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...
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No mussels found in Saskatchewan bodies of water in 2020
Saskatchewan's continued efforts to bulk up its defences against invasive mussels paid off in 2020. In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Environment said there weren't any invasive mussels found...
Feb 08, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Feb. 6: 4 deaths, 264 new cases, 2,412 vaccinations
For two consecutive days, there have been over 2000 vaccines administered in the province as 2,412 people in Saskatchewan received doses on Friday. There have now been 41,254 vaccines delivered throug...
Feb 06, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Latest COVID update Feb. 5: 3 deaths, 269 new cases, 7 fines issued
After slowing to a trickle due to production slowdowns, COVID-19 vaccines once again are flowing in Saskatchewan. In a media release Friday, the Ministry of Health said there were 2,099 vaccina...
Feb 05, 2021
Suicide rate down in Sask., attributed to ‘pulling together phenomenon’
While there has been a lot of bad news coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems fewer people have decided to take their lives into their own hands. Deaths by suicide were down about 35 per cent i...
Feb 05, 2021 (Tyler Black)
WSA forecasts below-normal spring runoff in southern Sask.
Southern Saskatchewan could see a large dropoff in the spring runoff compared to other years. In its preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2021, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said most areas in sout...
Feb 05, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Canadian economy lost 213,000 jobs in January; Sask. job numbers rise
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy lost almost 213,000 jobs in January as employment fell to the lowest level since August last year, wiping out the gains made in the fall. The unemp...
Feb 05, 2021 (Canadian Press file photo)
St. Louis mayor not happy with SHA release about COVID exposure risk
By Caitlyn Lepp Marc Caron is taking issue with a media release issued by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). On Wednesday, the SHA said there was an increased risk of COVID-19 exposure in the vi...
Feb 04, 2021
Schools, organizations celebrate Black History Month
Schools and organizations alike are celebrating Black History Month in unique ways this February. Carol LaFayette-Boyd is the executive director of the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum (S...
Feb 04, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Feb. 4: 7 deaths, 250 new cases, 723 vaccinations
The death toll in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 rose to 329 on Thursday, when the provincial government announced seven fatalities. Two residents of the Saskatoon area in the 80-and-over age gro...
Feb 04, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Another case of UK COVID variant found in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has its third case of a COVID-19 variant. In a media release Thursday, the Ministry of Health reported another case of the U.K. variant had been detected, this time in a resident of the S...
Feb 04, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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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
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...