Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide
A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community. Elsie Gartner, 64, a health w...
Dec 13, 2019
Show Segments
8:30 – Former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall joins the show to share his thoughts on Andrew Scheer announcing his resignation as CPC leader. The news broke Thursday morning, with Scheer saying h...
Dec 13, 2019
SEIU-West members authorize union to ramp up action
Another labour dispute is looming in Saskatchewan. Health-care professionals represented by SEIU-West have given their union the go-ahead to examine all options in hopes of jump-starting negotiations....
Dec 13, 2019 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Improved SGI app helps find a safe ride home this Christmas season
Finding a safe ride home this Christmas season after having one too many rum and egg nogs? There's an app for that. The SGI Safe Ride app has received technical upgrades, adding more options and a new...
Dec 13, 2019
Carbon tax causing SaskPower bills to increase Jan. 1
The federal carbon tax is to increase on Jan. 1, so SaskPower customers can expect their bills to go up that day as well. The Crown corporation noted Friday that the carbon tax applied to SaskPower's ...
Dec 13, 2019
Power restored in Regina's east end
Power has been restored to areas of east Regina. According to SaskPower, an unplanned outage started in the Gardiner Heights, River Bend, Windsor Park and Wood Meadows neighbourhoods at about 5:50 a.m...
Dec 13, 2019
Fuel truck driver says delays at refinery picket line took all day
Delays caused by picketing at the Co-op refinery had one truck driver sitting in the queue from morning until night. Anthony Demyen, a driver for Len Grant Trucking in Regina, never actually hit the r...
Dec 13, 2019 A labour dispute continues between Unifor Local 594 and the Co-op refinery. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Statistics Canada, SPS look back at the first year of legalization
Statistics Canada released its one-year report on pot sales and people in Saskatchewan aren't doling out major dollars like their provincial neighbours. Nearly $908 million was spent at the more than ...
Dec 12, 2019
Show Segments
Gormley, Thursday, December 12, 2019 8:30 – The new USMCA trade agreement, which is set to replace NAFTA, was signed this week and is now waiting to be ratified by Canada and the USA before comi...
Dec 12, 2019
Vianne Timmons leaving U of R to become president of Newfoundland's Memorial University
Dr. Vianne Timmons is resigning as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina. The school's Board of Governors announced Timmons' departure to become the president and vice-chancellor o...
Dec 12, 2019 Vianne Timmons poses for a photo before a news conference at Memorial University on Dec. 12, 2019. (Signal Hill Campus/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...