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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Latest COVID update Jan. 18: 4 deaths, 290 new cases, 210 in hospital
Saskatchewan reported four more deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday as well as 290 new cases. Two people in their 70s died -- one in the Saskatoon zone and one in the far northwest. The other deaths were...
Jan 18, 2021 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Workplace fatality leads to $35K fine for Regina company
A Regina company has been fined a total of $35,000 in connection with a workplace fatality that occurred nearly two years ago. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, the i...
Jan 18, 2021
Sask. junior hockey teams grateful for provincial bailout amid ‘astronomical’ costs
Staff in charge of business operations for Saskatchewan’s junior hockey teams are taking a deep breath after the province committed $4 million to the WHL and SJHL on Friday. It might be the firs...
Jan 18, 2021
‘Not a question of if’: Sask. releases its mass fatality plan
The Saskatchewan Coroners Service is releasing its first mass fatality plan, a plan created thanks to recommendations spurred by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. In 2018, Clive Weighill released his re...
Jan 18, 2021 Former Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighill releases his report and makes 44 recommendations for the Office of the Chief Coroner. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Steve Molnar, former Roughriders fullback, dies at age 73
Saturday was a sad day for Saskatchewan Roughriders fans as iconic fullback Steve Molnar died at age 73. Molnar, originally from Saskatoon, played for the CFL team from 1969 to 1978. He backed up the ...
Jan 17, 2021 (Twitter/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Regina woman steps up for seniors impacted by alleged scam
A man allegedly scammed people at a Regina care home around the holidays, supposedly tricking them into paying for over 80 gift baskets. Then, he didn't deliver the orders. However, a local woman deci...
Jan 16, 2021 Amanda Bruce, owner of Wheat Queens and Prairie Things. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Jan. 15: 4 deaths, 382 new cases, 210 in hospital
While vaccinations continue to pick up speed, Saskatchewan is seeing higher numbers of new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths. COVID-related fatalities are being reported in the 60-to-69 age g...
Jan 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Power being restored across Saskatchewan
The light bulbs were going on for more and more Saskatchewan residents Friday. As of Thursday at 10 p.m., SaskPower reported there were roughly 16,000 customers without power across the province due t...
Jan 15, 2021
NITHA working through vaccination challenges facing Saskatchewan’s north
Some of Saskatchewan’s worst-hit COVID locations throughout the pandemic have been located within the northern portion of the province. Now that the vaccines have made it to Saskatchewan, health...
Jan 14, 2021
Saskatchewan Hockey Association ‘unlikely’ to resume games before end of March
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) isn’t expecting games to resume before the end of the season due to COVID-19 restrictions. The provincial governing body of hockey in Saskatchewan updat...
Jan 14, 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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...