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...
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Merriman unworried about slow vaccination rates
From the peak of 22,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered in one day in June to just over 850 doses reported Tuesday, the pace of vaccinations has been going down in Saskatchewan. That isn't a worry fo...
Aug 10, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Health minister eyeing hospitalizations as COVID cases rise
Active COVID-19 cases are rising in Saskatchewan and have been for weeks. On July 20, there were 242 active cases in the province, and from there, the cases have gone up, reaching 650 as of Monday. Ju...
Aug 10, 2021
Family of Parkside resident grateful mother is still alive
Brian Albert's 98-year-old mother caught COVID-19 during the outbreak at Parkside Extendicare last year, but she managed to fight off the infection - something for which he feels lucky. "All I know is...
Aug 06, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Damning report points to numerous problems in deadly Parkside COVID outbreak
Last winter, residents at Parkside Extendicare in Regina endured the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak a Saskatchewan car home has seen, where only four residents didn't catch the virus, and 39 died. A repo...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings dot Sask.
Thursday evening, severe thunderstorm watches and warnings dotted here and there across eastern and central Saskatchewan, bringing hail, rain and high winds. See the updated watches and warnings from ...
Jul 22, 2021
Sask. government working on vaccine passports
As people plan to get away from home for the first time in 16 months, it appears more vacations could require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Health said the govern...
Jul 20, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Rain, cool weather helps with wildfires, fire ban lifted
The heat warnings are over and so is the fire ban for provincial parks and Crown land in Saskatchewan. As of Monday at 11 a.m., the province rescinded the provincial fire ban. Steve Roberts, vice-pres...
Jul 19, 2021
Dozens of COVID tickets still waiting for court in Saskatchewan
Less than half of the tickets relating to violations of Saskatchewan’s public health orders under the COVID-19 pandemic have been resolved. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, 265...
Jul 16, 2021
Restaurateur left in the lurch after ability to sell offsale abruptly cancelled
Joshua McLean said he was shocked when he woke up last week to an email explaining his restaurant wouldn't be able to operate as an offsale as of four days later. McLean owns Homestead Bar A Vin, a wi...
Jul 12, 2021
Hidden Crisis: Saskatchewan government defends its work
As the drug overdose crisis has gotten worse in Saskatchewan, the voices calling for help have gotten louder. Many in the industry believe, as a health issue, the responsibility lies with the provinci...
Jul 09, 2021 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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