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
Two new COVID-19 cases, nine more recoveries; Sask. extends state of emergency
Despite another day with a low number of new COVID-19 cases, the Government of Saskatchewan on Thursday extended the provincial state of emergency for another two weeks. "While new case numbers remain...
May 28, 2020 Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
New helium purification facility to be built in southwest Sask.
The largest helium purification operation in Canada is set to be built in Saskatchewan. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government announced the facility is to be built near Battle Creek i...
May 28, 2020 The provincial government said Saskatchewan, as Canada's leading helium producer, supplies about three per cent of the total worldwide supply of the resource. (North American Helium/Facebook)
Saskatchewan reports two more deaths due to COVID-19; total now at 10
For the first time in nearly two months, Saskatchewan has reported two COVID-19-related deaths on the same day. The provincial government announced Wednesday two people from the far north — a pe...
May 27, 2020
Saskatchewan reports two more deaths due to COVID-19; total now at 10
For the first time in nearly two months, Saskatchewan has reported two COVID-19-related deaths on the same day. The provincial government announced Wednesday two people from the far north -- a person ...
May 27, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan looking to appoint its own chief firearms officer
Saskatchewan has started the process of finding its own chief firearms officer (CFO). In a media release Wednesday, the provincial government announced it was beginning a search for a new CFO, who his...
May 27, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports eighth death due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan has recorded its eighth death due to COVID-19 - and another death is under investigation. In a media release Tuesday, the Government of Saskatchewan said a resident in their 50s from the ...
May 26, 2020
Saskatchewan reports eighth death due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan has recorded its eighth death due to COVID-19 - and another death is under investigation. In a media release Tuesday, the Government of Saskatchewan said a resident in their 50s from the ...
May 26, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Upgrades coming to some provincial parks in Saskatchewan
A number of Saskatchewan's provincial parks are set to get new features. In a media release Tuesday, the Government of Saskatchewan announced it was investing $10.3 million in renewal projects in prov...
May 26, 2020
Sask. party bus company awaits clarification on when it can reopen
As more Saskatchewan businesses get ready to open in Phase 3 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, Sylvia Spicer still has no idea when her business could get up and running once again. Spicer is the owne...
May 26, 2020 (Party On Entertainment Ltd./Facebook)
‘Safety is key’ says Saskatoon pub owner and GM preparing to open in just two weeks
As Winston’s Pub and Grill’s general manager slides heavy bar stools across the floor two at at time, he explains how different his establishment is going to look and feel come June 8. Tha...
May 25, 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
8:30 - As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose cri...