Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Provincial update on COVID-19, 3 p.m.
Everett Hindley -- Saskatchewan's minister for mental health, addictions, seniors and rural and remote health -- is to provide an update Thursday on the province's response to COVID-19. Listen live he...
Apr 22, 2021
Latest COVID update April 21: 4 deaths, 231 new cases, 365,001 total vaccinations
Four people from the Regina region are the latest Saskatchewan residents to die due to COVID-19. In its daily update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported one person in each of the 30-to-39, 40-t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
21,000+ COVID vaccination appointments cancelled due to 'erratic' Moderna shipments
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says more than 21,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments -- mainly in rural Saskatchewan -- have been cancelled over the past couple of months, primarily because of delays...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan truckers to get COVID vaccine jabs south of the border
Saskatchewan truckers will join in on a cross-border COVID-19 vaccine agreement between Manitoba and North Dakota. Manitoba and North Dakota have agreed to vaccinate truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. ...
Apr 21, 2021
Parent Central website to provide families with info about child care
Families looking for information about child care in Saskatchewan now have a website to help them find it. On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government and the United Way announced the creation of an onl...
Apr 21, 2021
Long-term care to get federal boost; CUPE looking for more details on funding
Changes are coming to long-term care in Canada. As part of Tuesday's federal budget rollout, $3 billion over five years has been earmarked for the long-term care home (LTCH) sector. The funds will all...
Apr 21, 2021
Sask. gov’t rolls out EV road-use fee, vaping tax as promised in budget
The Saskatchewan government followed through Tuesday on two of its budget pledges. The government introduced amendments to The Fuel Tax Act that will require owners of electric passenger vehicles regi...
Apr 20, 2021
Eligibility set to change in Saskatchewan's COVID vaccine rollout
More people will soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan. In addition to making the AstraZeneca vaccine available to everyone 40 and over, the provincial government is planning to l...
Apr 20, 2021
Sask. lowers age restriction on AstraZeneca vaccine to 40
Saskatchewan is making AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine available to more people. The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday it was lowering the age restriction on the vaccine to 40 years old from 5...
Apr 20, 2021
Existing public health measures in Sask. extended for two more weeks
Saskatchewan has extended its public health measures for two additional weeks. In a media release Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said the current measures will remain in place until May 10 as a resul...
Apr 20, 2021
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