Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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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)
Moe set to needle federal government over vaccines
Scott Moe is pushing for a larger and more timely injection of COVID-19 vaccines into Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan's premier issued a statement Thursday saying he planned to press for more "clarity and ...
Feb 04, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
‘A shocking number:’ Suspected overdose deaths in January average more than one a day
Saskatchewan had 36 suspected overdose deaths in the month of January. That's according to the latest figures released by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. The numbers come on the heels of a record-s...
Feb 04, 2021
Saskatchewan staging free fishing weekend Feb. 13-15
The Family Day weekend will also be another free fishing weekend in Saskatchewan. The provincial government announced Thursday that from Feb. 13-15, residents and visitors to the province can fish wit...
Feb 04, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
SGI rebates possible; NDP calls surplus ‘suspicious’
By Glenn Hicks As the province's public insurer, SGI, sees a big mounting surplus in its reserve fund due to a sharp reduction in claims amid the COVID pandemic, the Crown corporation says it is ponde...
Feb 04, 2021
Latest COVID update Feb. 3: 8 deaths, 194 new cases, 252 recoveries
The Saskatchewan government has announced the deaths of eight more residents due to COVID-19. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported the deaths of three people in the 80-and-ove...
Feb 03, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SHA figuring out how to get the ‘best bang for your buck’ with rapid antigen COVID tests
Saskatchewan has received more than 370,000 COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the federal government, but has so far used fewer than 7,000 of them. A rapid antigen test differs from a PCR test, which ...
Feb 03, 2021
Temperatures set to sink in Saskatchewan
The mercury is about to plummet in Saskatchewan. "Be prepared for falling temperatures over the next several days," Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers said Wednesday morning, "because we ...
Feb 03, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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