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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CFL, CFLPA reach tentative agreement
It looks like the CFL season will go ahead as planned. The league and Canadian Football Players Association announced Wednesday they have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining a...
May 15, 2019
CAA, SGI put focus on safety of tow truck operators
Greg McCracken's close call perfectly epitomized Slow Down Move Over Day. "There was a lot of traffic," McCracken, a tow truck operator, said in a video shared Tuesday by the Canadian Automobile Assoc...
May 14, 2019
Jon Ryan fulfils a lifelong dream
Jon Ryan's childhood dream has come true. The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders officially announced Tuesday that they had signed Ryan, a 37-year-old Regina product who grew up cheering for the team and ...
May 14, 2019 Britton Gray/980 CJME
Saskatchewan getting new 474 area code
Some Saskatchewan residents will soon be getting new phone numbers. After 10 months of deliberations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a plan to add ...
May 14, 2019
Sask. victims of domestic violence eligible for paid leave
The provincial government passed legislation Monday permitting five days of paid job leave for victims of domestic and sexual violence. According to the changes made under Bill 172 of The Saskatchewan...
May 13, 2019
Police chief expects coroner's inquest for fatal shooting
Regina Police Chief Evan Bray says he's expecting a provincial coroner's inquest into the deadly shooting that left a 41-year-old man dead earlier this month. Speaking on 980 CJME's Gormley on Monday ...
May 13, 2019 Two police vehicles were still outside an apartment building on the 1900 block of Halifax Street, nearly 12 hours after a man died in a police-involved shooting. May 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Proceeds from photo radar pay for Sask. traffic projects
A total of 27 traffic safety projects in Saskatchewan will go ahead thanks to the proceeds from photo speed enforcement (PSE). In a media release Monday, the provincial government announced it has awa...
May 13, 2019
Saskatchewan Airshow takes to the skies in July
As a product of Moose Jaw, Col. Denis O'Reilly is more than a little familiar with the Saskatchewan Airshow. On Monday, his excitement was evident as he discussed the airshow's return to 15 Wing Moose...
May 13, 2019 (Saskatchewan Airshow/Facebook)
Saskatchewan posts ninth consecutive month of job growth
The Government of Saskatchewan is touting the province's ninth straight month of year-over-year job growth. Since April 2018, Saskatchewan saw 14,200 jobs created - most of them in the private sector,...
May 12, 2019
News Talk recognized at RTDNA awards for best radio newscast
News Talk Radio is being recognized on the national stage, after winning two awards at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards ceremony. Our team won the Breaking News award for b...
May 12, 2019
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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 ...