Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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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
School divisions still waiting on province to implement rapid testing
School divisions across Saskatchewan continue to wait on the province for directions on what to do with rapid test stockpiles collecting dust. Nearly a month after saying it was sending roughly 100,00...
Apr 16, 2021
Moe remains against a carbon tax in wake of Conservative announcement
When it comes to a carbon tax on fuel, Premier Scott Moe isn't changing his answer: His party still isn't in favour of it. "It's a cost on families and a cost on our small business and farmers here in...
Apr 15, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...