Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Co-op refinery, Unifor to resume bargaining Friday
The sides in the labour dispute at the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) are to return to the bargaining table Friday -- and Carla McCrie can't wait. "That's the only place that we can get our people back ...
Jan 30, 2020 Unifor holds a rally at the Saskatchewan legislature to discuss the lockout at the Co-op refinery on Jan. 30, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Harsher penalties for distracted driving coming soon
Harsher penalties for distracted driving kick in on Saturday. On Feb. 1, the fine for a first infraction will double to $580, to go with four demerit points. "The good thing is, it's optional. You don...
Jan 30, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
‘I don’t really think we have anything to be overly worried about:’ U of S doctor on coronavirus
According to a University of Saskatchewan microbiologist, the Wuhan coronavirus isn’t a major threat to the Canadian population. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, the head of clinical microbiology at Royal U...
Jan 29, 2020
Unifor offers to return to bargaining table
Unifor appeared Wednesday to open the door to ending the lockout at the Co-op refinery. During a media conference at the Hotel Saskatchewan -- the second such gathering of the afternoon -- Unifor nati...
Jan 29, 2020 Unifor national president Jerry Dias discusses the lockout at the Co-op refinery on Jan. 29, 2020. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Show Segments
8:30 – The Wuhan coronavirus has reached Canada, with three people who recently visited the Wuhan area testing positive in B.C. The virus has so far claimed more than 130 lives, with nearly 6,00...
Jan 29, 2020
Highway 7 reopens after crash near Kindersley
For the second time in two days a collision impacted traffic on a section of Highway 7 near Kindersley. RCMP said a semi and pickup truck were involved in a collision Tuesday evening, six kilometres w...
Jan 29, 2020
Man killed in head-on crash west of Kindersley
The RCMP says a 29-year-old man was killed Tuesday after his pickup truck collided head-on with a semi on Highway 7 west of Kindersley. The semi driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The...
Jan 29, 2020 RCMP
Silvernagle, teammates remember Aly Jenkins
Stefanie Lawton's thoughts were on a former opponent after her team won the Saskatchewan women's curling championship Tuesday. Lawton, the third on Robyn Silvernagle's North Battleford-based team, was...
Jan 29, 2020 (Team Sherry Anderson/Facebook)
Evraz fined $322K after workplace injury
Evraz has been fined $322,000 in the wake of a workplace injury at the company's Regina plant in February of 2018. The steel company pleaded guilty to one count under The Occupational Health and Safet...
Jan 29, 2020
Police responding to crash on Highway 47 near Stoughton
RCMP are on scene of a crash on Highway 47, about 16 kilometres south of Stoughton. Police are expected to be there for about four hours. Traffic on Highway 47 is blocked in both directions and is bei...
Jan 29, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...