is "actively reviewing" the age restrictions for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. In a tweet Monday, Moe said the government was looking at lowering...
Apr 19, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update April 17: 249 new cases, 2 deaths, 10,490 vaccines administered
The number of patients in Saskatchewan's intensive care units due to COVID-19 has matched its all-time high. In a media release Saturday, the Ministry of Health said there were 47 COVID patients in IC...
Apr 17, 2021 Premier Scott Moe gets his first COVID-19 vaccination on April 15, 2021. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
Regina prison faces surging COVID outbreak
The Regina Correctional Centre (RCC) is facing an outbreak of roughly 150 active COVID cases. The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) is raising the alarm -- saying staff membe...
Apr 17, 2021
Merriman mulls options after Moderna cuts shipment; Moe says no to Ford
Saskatchewan got some good news and some bad news about COVID-19 vaccines Friday. The good news is that Canada is to receive eight million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine starting in May after the fe...
Apr 16, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (File photo/Submitted)
More Sask. health-care workers soon to be eligible for vaccinations
More of Saskatchewan's frontline health-care workers soon will be able to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccination. On Friday, the Ministry of Health announced some health-care workers who are...
Apr 16, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Aneroid's Patrick Marleau poised to break Gordie Howe's games record
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Growing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Saskatchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey from that province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau beli...
Apr 16, 2021 Patrick Marleau at a San Jose Sharks practice. (San Jose Sharks/Twitter)
Time to talk about pandemic 'finish line,' Moe says
One day after receiving his COVID-19 vaccination, Premier Scott Moe says now is the time to start talking about the pandemic's endpoint. "I think it's incumbent on leaders to now start having a conver...
Apr 16, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 variant increase 'imminent' in Saskatoon, says U of S researcher
Warnings about COVID-19 variants of concern rising in Saskatoon are now showing up in the lab. A team at the University of Saskatchewan that tracks the virus in the city's sewer system says the latest...
Apr 16, 2021
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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 - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...