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Pandemic response hampered by lack of data-sharing, committee hears
OTTAWA - Experts say difficulties gathering federal data on the spread of COVID-19 has hampered Canada's response to the pandemic. The scathing criticism of Canada's method of gathering crucial inform...
May 20, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW May 20, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Trevor Redden about local businesses re-opening.
May 20, 2020

Local CJNS on-air talent takes home a Saskatchewan Country Music Association award
The 31st annual Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards were handed out May 16 and Meadow Lake's CJNS's Matt Ryan, took home an award for on-air personality of the year in a secondary market. Th...
May 20, 2020

Hockey Canada working on ‘multifaceted return-to-hockey plan’
Hockey Canada says it will be returning to play, but the game will be changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In an "Open Letter to Canadians" Wednesday, Hockey Canada addressed what the pandemic has don...
May 20, 2020

COVID-19 forces CFL to change plans for 2020 season, Grey Cup
The CFL has announced the 2020 Grey Cup game won't be played in Regina - unless the Saskatchewan Roughriders earn the right to host it.In a statement Wednesday, the CFL announced it was changing its p...
May 20, 2020

Refinery employees upset they weren’t told about bomb threat
Kevin Bittman is still shaken.Bittman, the president of Unifor Local 594, can't understand why no one from his union was told a letter had been received in February in which someone threatened to blow...
May 20, 2020

Some Sask. health services resume but it's not business as usual
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public that while some health services are resuming amid the COVID-19 outbreak there will be the need for patience. And the head of the authori...
May 20, 2020

Vote delayed on Shellbrook CNR station
The future of the old CN rail station in Shellbrook remains up in the air, following a decision by town council Tuesday night to delay a critical vote.As was expected, council discussed a resolution w...
May 20, 2020

Stars netminder, Lyon reflects on first year in the Battlefords
It is said the lion is the king of the jungle; but as hockey fans in the Battlefords can attest, it's the ice rink where one Lyon made his mark last season.Goaltender, Kristian Lyon was acquired by th...
May 20, 2020

Smaller communities respond to provincial infrastructure spending
Some Prince Albert area communities are responding to the provincial government's infrastructure stimulus spending.Earlier this month the province announced plans to spend an additional $2 billion on ...
May 20, 2020