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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Train-SUV collision near Balcarres sends four to hospital
Four men were injured Thursday when a train and an SUV collided at a crossing east of Balcarres. According to a media release issued Friday, the Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP responded Thursday at 4:30 p.m., t...
Jan 24, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Co-op, Unifor trade barbs as labour dispute carries on
The wall between Unifor and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is still up, figuratively and literally, and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. After a week of arrests, a $100,000 fine, continued...
Jan 24, 2020 Unifor members put up a barricade of layers of fencing and vehicles overnight Monday at Gate 7 of the Co-op refinery. Jan. 21, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Environment Canada says fog could remain into Saturday
Some Saskatchewan residents should prepare for a foggy couple of days. Environment Canada issued a fog advisory Friday for Regina, as well as other centres across southeastern and central Saskatchewan...
Jan 24, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Show Segments
Gormley, Thursday, January 23, 2020 8:30 – Unifor has been found in contempt of a court injunction issued in connection with the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery. A Court of Queen's Bench ju...
Jan 23, 2020
Mayor hoping for higher voter turnout this fall with new polling station
Regina Mayor Michael Fougere is hoping an additional polling station in North Central will help boost voter turnout in the next municipal election. In the 2016 election, only 20.4 per cent of eligible...
Jan 23, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
CFL confirms Riders-Argos matchup in Touchdown Atlantic
The Green and White and the Double Blue are set to mingle with Bluenosers. The CFL has confirmed reports that the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts are to play in Halifax on July 25. It's...
Jan 23, 2020 (CFL/Twitter)
Mild temperatures a welcome change for snowmobilers
Temperatures below -30 C with the wind blowing don't make for ideal snowmobiling conditions. In fact, Jerry Jemieff, a snowmobile safety instructor in Saskatoon, encourages people to stay home. "Just ...
Jan 23, 2020
Tip from concerned grandparent leads to child porn charges
The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) arrested Steven Joseph Lasas Wednesday following a brief investigation sparked by a tip from a concerned grandparent. A grandparent contacted Sa...
Jan 22, 2020
Saskatchewan scientists search for coronavirus vaccine
With the worldwide fear of coronavirus continuing to rise, some University of Saskatchewan Scientists are starting to feel the pressure. “We all feel it, we all watch the news constantly. We are...
Jan 22, 2020
RCMP arrests escaped inmate in northern Sask.
Twenty days after John Riley Sanderson escaped custody at the La Ronge courthouse, he is back in RCMP lockup. Mounties responding to an impaired driver call on Wednesday found the 32-year-old inside a...
Jan 22, 2020
OPINION
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...