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Soil moisture reserves return to normal after extremely dry spring
As farmers wait for better weather to continue with harvest, the prolonged period of rain this week helped cropland in the long run. After a record dry April across central Saskatchewan, crops extensi...
Sep 12, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Winter knocks: Regina-Lewvan Liberal candidate running in first election
It may be more than a month ahead of the fall election, but Winter is already knocking on the door. Winter Fedyk, Liberal candidate for Regina-Lewvan, is trying to make a name for herself, campaigning...
Sep 12, 2019 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Brazilian student finds home, bologna in Regina
Starting university in a new city can be nerve-racking for most, but it can be extra challenging starting school in a new country. When Marco Dos Santos came to Canada from the Sao Paulo area on New Y...
Sep 10, 2019 Marco Dos Santos standing outside the UR International office at the University of Regina on Sept. 6, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Nature group concerned by conditional approval of potash project
A prairie nature group is concerned a new solution potash mine will destroy what little natural landscape remains in the area. The Ministry of Environment gave the Albany Potash Project, located about...
Sep 10, 2019
'It's almost impossible': Frustration in Regina over pipeline delays
The Federal Court of Appeal is going to allow six of the 12 proposed legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project to proceed. Before the decision on Wednesday afternoon, Regina Chamber of C...
Sep 05, 2019
Sask. Chamber of Commerce wants to review entire tax system, HST
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is looking for ways to simplify taxes for businesses in the province. In its blueprint to build a competitive business strategy for Saskatchewan, the chamber calls...
Sep 04, 2019 Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan speaks to reporters about the Beyond 2020 report on Sept. 4, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Crystal meth: Saskatchewan's crime stimulant
The drug addiction crisis across the prairies continues to fuel many crimes in Saskatchewan but there is one drug being blamed above the rest -- crystal meth. Police in Saskatoon and Regina have often...
Jul 29, 2019 Crystal meth (Wikimedia Commons)
Regina bar manager describes alleged abduction in parking lot
It was the middle of the day, when smokers ran into King's Head Tavern behind the Northgate Mall, telling employees that someone in the parking lot had a sawed-off shotgun. Sherry Scherle is the bar m...
Jul 24, 2019 A photo of a possible abduction victim's vehicle provided by police on July 23, 2019. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Settlement reached in human rights complaint against Regina Canadian Tire
A confidential settlement has been reached between an Indigenous man and a Canadian Tire franchise owner in Regina. Kamao Cappo filed a human rights complaint after a store manager at the Canadian Tir...
Jul 24, 2019 (L-R) Kamao Cappo, Human Rights Commissioner David Arnot, Canadian Tire store owner Francois Brien (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Mosquito numbers drop by half after spike in Regina
Mosquito numbers have dropped after a large spike in Regina earlier this month. The average mosquito count per trap have dropped by about half, from 273 last week, to 130 this week. Ray Morgan, Manage...
Jul 24, 2019 (City of Regina/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
On today's show, Evan dives into the Conservative Party perspective on recent floor crossings, talks top tips for landin...