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...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Infrastructure improvements planned for some provincial parks
Upgrades are coming to some provincial parks in southern Saskatchewan. The provincial government said Wednesday it's investing nearly $8 million in infrastructure improvements to parks in the south as...
Aug 12, 2020 (Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park/Facebook)
‘Busiest time in our history’: SARCAN sees record numbers in July
July was a record-breaking month for SARCAN, obliterating its previous record of containers taken in by more than 10 million. "It's been the busiest time in our history," said Sean Homenick, SARCAN's ...
Aug 11, 2020
Saskatoon COVID-19 researcher responds to Russia’s vaccine announcement
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. It hasn't taken long for that decision to be met with a fair amount of skepticism from experts around the world and here at ho...
Aug 11, 2020
Sask. gov’t updates school masking recommendations, won’t implement province-wide policy
Saskatchewan's provincial government provided new guidance Tuesday for school divisions that plan to implement mandatory mask use when classes resume in the fall. But Education Minister Gord Wyant and...
Aug 11, 2020 Education Minister Gord Wyant. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 29 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 in the Saskatoon region
There were 29 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, with 17 of them in the Saskatoon zone. In a media release, the provincial government said 11 of those 17 cases were from a comm...
Aug 11, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province reveals plan for students, staff with COVID-19 symptoms at school
When Saskatchewan schools open this fall, they'll have isolation areas for students and staff members who display COVID-19 symptoms while in the building. As part of the Safe Schools Plan, the provinc...
Aug 10, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Uko family, NDP calling for public inquiry into Saskatchewan suicides
The Saskatchewan NDP and the family of Samwel Uko have joined forces to call for a public inquiry into suicides in Saskatchewan, as well as into Uko's death. "We cannot continue in this way in Saskatc...
Aug 10, 2020
Saskatchewan reports five new COVID-19 cases, eight more recoveries
The Government of Saskatchewan reported five new COVID-19 cases Monday, the lowest single-day total in three weeks. The last time the case numbers were that low was July 19, when there also were five ...
Aug 10, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
15 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more recoveries reported in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported 15 new COVID-19 cases, and 12 newly recovered cases on Sunday. There are five new cases in the Regina region, one in the northwest, one in the Saskatoon region, one in the centra...
Aug 09, 2020
24 new cases, 24 recoveries of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported 24 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. There are 11 new cases in the Regina region, three in the North Central, three in the Saskatoon region, one in the South West, and five in the ...
Aug 08, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A staged photo op in Team Canada jerseys can't hide the political cracks
As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hi...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 27
Evan Bray talks about Saskatoon's response to the extreme heat, the government's decision to sell the Information Servic...