Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Scotty the T-Rex coming to Royal Sask. Museum
The T-Rex is known as the king of the dinosaurs, and a replica of the world's largest will soon be inside the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Scotty was unearthed near Eastend in 1991. The dino is believed...
Mar 28, 2019 Royal Saskatchewan Museum/Facebook
RPS offers online criminal record checks
The Regina Police Service is offering Queen City residents the chance to get criminal record checks online. The service is available on the RPS website. It initially was raised as a possibility in Dec...
Mar 28, 2019
Man dead after dirt bike collision
A man is dead after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a telephone pole guide wire Wednesday. Kindersley/Eston RCMP said the accident happened around 6:20 p.m. in the town of Eston, which is lo...
Mar 28, 2019
North Central home badly damaged in afternoon fire
The Regina Fire Department put out a house fire on Cameron Street north of 6th Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. There wasn't immediate word on a cause, any injuries or if anybody was home at the time. F...
Mar 27, 2019 Fire crews put out a house fire in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood on March 27, 2019. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
'Patchy' power outages hit Regina
Many people in Regina got ready for work in the dark Wednesday morning, as patchy power outages put out the lights in the north, south and central areas of the city. By 7 a.m., SaskPower reported that...
Mar 27, 2019 A SaskPower utility crew begins work to repair a burnt power pole in north Regina on March 27, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
NFL pre-season date didn't work, say Riders
The odds of an NFL pre-season game being played at Regina's Mosaic Stadium are getting slimmer. Reports have circulated for weeks that the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers were going to play an e...
Mar 26, 2019
Sask. to adopt day against Islamophobia
The Saskatchewan government says it's promoting inclusion and acceptance by adopting a day against Islamophobia, set to take effect on Jan. 29 next year. "It's being called for by the National Council...
Mar 26, 2019 Saskatchewan Justice Minister Don Morgan met with Mubarik Syed (right) at the Baitur Rahmat Mosque in Saskatoon on March 24, 2019. (Don Morgan Twitter)
Olive Garden coming to Saskatchewan
It looks like Olive Garden is coming to Saskatchewan, after years of rumours surrounding the restaurant chain. In an email to 980 CJME, an Olive Garden spokesperson confirmed the restaurant is plannin...
Mar 26, 2019 Olive Garden/Facebook
Sask. farmers get tax exemption on cardlock fuel
Saskatchewan farmers won't have to pay the federal carbon tax on fuel that they pick up from cardlock stations. The federal department of finance confirmed the news; the exemption was introduced on Ma...
Mar 26, 2019 (paNOW file photo)
U of R, faculty reach tentative agreement
The University of Regina and its faculty association have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. In a joint statement issued Monday evening, U of R president Vianne Timmons and University of...
Mar 25, 2019
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...