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Saskatchewan records 14 more recoveries, four new COVID-19 cases
With only four new cases of COVID-19 reported by the provincial government and 14 more recoveries, the number of active cases in Saskatchewan continues to decline. However, that doesn’t mean the...
Apr 21, 2020
Saskatchewan records 14 more recoveries, four new COVID-19 cases
With only four new cases of COVID-19 reported by the provincial government and 14 more recoveries, the number of active cases in Saskatchewan continues to decline. However, that doesn't mean the Saska...
Apr 21, 2020 (File photo by Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
SHA steps up plans for protecting long-term care facilities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is taking more steps to strengthen its response to the threat of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in the province. On Tuesday, the SHA announced it's working toward w...
Apr 21, 2020 (File photo by Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Meili 'dusting off the stethoscope' to help at testing facility during COVID-19 crisis
NDP leader Ryan Meili is heading back to the doctor's chair to help fight on the front-lines of the COVID-19 crisis. The former family physician says he's renewed his license and has started work at a...
Apr 20, 2020
Historic crash in oil prices prompts calls for federal support to industry
Oil prices crashed into negative territory for the first time in history Monday, with the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ending the day at minus-$30 a barrel. That has sparked a call from indu...
Apr 20, 2020
‘I think there’s reason to be optimistic’: VIDO- InterVac’s Dr. Scott Napper on COVID-19 vaccine
Even with the best-case scenarios, a potential COVID-19 vaccine is several months to a year or more away, says VIDO-InterVac's Dr. Scott Napper. In the meantime, scientists like those at Saskatoon's V...
Apr 20, 2020
One new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported one new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries Monday. It's the 12th straight day that the number of new cases has been in single digits. The string of good case numbers over the...
Apr 20, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Retired RCMP officer stunned to hear of rampage in Nova Scotia
The news of the mass killings in Nova Scotia on the weekend hit Regina resident Paul Dawson doubly hard. As a retired Mountie, Dawson was saddened by the terrible loss of life -- including that of RCM...
Apr 20, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports two new cases of COVID-19, bringing total to 315
Saskatchewan reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total in the province to 315. The number of recoveries remained constant at 234 and combined with four deaths since the pandemic...
Apr 19, 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)
Saskatchewanderer turns to virtual world due to COVID-19
Leah Mertz was expecting to do a lot more wandering around the province in 2020. The Saskatoon resident was selected as this year’s Saskatchewanderer, but like many others during the COVID-19 pa...
Apr 18, 2020 Leah Mertz was named the 2020 Saskatchewanderer. (Saskatchewanderer/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
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