Saskatchewan

‘It’ll just keep us hungrier:’ Dunstone reflects on 2020 Brier

Even though the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier didn't end the way they wanted, Matt Dunstone and the members of his Regina-based rink are still happy about their performance at the Canadian men's curling cham...

Mar 09, 2020 Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone throws a rock during the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. (Curling Canada/Twitter)

Elderly female driver killed in two-vehicle collision near Green Lake

An elderly female driver has died in a two-vehicle collision near Green Lake Sunday.Police reported Monday that Green Lake RCMP received a report on Sunday at about 2:15 p.m. of a two-vehicle collisio...

Mar 09, 2020 RCMP continue to investigate following a fatal two-vehicle collision near Green Lake Sunday. (File photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Northern Sask. communities prepared for coronavirus

The risk for a case of coronavirus in Northern Saskatchewan First Nation communities is low but is not zero, according to the Medical Health Officer for the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NIT...

Mar 09, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan teachers to implement sanctions starting Thursday

The province's teachers are to begin withholding services starting Thursday.It's the latest step in the labour dispute between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) and the provincial government...

Mar 09, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

APAS president reflects on canola ban one year later

One of Todd Lewis' personal beliefs has been borne out over the past 12 months."As I've said all along," begins Lewis, the president of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, "politics and food d...

Mar 09, 2020 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions

The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...

Mar 09, 2020 Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Tim Hortons is scrapping Roll Up The Rim cups due to the coronavirus

TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...

Mar 08, 2020

Cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians has reported 21 cases of COVID-19 so far

A cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians that is being held in the waters off San Francisco has 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19.Princess Cruises issued a statement late Friday saying the first phase of hea...

Mar 08, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box'

OTTAWA - Canadian researchers are developing a "lab-in-a-box" that could make it cheaper and faster to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus, particularly in remote areas of the world.The project re...

Mar 07, 2020

Carlton High School artist set for historic first in P.A.

For some, the thought of their kids punching holes in and painting and drawing all over their bedroom walls might raise their blood pressure. But a Carlton Comprehensive Public High School student is ...

Mar 07, 2020 Carlton High's Maria Hirsi will become the first Indigenous high school female to get the John V. Hicks gallery all to herself. (Submitted/Maria Hirsi)