Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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The rural-urban divide has common ground in back-to-school planning
Rural and urban classrooms in Saskatchewan’s 27 school divisions don’t always share the same issues, but as they plan for the fall there is common ground - the COVID-19 pandemic. The provi...
Aug 13, 2020
27 new COVID-19 cases reported in Sask.; majority from communal living settings
The Government of Saskatchewan announced 27 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday - including 22 from communal living settings. Of the 166 active cases in the province, 95 are in communal living situation...
Aug 13, 2020
Carmichael Outreach scaling back on donations
A Regina charity that assists the homeless is cutting back on accepting donations as a response to a recent bump in COVID-19 cases in the area. Carmichael Outreach runs programs focused on housing sup...
Aug 13, 2020 (Carmichael Outreach/Facebook)
Fougere, councillors asking Regina residents to wear masks
Regina's mayor and city councillors are encouraging residents of the Queen City to wear face masks inside public places or public vehicles. During a media conference Thursday at the Cornwall Centre, M...
Aug 13, 2020 Mayor Michael Fougere (centre) and other city officials donned their masks during a media conference at the Cornwall Centre on Aug. 13, 2020. The City of Regina is encouraging residents to wear masks when indoors in public places or in public vehicles. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Sask. Party 'Kate' texts blanket province in pre-election campaign
In some parts of social media, "Kate from the Saskatchewan Party" is nearing meme status after people across the province have reported getting texts from the bot. The text reads: "Hi, it's Kate from ...
Aug 13, 2020 People around the province have been getting texts from "Kate from the Saskatchewan Party". (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Agriculture ministry says moisture conditions 'reduced' in some areas
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture says some rain would be welcomed by the province's farmers as they get set for harvest. According to the ministry's weekly crop report, moisture conditions were ...
Aug 13, 2020
RCMP seeking suspects in armed robbery in Esterhazy
It was a scary night Tuesday for employees at the Kaposvar One Stop Service in Esterhazy. Two masked individuals, a man and a woman, entered the gas station at around 7:40 p.m. Owner Baljinder Sohi sa...
Aug 13, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Kaposvar One Stop Esso)
School districts navigate back-to-school guidelines
The provincial government is leaving the bulk of back-to-school planning to the 27 individual school divisions. As of Tuesday, there are two levels of guidelines for divisions to work within. The Chin...
Aug 12, 2020
Tornado warning ended for areas of southern Sask.
A tornado warning issued Wednesday for areas around Montmartre and Vibank has been lifted. The warning was issued by Environment Canada just before 6 p.m. It was lifted shortly after 6:15 p.m. The wea...
Aug 12, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Pedestrian killed in collision in Windsor Place neighbourhood
A man is dead after a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian Wednesday afternoon in the alley behind Elizabeth Crescent in Regina's Windsor Place neighbourhood. The Regina Police Service said of...
Aug 12, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...