Murray Wood: I'm not a fan of the CFL's rule changes... with one exception
Murray Wood isn't a fan of the suite of rule changes coming to the CFL over the next two years, because it makes the Can...
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Regina police arrest Thorne for being unlawfully at large
Regina police arrested Jason Paul Thorne on Sunday afternoon, two days after the convicted sex offender deemed a high risk to reoffend was reported unlawfully at large. Police said Thorne, 43, left th...
Mar 30, 2020 Regina police say that convicted sex offender Jason Thorne is a high risk to reoffend sexually. (Photo submitted by Regina Police Service)
Officer, civilian in hospital after riverbank rescue Sunday
Saskatoon emergency crews battled icy riverbank conditions to pull a man suffering from hypothermia and an injured officer to safety. Just after 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, officers were called to the ea...
Mar 29, 2020
Blades GM Priestner begins busy off-season from his basement
Colin Priestner is finding new ways to prepare his team for another Western Hockey League (WHL) off-season. The Saskatoon Blades general manager was in San Francisco earlier this month when COVID-19 w...
Mar 29, 2020
Saskatchewan addiction treatment centres shift to online services during COVID-19 pandemic
Some of the province's addiction treatment centres are closing their doors and shifting to online and phone services until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Although this move will make it more difficult...
Mar 29, 2020
Stolen vehicle chase leads to first criminal charge under new COVID-19 law
It was one alleged car thief too many in the Loon Lake area on Friday afternoon. Now, that 11th person has led the RCMP to laying Saskatchewan's first criminal charge of disobeying a public health ord...
Mar 29, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Despite COVID-19, Girl Guide cookies still available thanks to business community
For those with a sweet tooth, the COVID-19 pandemic won't be getting in the way of a box of Girl Guide cookies. The girls are being advised to practise social distancing, which means no door-to-door s...
Mar 29, 2020
22 new cases of COVID-19 bring Saskatchewan's total to 156
Saskatchewan has added 22 new confirmed cases to its COVID-19 total. As of Sunday, 156 cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the province. However, four more people have recovered in Saskatch...
Mar 29, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Woman charged with drunk driving after vehicle smashes through building
An 18-year-old woman has been charged with drunk driving after somebody drove into a building on Dewdney Avenue near Pasqua Street early Sunday morning. According to Regina police, the incident was re...
Mar 29, 2020 Regina police charged a woman with drunk driving after she allegedly smashed into the Come and Learn Regina Aboriginal Head Start Centre early on March 29, 2020. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Police searching for man at high risk to re-offend sexually
A Saskatchewan-wide warrant has been issued for Jason Paul Thorne, a convicted sex offender who police say is at high-risk to reoffend. Police say the 43-year-old man left his home just before midnigh...
Mar 29, 2020 Regina police say that convicted sex offender Jason Thorne is a high risk to reoffend sexually. (Photo submitted by Regina Police Service)
Great Western offers pay increase for on-site employees
Great Western Brewing Company in Saskatoon is increasing wages for on-site employees until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In a media release on Friday, the Saskatchewan brewer announced a $3 an hour p...
Mar 28, 2020
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Brent talks with Saskatchewan sportswriter Darrell Davis about changes to the CFL, MP Andrew Scheer about the Conservati...