Murray Wood: Of politics and principles
If you find yourself needing a program to keep track of what various political parties stand for, Murray Wood says it's ...
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Impressions of America, in a word: Trump, president, chaos, in that order
WASHINGTON - Canadians, it seems, had a number of choice words for the United States last year - and most of them revolved around President Donald Trump. The Washington-based Pew Research Center asked...
Apr 06, 2020
British cancelled, Masters to November in major rescheduling
The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, golf officials announced Monday as they tried to reconfigure a major championship schedule that would end with the Masters ...
Apr 06, 2020
Changes to emergency-relief program coming to expand eligibility, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - More than 300,000 out-of-work Canadians successfully applied for pandemic-related emergency relief in the first few hours after the application process began Monday, and Ottawa says it will s...
Apr 06, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers survival instinct, unwise decisions can result
MONTREAL - When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated panic. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Some areas of Saskatoon hit with power outage
Six Saskatoon neighbourhoods are without power. The outage was reported to the city at about 1 p.m. The neighbourhoods affected are Mount Royal, Westmount, Caswell Hill, Hudson Bay Park, Riversdale an...
Apr 06, 2020
SUN, SHA differ on availability of personal protective equipment
The head of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) claims that personal protective equipment, or PPE, is being rationed and that access to information nurses need is also in short supply. PPE is in hu...
Apr 06, 2020
Four new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan; total now 253
Saskatchewan announced Monday its lowest single-day total of COVID-19 cases in more than two weeks. The provincial government revealed there were four new confirmed cases of the virus in the province....
Apr 06, 2020
Travel not recommended on highways north of Saskatoon amid heavy snowfall
A heavy band of snowfall moving across central Saskatchewan has led Highway Hotline to issue "travel not recommended" notices for several highways north of Saskatoon on Monday. Travel isn't recommende...
Apr 06, 2020 (ReginaBypass/Twitter)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to ICU
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) after his coronavirus symptoms have worsened. Johnson was sent to the hospital Sunday after COVID-19 symptoms of co...
Apr 06, 2020 (The Associated Press)
Jamie Nye: We all need to be Humboldt Strong
Remember to put your sticks out today. The Humboldt Broncos should never be too far from our minds, despite the trying times we’re living in now. Young lives were lost, while others carry on wit...
Apr 06, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 8
8:30 - The Saskatchewan NDP are sounding alarms over a decline in long-term care beds despite the province's rapidly gro...
