Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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NDP’s call for phase two of Re-Open plan to be paused, supported by stylists
Saskatchewan’s Re-Open plan began phase one on Monday for most of the province but as cases of COVID-19 continue to grow in the north the opposition NDP wants phase two to be put on the back bur...
May 07, 2020
19 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more recoveries in Sask.; Lloydminster gets green light to reopen
The far north has overtaken Saskatoon as the provincial hotspot for COVID-19. In a media release Thursday, the Government of Saskatchewan said there were 19 new cases in the province - 15 of them in t...
May 07, 2020 Minister of Health Jim Reiter, left, and Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Premier says government’s budgeting allowed for infrastructure spending
One day after announcing an infrastructure top up for municipalities, Premier Scott Moe touted how the Saskatchewan Party government's handling of the province's finances over the last four years allo...
May 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Moe says fall election will happen under the 'new normal'
Predicting what's going to happen just a couple of weeks from now can be difficult, let alone what might happen in six months due to COVID-19. But planning still is underway for the fall provincial el...
May 06, 2020
Moe announces $7.5B stimulus plan for Saskatchewan economy
The Government of Saskatchewan is dipping into its coffers to try to pull the province's economy out of its COVID-19 slump. Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday announced the details of a two-year capital p...
May 06, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
25 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; SHA declares outbreak at Meadow Lake Hospital
The Saskatchewan Health Authority declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Meadow Lake Hospital on Wednesday, shortly before the provincial government announced there were 25 new cases in Saskatchewan. In Mead...
May 06, 2020
25 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; SHA declares outbreak at Meadow Lake Hospital
The Saskatchewan Health Authority declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Meadow Lake Hospital on Wednesday, shortly before the provincial government announced there were 25 new cases in Saskatchewan. In Mead...
May 06, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
‘We don’t support it:’ Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation reacts to federal gun ban
The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) isn't pleased with the federal decision Friday to ban certain firearms. The ban covers 1,500 models and variants of what the federal government considers 'as...
May 06, 2020
Event planner offers “virtual gala” as new option for organizations to consider
When group gatherings of 10 or more people were banned in Saskatchewan because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Katelyn Cochlan and her partner Barbi Peterson saw nearly every wedding, corporate event, confe...
May 06, 2020
Online intermission: Saskatchewan performers go online to sing
For once, the show really must not go on. But as curtains closed on stages across the world for an indefinite intermission due to COVID-19, performers of all ages and abilities have turned their creat...
May 06, 2020 The last cast photo taken of the Do It With Class Young People’s theatre production of Matilda the Musical before the COVID-19 pandemic began in Saskatchewan. Now the same young people are performing separately in a Homebound Concert Series. (DIWC/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...