Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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London Drugs stores offering shelf space to struggling small businesses shut down by COVID-19
Local small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic can apply to sell their products at London Drugs stores. The pharmacy was deemed essential and wanted to do something to help struggling small ...
May 03, 2020
Regina police searching for two men after shots fired in business parking lot
Regina police are searching for two men involved in an armed standoff on 5th Avenue near Argyle Street on Saturday morning. They were called at about 8:30 a.m. after residents reported what they belie...
May 03, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Northern village of Beauval adapting to COVID-19 outbreak
People in Beauval are doing their best to keep spirits high after the Saskatchewan Health Authority declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the northern village on Friday. Mayor Nick Daigneault said the stres...
May 03, 2020
Saskatchewan reports six new cases of COVID-19, five more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday afternoon, bringing the province's total to 421. Of the new cases, four were found in the North region, with two each in the Lloyd...
May 02, 2020
Saskatchewan reports six new cases of COVID-19, five more recoveries
Saskatchewan reported six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday afternoon, bringing the province's total to 421. Of the new cases, four were found in the North region, with two each in the Lloyd...
May 02, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 on March 18, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Owner of Regina gun shop reacts to ban on 'assault-style' weapons
The owner of a Regina gun store is wondering what to do with a bulk of his inventory, now that the federal government has banned what it considers "assault-style" firearms. Darryl Schemenauer runs TnT...
May 02, 2020
Pinehouse teen a whiz at solving Rubik’s Cube
By Nigel Maxwell, paNOW The Rubik's Cube has baffled and frustrated people for over 40 years, but a 13-year-old boy from the northern village of Pinehouse has mastered it. A recent video submitted for...
May 02, 2020
COVID-19 won’t impact a summer staple: The drive-in movie theatre
It has been a Saskatchewan summer staple since 1954 and it doesn't look like even COVID-19 can stop the screen from lighting up. Twilite Drive-In in Wolseley has permission to open up in time for Phas...
May 02, 2020 (Twilite Drive-in/Facebook)
‘Invasion of privacy’: Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, New...
May 02, 2020
Interpreter keeping the deaf and hard of hearing in Sask. informed during COVID-19 pandemic
For those tuning in to the provincial government's daily COVID-19 new conferences, Karen Nurkowski is becoming a familiar face. Nurkowski has been interpreting the briefings into American Sign Languag...
May 02, 2020 Karen Nurkowski has been interpreting the Saskatchewan COVID-19 news conferences into American Sign Language for the deaf and hard of hearing in the province. (Karen Nurkowski/Facebook)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...