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Sask. adds 14 new COVID cases, nine recoveries to totals
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is on the rise, but the province's top doctor isn't calling it a surge. Saskatchewan reported 14 new COVID-19 cases for a second straight day Thursd...
Oct 01, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Restoring people's faith in democracy': Sask. Green Party leader has big ambitions
It might be a small party, but it has big ambitions. The Saskatchewan Green Party is hitting the ground running for the Oct. 26 provincial election. In 2016, Green candidates got 7,967 votes, making u...
Oct 01, 2020 Saskatchewan Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter poses with an electoral map on Sept. 30, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)Â
Saskatchewan’s first safe consumption site set to open
Saskatchewan’s first safe consumption site is set to open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The facility is operated by Prairie Harm Reduction, which is the new name of AIDS Saskatoon. The consumption sit...
Oct 01, 2020
14 new COVID cases reported in Sask., along with 13 recoveries
Saskatchewan went over the 1,900 mark in total COVID-19 cases Wednesday, when 14 new cases were reported. Eight of the new cases were in the Saskatoon area. There were two in each of the central-east ...
Sep 30, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
6 of 7 new COVID cases in Regina area; 18 more recoveries reported
The Regina region had six of the seven new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday by the Saskatchewan government. The Regina area has recorded 50 cases since Sept. 1; the region's total to date now stands at...
Sep 29, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
U of R prof offers insight into provincial election campaign
With the writ dropping Tuesday, the province has jumped into a political race that's to last the next four weeks. Jim Farney, an associate professor of politics and international studies at the Univer...
Sep 29, 2020
Writ drops; Saskatchewan election campaign underway
And they're off. After visiting Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty at Government House on Tuesday morning, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe officially announced the Saskatchewan election campaign is underway. T...
Sep 29, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Border services seize guns, other weapons at North Portal crossing
The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers seized 18 undeclared guns at the North Portal border crossing this summer -- many of which belonged to American citizens on their way to Alaska. In ...
Sep 28, 2020 (Canada Border Services Agency/Submitted)
3 outbreaks declared in Yorkton; Sask. reports 14 new COVID cases, 9 recoveries
Three COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared in Yorkton and the province's top doctor says cases could keep going up. The Saskatchewan government said Monday there have been outbreaks at Yorkton Region...
Sep 28, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Chief medical health officer explains fall COVID guidelines
There's a lot going on in the fall, whether it's Thanksgiving, Halloween or Remembrance Day. Staying healthy during get-togethers is a matter of following the same principles that got Saskatchewan thr...
Sep 28, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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