Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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This year’s flu strain more severe for seniors: province
Saskatchewan is getting ready to combat the flu once again. The influenza vaccine will be offered in the province beginning Oct. 23. The vaccine will be available in a wide variety of places including...
Oct 20, 2017
Sask. government changing corporate tax plan
Premier Brad Wall is indicating the planned changes to the corporate income tax rate won't go ahead. Talking to reporters at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday, Wall said the change wasn't necessar...
Oct 20, 2017
Wildfires 'primarily contained', no cause determined yet
Two main fires that burned in the southwest part of Saskatchewan that resulted in evacuations, deaths and the loss of a number of structures look to be mostly under control according to an update prov...
Oct 19, 2017 Wildfire still smouldering near the Village of Empress Oct. 18, 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Sask. communities survey damage, mourn Alberta firefighter
People in and around Leader and Burstall, Sask. were cleaning up damage from heavy winds and wildfires Wednesday, and paying their respects to an Alberta firefighter who died while helping to defend t...
Oct 19, 2017 Alberta volunteer firefighter James Hargrave (right) was killed in a vehicle collision while working to contain a wildfire just south of Burstall, Sask. Oct. 18, 2017.
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‘It will devastate the community:’ Alberta firefighter dies battling wildfire
A volunteer firefighter was killed and two men trying to beat back flames on their property were injured in wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and forced the evacua...
Oct 19, 2017
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Alberta fireman dies battling wildfire; 2 men injured in Saskatchewan
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Tuesday and forced the evacuation of several communities have taken a human toll. Offici...
Oct 18, 2017 Photo of smoke and fire posted by a farmer in the area hit by wildfires Oct. 17, 2017. (Michael/ Twitter @Michwol)
Wind, wildfires force people in Sask. to flee from homes
Wildfires combined with hurricane-force winds created a dangerous and deadly situation in several communities across Saskatchewan as hundreds of people were forced to flee from their homes. In a news ...
Oct 18, 2017 Aerial view of a farmyard north of the Village of Empress damaged in the wildfire Oct. 18 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Evacuees able to head home as of Wednesday morning
As of 10 p.m. the chief administrative officer and director of emergency preparedness in Kindersley, Bernie Morton said the fires near Leader are under control. Earlier the towns of Leader, Burstall a...
Oct 17, 2017 The St Paul Lutheran Church on the corner of Highway 321 and Maharg Avenue in Burstall, Sask. on Oct. 17, 2017. (Keldon K./Twitter)
Riders' Carter and Williams come to blows: reports
Eight little words from Duron Carter on Twitter sparked an evening of speculation around receiver's future with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. https://twitter.com/DC_CHILLIN_8/status/920062271941783552...
Oct 16, 2017 Duron Carter practices with the Saskatchewan Roughriders during 2017 spring training camp at SMF Field in Saskatoon. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...