Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Unemployment up in Sask. as national rate drops
According to recent Statistics Canada numbers, more people were unemployed in June than in May. The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan increased to 6.5 per cent in June. The previous month, it was sitt...
Jul 07, 2017
Be consistent: garden expert on keeping plants alive in heat
Your garden might be like Goldilocks this weekend in all this heat. Too much water, not enough water. That will be the struggle for many gardeners in Regina this weekend, as temperatures will hit the ...
Jul 07, 2017 Rick Van Duyvendyk, host of Garden Talk on 980 CJME, advises people to be consistent when watering their gardens. (Dutch Growers/Facebook)
No bumper crop: Sask. farmer on dry, hot summer
May and June were dry and sunny for most of Saskatchewan, and while that's good for those wanting to go out to the beach or on the lake, farmers are in need of some rain. "Hopefully everyone's got som...
Jul 06, 2017
Regina police officer facing assault charge
A 15-year member of Regina's police force is facing an assault charge that occurred while he was making an on-duty arrest. On Dec. 7, 2016, the 44-year-old officer, Corporal Colin Magee, was investiga...
Jul 06, 2017 Chief Evan Bray speaks about an incident where Corporal Colin Magee has been charged with assault on July 5, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Regina police dog accidentally bites man during training
A training exercise didn't go exactly as planned for Regina police when one of its dogs bit a man's leg in what the service called an accident. It happened Tuesday night in an area near the 1700 block...
Jul 06, 2017
RCMP respond to alleged drunk driver with gun on Highway 33
Charges are being laid after Fillmore RCMP responded to a call of an alleged drunk driver with a gun on Highway 33. Mounties said they first received a call about the driver, who was believed to be im...
Jul 05, 2017
Laptops, projectors among items stolen from Sask. schools
School's out for the summer - and with it, a number of expensive teaching tools. More than $28,000 worth of equipment was reported stolen from schools across the province between September 2016 and Ap...
Jul 04, 2017 According to the latest Aging in Canada Survey, one in four Canadian adults has under $5,000 in retirement savings. Those with lower savings tend to be women, renters, and people in poor health. (CJME files)
RCMP perform semi-truck skid tests
In order to help with their investigations into crashes, the RCMP have been performing skid tests to determine how fast a semi-truck can come to a stop. RCMP performed tests on Wednesday, using a semi...
Jul 03, 2017 The RCMP performed skid tests with semis to better determine how fast they can come to a stop on June 28, 2017. Britton Gray/980 CJME
City asked to help fund Brandt Centre improvement
In order to get Regina's Brandt Centre ready for the 2018 Memorial Cup, more than $4-million worth of renovations are set to take place - and the city is being asked to help. Regina Exhibition Associa...
Jun 30, 2017
Teen given custody, driving ban after fatal Ring Road crash
The teen who caused a deadly crash on Regina's Ring Road two years ago has found out his fate. The now 18-year-old was sentenced at provincial court Thursday. He was sentenced to 120 days of open cust...
Jun 29, 2017 Saeed Warraich died after a crash on the Ring Road near the McDonald Street exit on March 13, 2015. (File Photo/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...