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...
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19-year-old man from Alberta dies in crash near Pense
A 19-year-old man from Alberta was killed in a crash southeast of Pense on Monday morning. White Butte RCMP say it happened at about 4:30 a.m. The man's pickup truck was on a grid road when it "left t...
Apr 28, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan announces fifth death due to COVID-19
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan’s far north now includes the region’s first fatality due to the coronavirus. In a media release Monday, the Government of Saskatchewan conf...
Apr 27, 2020
Saskatchewan announces fifth death due to COVID-19
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan's far north now includes the region's first fatality due to the coronavirus. In a media release Monday, the Government of Saskatchewan confirmed a pers...
Apr 27, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Lawyers and advocates ponder the future of the jury system with COVID-19
CALGARY - The president of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers is worried the justice system will try to delay jury trials as it deals with COVID-19 at the expense of the rights of those ...
Apr 27, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
La Loche mayor says community elder with COVID-19 has died
The mayor of La Loche says a member of his community has passed away due to COVID-19. On Sunday afternoon, Robert St. Pierre told 650 CKOM that the death was an elder in the community. According to St...
Apr 26, 2020
Four new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, recoveries still at 288
Saskatchewan reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number to 353. Of those, three were found in the north and the other in Regina. The number of recoveries stayed the sam...
Apr 26, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 on March 18, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
English River FN makes ‘urgent call for support’ from province to help control COVID-19 spread
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread in the Far North region of Saskatchewan, the English River First Nation "is making an urgent call for support to help control and eradicate the current spr...
Apr 26, 2020
Regina's shop preparing to re-open as Saskatchewan to start lifting COVID-19 restrictions
Some businesses in Saskatchewan are getting ready to open their doors to customers once again. After weeks of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Government of Saskatchewan has an...
Apr 26, 2020
Saskatchewan expanding measures to battle COVID-19 in the far north
Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer signed a public health order Friday restricting all non-essential travel into the northern part of the province due to COVID-19. Dr. Saqib Shahab spok...
Apr 24, 2020
10 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more recoveries in Saskatchewan
For the first time in more than two weeks, Saskatchewan has reported double digits in new COVID-19 cases. The provincial government announced Friday that there were 10 new cases in the province, raisi...
Apr 24, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
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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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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 ...