Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Regina police investigating robbery on University Park Drive
Regina police were called to a report of a robbery Wednesday night at a business near University Park Drive and Arcola Avenue. They were sent there at about 5 p.m. Staff told police a man entered with...
Sep 17, 2020
Regina police, coroner investigating woman's death
The Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating the death of a woman in the city. On Tuesday at around 3:45 a.m., police were called to a house near the intersection ...
Sep 16, 2020 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Frost advisory issued for areas of central, eastern Saskatchewan
A frost advisory is in effect for areas of central and eastern Saskatchewan. Environment Canada put out the advisory Wednesday just before 3:30 p.m., for areas around Carlyle, Oxbow, Carnduff, Bienfai...
Sep 16, 2020
Sask. reports 10 new COVID cases, including seven in Saskatoon area
The number of COVID-19 cases associated with a social gathering in Saskatoon increased again Wednesday. In a media release, the provincial government said there now are 21 cases linked to the get-toge...
Sep 16, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Program launched to train female transport truck drivers in Sask.
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched a new pilot program for women who want training to become transport drivers. In a release, the province says, the program, called Women Shifting Gears, is a...
Sep 16, 2020
Long-lost recordings by Joni Mitchell discovered in B.C. basement
A piece of music history thought to be lost forever has found the light of day more than five decades after it was first recorded. In 1963, a then-unknown Joni Mitchell was playing in coffee houses in...
Sep 16, 2020
Health authority warns of potential COVID-19 exposure at baseball games
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is advising the public that an individual who later tested positive for COVID-19 took part in a recent baseball tournament in Shoal Lake. The authority said ...
Sep 16, 2020
'It's nuts': Ex-Regina resident on California wildfires
Former Regina resident Don Kollins is seeing history unfold right in front of him these days. Kollins, who lives just outside of San Francisco, has a front-row seat as wildfires burn out of control in...
Sep 16, 2020 (Photo by Noah Berger/Joe Hahn/Twitter)
Saskatchewan seeking feds' help with infrastructure projects
The Saskatchewan government is asking for more than $234 million in funding from the federal government to help with 126 infrastructure projects in the province. In a media release, the provincial gov...
Sep 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Coun. Jerry Flegel announces mayoral priorities
Longtime Ward 10 councillor Jerry Flegel has announced his priorities if he is elected as Regina's mayor. Flegel has represented the ward for 14 years and says in a news release that for the last eigh...
Sep 16, 2020 Jerry Flegel announces he will be running for mayor of Regina in November at the old railyard on Dewdney Avenue on Aug. 20, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...