Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Pakistan mosque blast kills senior police officer, 13 others
QUETTA, Pakistan - A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in southwest Pakistan during Friday evening prayers, killing a senior police officer and at least 13 civilians, police said. The bombing...
Jan 10, 2020
Province's fire commissioner quitting for new job
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is going to have to find a new fire commissioner as of the end of the month -- Duane McKay is taking another job. The current commissioner and vice-president of o...
Jan 10, 2020 Sask. fire commissioner Duane McKay speaks to the crowd at the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual general meeting on Nov. 29, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
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8:30 – On Thursday multiple news agencies reported that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which crashed outside Tehran on Wednesday with 176 people onboard including many Canadians, was...
Jan 10, 2020
US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan
BAGHDAD - Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Friday bluntly rejected the request, saying the two...
Jan 10, 2020
Harry, Meghan seek financial independence: Will that work?
LONDON - As part of a surprise announcement distancing themselves from the British royal family, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan declared they will "work to become financially independent" - a move t...
Jan 10, 2020
Meghan returns to Canada as royal courtiers chart path for independence
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to distance themselves from the royal family, or...
Jan 10, 2020
Broncos trade captain on WHL trade deadline day
The Swift Current Broncos traded team captain Ethan Regnier on Friday, just hours before the WHL trade deadline. The 19-year-old forward from Prince Albert was traded to the Everett Silvertips along w...
Jan 10, 2020 Former Swift Current Broncos captain Ethan Regnier. (Swift Current Broncos/Twitter)
Unifor barricades Co-op facilities as part of escalation
Unifor claimed Friday that it had turned the tables on Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). The union put up blockades -- mostly comprising parked vehicles or fencing -- at the Co-op Refinery Comple...
Jan 10, 2020 Before dawn on Jan. 10, Unifor workers from the Co-op Refinery in Regina had the cardlock fenced off at Fleet Street and Turvey Road. The perimeter extended around Federated Co-op's office as well. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Canadian team to head to Australia next week to help rescue animals
The thought of suffering animals spurred Brad Pattison of Kelowna, B.C., to organize a group of volunteers from across Canada to fly to Australia to help creatures trapped and fleeing from wildfires. ...
Jan 10, 2020
Everything was normal in leadup to doomed Tehran-Toronto flight
Sheyda Shadkhoo was afraid as she boarded the flight from Tehran that was supposed to have eventually returned her to her family in Toronto. She thought she was leaving trouble behind, not flying...
Jan 10, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...