Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Ombudsman says inmates being denied fair process
The inmate discipline system at Saskatchewan correctional centres was among the key highlights of the provincial ombudsman's 2019 report. Under legislation, inmates are entitled to a full and fair hea...
Apr 29, 2020 Of the total 579 corrections-related complaints received by the provincial ombudsman last year, 51 were regarding the Pine Grove Correctional Centre. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Fire bans issued southwest of Saskatoon
With temperatures rising and fields drying up, fire bans are coming into effect west and southwest of Saskatoon. The rural municipalities of Vanscoy and Montrose issued fire bans Tuesday afternoon, pr...
Apr 29, 2020
Saskatchewan announces one new COVID-19 case, three more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday -- its lowest such number in more than a week. The last time Saskatchewan had just one case was April 20. The new case, which is in ...
Apr 28, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan announces one new COVID-19 case, three more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday — its lowest such number in more than a week. The last time Saskatchewan had just one case was April 20. The new case, which i...
Apr 28, 2020
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)
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 26
Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...