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...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Latest COVID update Nov. 9
A person in their 80s from the north-central area of Saskatchewan has died after testing positive for COVID-19. The death -- the 29th connected to COVID in Saskatchewan since March -- was annou...
Nov 09, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Red Cross reminds people to keep emergency kits ready for storm
The Canadian Red Cross is reminding people to be prepared with a winter storm hitting Saskatchewan. The storm could drop between 20 and 50 centimetres -- eight to 20 inches -- of snow in various parts...
Nov 07, 2020
Latest COVID update Nov. 7
For the first time since Oct.11, two more Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, bringing the provincial total to 27 deaths. One person was in their 60's and was fro...
Nov 07, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Latest COVID update Nov. 6
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan went over the 900 mark for the first time Friday. In a media release, the Ministry of Health reported there were 87 new cases ...
Nov 06, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Government, partners relaunch Cold Weather Strategy
With the first significant winter storm of November expected this weekend, the Government of Saskatchewan and community-based organizations have launched the Cold Weather Strategy. In a media release ...
Nov 06, 2020
Mandatory masking order in effect for Sask.’s three largest cities
As of 12:01 a.m. Friday, people in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert will have to wear non-medical masks in public indoor spaces. It's a measure announced earlier this week by the premier and the pr...
Nov 06, 2020 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
Latest COVID update Nov. 5
Saskatchewan reported a record 129 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Technical issues at the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory resulted in just 37 new cases being reported Wednesday. But the Mini...
Nov 05, 2020
Three communities included in latest SHA advisory about COVID exposures
Stores and transit routes are on the list of locations where there may have been exposures to COVID-19, according to the latest advisory from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. On Thursday, the SHA sa...
Nov 05, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Cause of Torquay fire unknown, fire department says
A fire destroyed a grain elevator in Torquay early Wednesday morning. According to fire chief Monica Kovach, the blaze started shortly after midnight. "We're not sure what started everything. We just ...
Nov 05, 2020 Fire crews continue to work into the morning to suppress the fire started at the Torquay elevator. (Photo courtesy of Nadja Fisher.)
Latest COVID update Nov. 4
Saskatchewan recorded its lowest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in nearly two weeks Wednesday, but it appears technology played a factor. In a media release that said there were 37 new ...
Nov 04, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
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 ...