Category Archives: CKRM News
Sask. NDP calls for pay top-up for frontline workers
Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili wants frontline workers in the province to receive a wage top-up. Specifically, he feels low-income essential workers who are at a significant risk during the pandem...
Apr 27, 2020
Nova Scotia petition calls for high school name change for RCMP officer killed in rampage
An online campaign is seeking to change the name of a Nova Scotia high school to honour the RCMP officer killed during last week's shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in the province. A petition is...
Apr 27, 2020
Four young offenders amongst six charged in Regina’s 6th homicide of 2020
Six people, including four under the age of 18, are facing charges of first-degree murder in connection with the city’s sixth homicide of the year. Police were sent Thursday afternoon to a home ...
Apr 27, 2020
10,000 applications for wage subsidy program, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government’s wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency measure wil...
Apr 27, 2020
Political Scientist at U of R wants to see some form of spring Legislature sitting despite COVID-19 pandemic
University of Regina Political Scientist Jim Farney believes it is in the governments best interest to hold some sort of sitting this spring. Since the COVID-19 concerns in Saskatchewan began, the pro...
Apr 27, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine development sees positive first steps in Saskatchewan
A COVID-19 vaccine created at the University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-Intervac has tested safe in two ferrets. VIDO Intervac Director Dr. Volker Gerdts says they used the prototype vaccine on the ferret...
Apr 27, 2020
It’s mostly business as usual for Weed Man during COVID-19 pandemic
Pandemic or no pandemic, people are still looking to have a nice yard this summer. Many have called a lawn care service like Weed Man, to assist them with that in the past and this year is no differen...
Apr 27, 2020
Man facing charges after fleeing scene of accident in northwest Regina
A man is facing several charges after running a stop sign and the fleeing the scene of an accident in northwest Regina Sunday night. Around 8:30 p.m. officers were called to the intersection of Rochda...
Apr 27, 2020
Ottawa’s Wage Subsidy program open on Monday
Canadian companies that have been struggling to keep paying their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic can begin to apply for Ottawa’s wage subsidy program on Monday. The $73-billion aid ...
Apr 27, 2020
How long will gas prices stay low? And what does it mean for the economy?
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, gas prices around the world are at their lowest point in more than a decade. Dan McTeague, the President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, says the cause of the...
Apr 27, 2020
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