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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New COVID restrictions now in effect in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents woke up Thursday to new measures the provincial government hopes will limit the spread of COVID-19. As of 12:01 a.m., masks became mandatory in all indoor public places in the p...
Nov 19, 2020 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation investigating shooting of livestock
Saskatchewan has been experiencing an upward trend in the criminal shooting of livestock this year. Due to an abundance of reported incidents, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) and Saskatchew...
Nov 18, 2020
Broadview's Union Hospital handling COVID cases
Broadview's Union Hospital hasn't been operating as a full-fledged hospital for more than a year due to staffing issues. Without the ability to provide acute care or emergency room services, the facil...
Nov 18, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Lockdowns, border security and social media: How Sask.’s Indigenous communities are tackling COVID
Regardless of where you are located within the province, the COVID response has differed. The same can be said within Saskatchewan's 72 Indigenous communities. From partial to full lockdowns to an inc...
Nov 18, 2020
Meili calls for three-week lockdown in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili wants a "circuit-breaker" lockdown. He said a three-week lockdown could be instrumental in getting COVID-19 under control in the province. "We're calling on the gove...
Nov 18, 2020 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks about the Sask. Party's current COVID-19 restrictions on Nov. 18, 2020. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Nov. 18
Another Saskatchewan resident has died after testing positive for COVID-19. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said a person in their 60s who lived in the province's northeast...
Nov 18, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
School boards pleased with work of COVID measures so far
When the Saskatchewan government implemented stricter measures Tuesday to help curb the spread of COVID-19, schools were noticeably absent from the list of affected businesses. Despite cases being ide...
Nov 18, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Manitoba-style shutdown not necessary in Saskatchewan, Moe says
When it comes to Saskatchewan's new COVID-19 restrictions, Premier Scott Moe said he wants to avoid a scenario like the one playing out in Manitoba, where non-essential businesses like restaurants and...
Nov 18, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan gyms looking to stay open
Saskatchewan gym owners are coming together to ensure gyms stay open despite rising COVID-19 cases in the province. Jolene de Vries and her husband, Edward, are both gym owners in southeastern Saskatc...
Nov 18, 2020 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Visitation suspended in Saskatchewan care homes
A Saskatchewan doctor hopes new visitation measures will help diminish the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan care homes. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced tighter restrictions for car...
Nov 17, 2020
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 ...