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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Regina sees wet, rainy 18-hour period
In what will be welcome news for farmers gazing over parched fields, Mother Nature made a big splash. Over the past 18 hours since Wednesday afternoon, Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Shaer sa...
Jun 20, 2019
Green Zone Game Day pre-game show starts at 3 p.m.
Listen live here to 980 CJME's The Green Zone at 3 p.m. for live, pre-game coverage as the Saskatchewan Roughriders prepare to play the Ottawa Redblacks in CFL action in the nation's capital.
Jun 20, 2019
Heavy rain and flooding hits Swift Current for a second day
For the second afternoon in a row, Swift Current got hit with a big downpour on Wednesday, but it didn't appear to be as bad as the day before. "Another day of biblical rain in Swift Current," Ryan Sw...
Jun 19, 2019 A still from a video posted to Twitter (Ryan Switzer @ryan_switzer)
Stabbing victim in Estevan airlifted to Regina
A 25-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in Regina after a stabbing in Estevan on Tuesday night. According to a media release from the Estevan Police Service, officers were dispatched just after ...
Jun 19, 2019
Cleanup underway in Swift Current after heavy rain, flooding
As Swift Current tries to clean up and dry out from heavy rains and flash flooding on Tuesday evening, SGI says it's starting to process some of the insurance claims being filed by residents and busin...
Jun 19, 2019 Heavy rain in Swift Current on June 18, 2019 caused flash flooding. (Yvonne Haubrick, Swift Current Soccer Association/Twitter)
Five doctors to join Sask. gynecological oncology program
Saskatchewan is taking steps to improve its gynecological oncology program. Five gynecological oncologists have agreed to begin practising in the province, joining new program lead Dr. Laura Hopkins t...
Jun 19, 2019
Saskatchewan adds residents once again
Saskatchewan's population is continuing its upward trend. According to numbers released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the number of people living in the province increased by 10,295 people in the pa...
Jun 19, 2019
Changes announced to help farmers with dry conditions
Agriculture ministers from the provincial and federal governments have announced a few measures to help Saskatchewan farmers deal with dry conditions. The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Program's deadlin...
Jun 19, 2019 (Wikimedia Commons)
Areas of southwestern Sask. under severe thunderstorm watches, warnings
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area around Swift Current. The warning also is in effect for areas around Herbert, Cabri, Kyle and Lucky Lake. Swift Current is stil...
Jun 19, 2019
Different kind of bees available at this year's Farm Progress Show
Visitors at this year's Farm Progress Show can buy some leafcutter bee larvae. These bees won't produce any honey but will give you a garden instead. "They're going to pollinate the flowers in your ba...
Jun 19, 2019 Leafcutter bee larvae, which can be purchased at this year's Farm Progress Show, come in decorative boxes that can be installed in a backyard. (Jed Williams)
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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