Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Fear over COVID-19 strikes Sask. uranium sector
Two large-scale uranium project sites in Saskatchewan are going on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameco is temporarily suspending operations at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan;...
Mar 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympics postponed, U.S. closes in on relief package
MADRID - This summer's Tokyo Olympics fell victim to the coronavirus crisis Tuesday as the death toll mounted rapidly in Europe and the United States, while American lawmakers closed in on a nearly $2...
Mar 24, 2020
New businesses try to adapt, find footing during COVID-19 pandemic
It’s been a roller-coaster two weeks for Warehouse Brewing in Regina. Two weeks ago, the new brewery opened its doors for the first time to customers. Now, due to the ever-changing social and le...
Mar 24, 2020
A virus rages, a flame goes out: Tokyo Games reset for 2021
Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing the world's biggest sporting event, a global extrav...
Mar 24, 2020
COVID-19 uncertainly forces Rainbow Cinemas in Saskatoon to close early
It's the end of an era for cinema in Saskatoon. There will be no encore movie for Rainbow Cinemas in Centre Mall after the threatre announced this week it has permanently closed. "It's been a wild rid...
Mar 24, 2020 Rainbow Cinemas has permanently closed.
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Six more COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan bring total to 72
Saskatchewan has 72 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after six new cases were announced Tuesday. Two of the 72 cases are under the age of 19, 11 are 65 or older and 59 are between the ages of 20 and 64. Th...
Mar 24, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, speaks with media on March 15, 2020 at the T.C. Douglas building in Regina. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside. People wit...
Mar 24, 2020
Saskatoon bomb squad deals with 2nd suspicious package on same block
For the second time in less than a week, Saskatoon's bomb squad was called to the same Pacific Heights crescent for a suspicious package. The police explosive unit responded to a call on Haviland Cres...
Mar 24, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
CHL cancels playoffs, Memorial Cup over COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years there will be no Memorial Cup champion, as the Canadian Hockey League decided in partnership with Canada’s three major-junior hockey leagues to cancel their respe...
Mar 24, 2020 Game 4 of the Memorial Cup Presented by Kia between the Guelph Storm and the Prince Albert Raiders on Tuesday, May 21th, 2019 in Halifax, Nova scotia, Canada. (Photo by Vincent Ethier/LHJMQ/CHL)
Woodbine Entertainment to postpone start of thoroughbred racing season
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment Group postponed the start of the thoroughbred racing season Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was set to open April 18. In a statement, Woodbin...
Mar 23, 2020
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