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Canada adds 378,000 jobs in September, accelerating growth from August
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country added 378,000 jobs in September as Canadians adapted to back-to-school routines and their parents went back to work. The overall gains in September brought ...
Oct 09, 2020
Sask. reports 18 new COVID cases; total goes over 2,000 mark
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Saskatchewan since March went over the 2,000 mark Thursday, when 18 new cases were reported. Six of the new cases are in the Saskatoon area, with three in the ...
Oct 08, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in lockdown following 5 positive COVID-19 cases
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, which governs eight northern Saskatchewan communities, is under full lockdown after positive COVID-19 cases. According to Chief Peter Beatty, two of its eight communi...
Oct 08, 2020
Curling’s top athletes to stay in Sask., out-of-province travel not permitted for ‘purpose of sport:’ CurlSask
Saskatchewan's professional curlers won't be able to compete outside of the province's borders this upcoming season. That's according to CurlSask executive director Ashley Howard. She told 650 CKOM on...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. Party unveils more support for diabetes patients throughout Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents with diabetes could possibly be receiving more support if the Saskatchewan Party is re-elected. The Sask. Party promised Wednesday to expand eligibility under the Saskatchewan I...
Oct 07, 2020 Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe speaks during a media conference in Regina promising that if re-elected, his party would provide more support for Saskatchewan residents suffering from Type 1 diabetes. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 10 new COVID cases, 11 more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday along with 11 recoveries. The new cases -- four in the Saskatoon area, three in the Regina region and one in each of the central-west, centr...
Oct 07, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Meili promises to cut surgical wait times with new $60M facility
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili stood in front of an empty field on Wednesday near Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Regina to show how he wants to spend $60 million. Meili said that field is where the S...
Oct 07, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks at a campaign announcement in Regina on Oct. 7, 2020. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Sask. adds 16 new COVID cases, 20 more recoveries
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer is suggesting residents reconsider the number of contacts they have to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. In a media release Tuesday -- when the prov...
Oct 06, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
‘Why did it happen?’ Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother's dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their car wa...
Oct 06, 2020
U of R professor discusses parties digging up dirt on social media
A political science professor believes digging up social media posts and past actions on candidates from your opponent's party is the modern version of classic attack ads. Recently, both the NDP and t...
Oct 05, 2020
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Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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