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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)
Sask. adds 6 new COVID-19 cases, 6 recoveries
The provincial government announced six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Three are confirmed while three are considered presumptive Saturday’s numbers include the La Loche area cases tested to...
Apr 18, 2020
Scenarios say Sask. revenue could drop between $1.3B and $3.3B due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan's financial health has taken a turn for the worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government announced Friday that the economic impact of the virus will decrease 2020-21 reve...
Apr 17, 2020
Scenarios say Sask. revenue could drop between $1.3B and $3.3B due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan's financial health has taken a turn for the worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government announced Friday that the economic impact of the virus will decrease 2020-21 reve...
Apr 17, 2020 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province investigating potential COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes
One of the Saskatchewan government's biggest fears about COVID-19 -- a potential outbreak in a care home -- may have come to fruition. During a conference call with the media Friday, Saskatchewan's ch...
Apr 17, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Canadian oil and gas sector gets federal assistance
The federal government announced Friday significant funding to help the oil and gas sector in Canada. Speaking outside his Ottawa residence, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government will prov...
Apr 17, 2020
White Bear resort off limits to some cottage owners until June
The Saskatchewan government doesn’t want people travelling to cabins to practise physical distancing during COVID-19 and neither does the White Bear First Nation. The First Nation east of Weybur...
Apr 17, 2020
Dozens of Saskatchewan nurses receive emergency licences to help with COVID-19 fight
In the last several weeks, at least 60 non-practising or retired nurses have received their emergency licences, according to the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association's executive director, Cindy ...
Apr 17, 2020
Now's not the time to reopen economy or relax physical distancing measures: SUN
The analogy Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president Tracy Zambory describes is simple: You wouldn't go skating on a pond that has just started to freeze over or you'll fall through. You need to w...
Apr 16, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 1
8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...