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Federal budget lacking details for provincial leadership
In a change from previous years, Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer learned the details of the federal budget at the same time as the rest of the country. Normally, the...
Apr 19, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'Truly historic:' Budget calls for child-care costs to fall to $10 a day
Lindsey Robinet knows the struggles parents face when dealing with child care. When she was raising her three boys - now aged 18, 16 and 13 - child care was a cost that came down to some tough decisio...
Apr 19, 2021
Regina doctor urges people to get AstraZeneca vaccine if eligibility changes
As Saskatchewan ponders lowering the minimum age for the AstraZeneca vaccine, one Regina doctor is asking people to not wait to vaccinate. Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario already have decided to lower t...
Apr 19, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
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)
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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