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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NDP promises to spend more on health care, Sask. Party focuses on benefits for kids
As the election campaign continues, both major provincial political parties are making another set of promises. The NDP is promising to spend more on health care. If elected, the party would spend $10...
Oct 05, 2020
Fire prevention week focuses on kitchen safety
Fire prevention week kicked off on Sunday in Regina. This year's theme, Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen, encourages safe kitchen practices. Cooking has been the leading cause of fires in Regina fo...
Oct 05, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Five new COVID-19 cases, no new recoveries announced Sunday
As of Sunday, the province has announced five new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The new cases were announced in the Saskatoon (1), central-east (1), Regina (1) and southeast (2) regions. There ar...
Oct 04, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan adds 13 new COVID-19 cases, 10 recoveries
There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the province. In the province's daily update Friday, it announced there were new cases in Saskatoon (6), north-central (1), northeast (1), central-east (4) and so...
Oct 02, 2020
Large number of mail-in ballots expected in upcoming election
Elections Saskatchewan is preparing for an election like no other. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Elections Saskatchewan is anticipating more people than ever will take advantage of the many different ...
Oct 02, 2020
NDP commits $150 million to education, addressing overstaffing and mental health supports
The Saskatchewan NDP has launched its first education promise of the 2020 campaign season. In front of Lawson Heights School in the Saskatoon Northwest riding Thursday, NDP candidate Gillian Strange t...
Oct 01, 2020
‘We have to keep them alive:’ Safe consumption site opens without provincial funding
There was no celebration, there was no grand opening, but there was plenty of relief as the doors of Saskatchewan's first safe consumption site opened Thursday in Saskatoon. "It's our first day. We di...
Oct 01, 2020
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)
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
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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