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...
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‘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)
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
OPINION
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...