Murray Wood: Why is the name of a man shot and killed by police not released?
It happened two years ago. The Serious Incident Response Team investigated. Murray Wood says the police were rightly cle...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Shahab reflects on first six months of pandemic in Saskatchewan
Six months ago, many people in Saskatchewan had never heard of terms like social distancing or effective reproductive number. They never considered wearing a face mask to the grocery store. Things hav...
Sep 11, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Shahab discusses recent increase in COVID advisories, school-age testing numbers
Nearly every day this week, a new advisory has been released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority about possible COVID-19 exposures at businesses. There were advisories issued for locations in Saskato...
Sep 10, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Do More Ag continuing mental health efforts through pandemic into harvest
The Do More Agriculture Foundation has been busy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting its resources to an online basis to ensure it can continue to bring mental health awareness to producers acr...
Sep 09, 2020
Environment ministry asking hunters to submit animals’ heads for CWD testing
As part of the Government of Saskatchewan's Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program, the Ministry of Environment is asking hunters to bring in heads of moose, deer and elk from hunting seas...
Sep 09, 2020
One new COVID case, no new recoveries in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government reported just one new case of COVID-19 but no new recoveries on Wednesday. It's the second time in four days that there hasn't been a recovery reported. There have been jus...
Sep 09, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Microbiologist warns against complacency despite success with COVID-19
Despite low case numbers of COVID-19, Dr. Joseph Blondeau warned the public not to get complacent and to continue following public health guidelines. The University of Saskatchewan microbiologist said...
Sep 09, 2020
Sask. municipalities about to receive federal funding
Municipalities in Saskatchewan are about to get more than $70 million in federal funding. In a media release Wednesday, the provincial government announced Saskatchewan's share of the federal Safe Res...
Sep 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Two teens dead after canoe flips in Wollaston Lake
Two teens, 18- and 16-years-old died after their canoe flipped on Wollaston Lake. According to a release from RCMP, on Monday night, around 10:30 p.m., Wollaston Lake RCMP received a report of three m...
Sep 08, 2020
Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility opens in Regina
People concerned they might have COVID-19 now have a new way to get tested that could make things a bit easier. In Regina on Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority opened the province's ...
Sep 08, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SHA warns of potential COVID exposures in four towns
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising the public of potential COVID-19 exposures at businesses in Pilot Butte, Watrous, Waskesiu and Wakaw after two individuals tested positive. According to t...
Sep 08, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't pic...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 28
8:30 - Premier Scott Moe joins Evan following the Western Premiers' meeting, as conversations around Alberta separation ...