Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Five new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; Saskatoon outbreak declared over
Saskatchewan reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The new cases - four in the far north and one in the Saskatoon area - increased the total number of cases in the province to date to 751. Th...
Jun 22, 2020
55 projects identified for first phase of MEEP funding
Projects ranging in cost from $2,000 for dust control on the streets of Ridgedale to $1.65 million for the Estevan Police Service administrative building are set to receive funding from the Saskatchew...
Jun 22, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Clare's Law to take effect without RCMP participation: Province
Clare's Law is set to come into force in Saskatchewan, but one police service has indicated it won't participate in the protocol. On Monday, the provincial government issued a media release about the ...
Jun 22, 2020 Sask. Justice Minister Don Morgan (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Baseball and soccer are back in Saskatchewan
Two popular sports are allowed to start up Monday in Saskatchewan. As part of Phase 4.1 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, soccer and baseball are allowed to start up. “It’s better to start...
Jun 22, 2020
‘Help Wanted’: Family says short-staffing in long-term care leaves residents waiting
Watching her mother in long-term care was one of the hardest things Dianne Morgan has ever had to deal with. Among other incidents, toward the end of her life, Morgan's mother developed extensive bed ...
Jun 22, 2020
Sask. reports 20 new cases of COVID-19, most located in South region
Twenty new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Sunday, bringing the total to 746. The majority of the new cases - 18 of them - were in the South region, while two were in the Far North....
Jun 21, 2020
Sask. reports 20 new cases of COVID-19, most located in South region
Twenty new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Sunday, bringing the total to 746. The majority of the new cases - 18 of them - were in the South region, while two were in the Far North....
Jun 21, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Summer overnight camps transitioning to day camps for 2020 season
Kids can look forward to campfires and canoeing on the lake once again with the reopening of summer camps. Under Phase 4.1 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, day camps may reopen in the province beginn...
Jun 21, 2020 (Photo credit/Kedleston Gospel Camp)
More than 17 million empties already processed by SARCAN in the five days since reopening
After a nearly three month long closure, people are sure eager to get their empties back to SARCAN. So much so, that Communications Manager Sean Homenick says more than 17 million cans, bottles and ca...
Jun 19, 2020
Landlords risk losing properties as delinquent rent soars to $30M during pandemic
A Saskatchewan group that advocates for landlords says some owners are considering foreclosure and bankruptcy due to tenants withholding rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Officer for the Sa...
Jun 19, 2020
OPINION
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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...