Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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SHA steps up plans for protecting long-term care facilities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is taking more steps to strengthen its response to the threat of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in the province. On Tuesday, the SHA announced it’s working to...
Apr 21, 2020
Meili ‘dusting off the stethoscope’ to help at testing facility during COVID-19 crisis
NDP leader Ryan Meili is heading back to the doctor’s chair to help fight on the front-lines of the COVID-19 crisis. The former family physician says he’s renewed his license and has start...
Apr 20, 2020
Historic crash in oil prices prompts calls for federal support to industry
Oil prices crashed into negative territory for the first time in history Monday, with the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ending the day at minus-$30 a barrel. That has sparked a call from indu...
Apr 20, 2020
'I think there's reason to be optimistic': VIDO- InterVac's Dr. Scott Napper on COVID-19 treatments
Even with the best-case scenarios, a potential COVID-19 vaccine is several months, to a year or more away, says VIDO-InterVac's Dr. Scott Napper. In the meantime, scientists like those at Saskatoon's ...
Apr 20, 2020 (David Stobbe/StobbePhoto.ca)
One new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported one new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries Monday. It's the 12th straight day that the number of new cases has been in single digits. There now are 316 cases in the province;...
Apr 20, 2020
Retired RCMP officer stunned to hear of rampage in Nova Scotia
The news of the mass killings in Nova Scotia on the weekend hit Regina resident Paul Dawson doubly hard. As a retired Mountie, Dawson was saddened by the terrible loss of life — including that o...
Apr 20, 2020
Saskatchewan reports two new cases of COVID-19, bringing total to 315
Saskatchewan reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total in the province to 315. The number of recoveries remained constant at 234 and combined with four deaths since the pandemic...
Apr 19, 2020
Saskatchewanderer turns to virtual world due to COVID-19
Leah Mertz was expecting to do a lot more wandering around the province in 2020. The Saskatoon resident was selected as this year’s Saskatchewanderer, but like many others during the COVID-19 pa...
Apr 18, 2020
Sask. adds 6 news COVID-19 cases, 6 recoveries
The provincial government announced six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Three are confirmed while three are considered presumptive Saturday's numbers include the La Loche area cases tested to date ...
Apr 18, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Scenarios say Sask. revenue could drop between $1.3B and $3.3B due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan's financial health has taken a turn for the worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government announced Friday that the economic impact of the virus will decrease 2020-21 reve...
Apr 17, 2020 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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