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...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Jamie Nye: WHL approval in Alberta doesn't mean a sure thing elsewhere
Alberta has given the OK for the Western Hockey League. Tight COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta have dropped active case counts. Hospitalizations are going down in Alberta as well. Saskatchewan has jus...
Jan 29, 2021
Stats Cocktails & Dreams prepared to fight COVID ticket
The owner of Stats Cocktails & Dreams Bar and Grill is shocked by the $14,000 fine the Regina establishment got for failing to abide by COVID-19 public health orders -- and she plans to fight the ...
Jan 28, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Jan. 28: 11 deaths, 244 new cases
The death toll in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 rose to 285 on Thursday, when the provincial government announced the deaths of 11 residents. Six people in the 80-and-over age group -- four from the Re...
Jan 28, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Natural gas leak shuts down highways at Leader
The intersection of highways 21 and 32 in Leader has been closed due to a natural gas leak. In a media release Thursday, the RCMP said the intersection was closed to allow SaskEnergy crews to repair a...
Jan 28, 2021
Saskatchewan legislature's spring session to begin April 6
The spring session of Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly is expected to begin April 6. In a media release Thursday, the Saskatchewan government said Premier Scott Moe had written to the Speaker askin...
Jan 28, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan senior reflects on winters from her childhood
A lot has changed in the past 70 to 80 years, including how Saskatchewan residents approach winter. For people who have experienced their fair share of cold stretches over the years, a few days of -40...
Jan 27, 2021 Pat Trask pictured at Christmas. (Jan Trask/Submitted)
Sask. pharmacist says full report needed for possible COVID colchicine treatment
While there might be some good news on the COVID-19 front regarding medication, a Saskatchewan pharmacist says we need to have all the facts first. A study out of Quebec is claiming colchicine could b...
Jan 27, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 27: 6 deaths, 149 new cases, 220 in hospital
Saskatchewan reported its highest-ever total of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 on Wednesday while also reporting its lowest total of new cases in nearly a month. There are 220 people in Saska...
Jan 27, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
$7.5 million from province, feds heading to Sask. livestock and forage research
The federal and provincial governments are giving a boost to livestock and forage research in Saskatchewan. According to a Wednesday media release from the province, $7.5 million will head to the Agri...
Jan 27, 2021
Province ‘taking a good step’ in discontinuing birth alerts: Tribal Chief Arcand
As of next Monday, the Province of Saskatchewan will be discontinuing the practice of birth alerts. Birth alerts are notifications that would be sent to a mother’s file prior to labour if the mo...
Jan 27, 2021
OPINION
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...