Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Moe taking heat over phone call to leader of Sask. anti-vaccine group
Premier Scott Moe is getting a lot of criticism over a conversation he had with the leader of a Saskatchewan group that is against the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccines for children, and mandates. Moe said h...
Dec 08, 2021
Ombudsman identifies series of problems before, after woman's death in long-term care
It was just over a week between when Rose Botting's mother, Frances Sander, was admitted to a long-term care home in Rosetown and when she died in hospital. According to a report from the provincial o...
Dec 07, 2021
Healthcare workers asking for help, more workers
Workers in healthcare are getting so tired and overworked they're quitting and retiring early, according to the head of CUPE local 5430. Bashir Jalloh attended the legislative building Thursday mornin...
Dec 03, 2021 Bashir Jalloh, president of CUPE local 5430, attended the legislature Thursday morning to ask government and the health authority to make changes and hire more healthcare workers and take the pressure off of those already working. Dec. 2, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
APAS and provincial ministers face off over mid-year financials
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and the province's finance and agriculture ministers are at odds over Saskatchewan's mid-year financial report, released earlier this week...
Dec 01, 2021
Federated Co-op to buy 181 Husky properties in Western Canada
Part brand expansion, part refinery use and part planning for the future — Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is looking to spend $264 million to buy 181 Husky gas bars, car washes and conven...
Nov 30, 2021
Riders' Purifoy spent night with police after West semifinal
Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson said the CFL team was embarrassed Tuesday after announcing that safety Loucheiz Purifoy was arrested, though not charged, on Sunday night. "It shoul...
Nov 30, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson (left) and safety Loucheiz Purifoy on Nov. 30, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatoon vaccine docs giving kids an extra thanks, and extra stickers
Kids in Saskatoon who get their COVID-19 vaccines are getting a little superhero help, courtesy of local doctors. Doctors in the area have come together to create new stickers, colouring pages, poster...
Nov 26, 2021
Finn family to finally get health-care money from province
After more than a year of fighting with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health, the Finn family will now be reimbursed for the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spent on lifesaving health care for thei...
Nov 24, 2021
Education minister defends policy on extracurricular vaccinations
Saskatchewan's education minister is defending a policy that would allow unvaccinated teenagers to play sports with other students, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. Earlier this week, in a letter se...
Nov 19, 2021
Sask. mom takes daughter's health-care issues to legislature
Sarah Turnbull's daughter, Blake, hid behind her pink skirt at times while Sarah explained her frustration and exhaustion over health-care pauses and cancellations. Blake is 2 1/2 years old and has be...
Nov 18, 2021
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