Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Canada names futsal roster for CONCACAF qualifier in Guatemala
Veteran Ian Bennett, named MVP of the Major Arena Soccer League this season, leads Canada's roster for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship next month in Guatemala. The 14-country tournament, postponed fr...
Apr 23, 2021
Latest COVID update April 23: 245 new cases, 1 death, 52 patients in Saskatchewan ICUs
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan intensive care units reached an all-time high Friday. There are 52 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs, an increase of four from Thursday's report fro...
Apr 23, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Boucher diagnosed with sprained MCL, will miss next three games at least
MIAMI - Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher will miss at least the next three games with a sprained MCL in his left knee. Boucher suffered the injury when he landed awkwardly in Wednesday's victory ...
Apr 23, 2021
Saskatoon mayor asks people not to attend 'freedom' rally
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is asking families to stay away from Kiwanis Park on Saturday, when an anti-mask rally geared towards children is scheduled to take place. Posters for the event circulati...
Apr 23, 2021 People gather at a rally at Kiwanis Park on March 20, 2021. (Erin McNutt/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. health-care system strained as number of COVID-19 ICU patients rises
Saskatchewan's intensive care units continue to be stretched to the breaking point by COVID-19. During a conversation with Gormley on Friday, Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone said t...
Apr 23, 2021
CFLPA adds longtime CFL equipment manager Dwayne Mandrusiak to help improve standards
Dwayne Mandrusiak is back in football. Mandrusiak joined the CFL Players' Association on Friday as an equipment safety adviser. He was let go in September by the Edmonton Football Team after 49 years ...
Apr 23, 2021
IIHF head defends lack of Plan B for cancelled women's world hockey championship
International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel says the cancelled women's world hockey championship did not have a Plan B because it didn't appear there was need for one, and it wasn't logis...
Apr 23, 2021
Leafs' Tavares set to 'pay it forward' in new partnership with Special Olympics
TORONTO - John Tavares looks back fondly on the casual lunchtime chats and classroom visits where he would lend a hand with school work. And the ball hockey games. Oh, those ball hockey games. "They a...
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO - Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging c...
Apr 23, 2021
SaskPower on pace for bigger drop in GHG emissions by 2030 than expected
SaskPower is ahead of schedule when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. The Crown corporation's latest forecast says it will reduce GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, be...
Apr 23, 2021
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