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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Regina conserving water after power loss at treatment plant
The City of Regina is asking people to conserve water after the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant lost power again Wednesday morning. While power was restored following Tuesday's major outage, the p...
Dec 05, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Brace for cold in ‘quick blast of true winter’
After a week of freezing rain, fog, frost and light snow, most of southern Saskatchewan is being told to brace for frigidly cold temperatures Wednesday night and Thursday. According to Environment Can...
Dec 05, 2018 Environment Canada says snow is in the forecast for the coming days. (File photo by Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
‘Storm still going’: SaskPower warns more outages possible
After a very long day without power in many areas across the province, the lights came back for just about everyone by Tuesday night, but some areas lost power for a second time Wednesday morning. Fol...
Dec 05, 2018 A downed power line in Saskatchewan. (SaskPower)
Vacant house catches fire in Lakeview neighbourhood
A house fire in the south end of Regina kept firefighters busy all night. Regina fire crews responded to the fire on Cameron Crescent in the Lakeview neighbourhood around 10 p.m. As of 7 a.m., they we...
Dec 04, 2018
SaskPower crews work to restore power after massive outage
Lights were slowly beginning to come back on Tuesday afternoon as SaskPower crews worked to deal with massive power outages across much of the southern and central parts of the province. While all pow...
Dec 04, 2018 Frost buildup caused downed power lines throughout much of Saskatchewan during the first week of December 2018. (SaskPower/Twitter)
Widespread power outages in Saskatchewan
SaskPower is reporting widespread power outages affecting various cities and towns across the province from Regina to Moose Jaw and Weyburn as well as a massive area around Humboldt and Wadena. Accord...
Dec 04, 2018 A sagging power line due to frost along Highway 39 near Regina. (Sask Power)
Regina police block off Winnipeg Street during gun call
Regina police have taken nine people into custody after blocking off a stretch of Winnipeg Street between 11th Avenue and Victoria Avenue early Tuesday morning while responding to a gun call. Officers...
Dec 04, 2018 Heavy police presence on Winnipeg Street by 11th Avenue on the morning of Dec. 4, 2018. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
21-year-old faces attempted murder charge after Regina stabbing
A 21-year-old Regina man is charged with attempted murder after an incident on Saturday, where a 20-year-old man was stabbed in the head. Around 6:55 a.m., police were called to a home in the 1700 blo...
Dec 03, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. won’t follow Alberta with cut to oil production
The Saskatchewan government will not be following Alberta's lead when it comes to cutting oil production in the face of plummeting prices. Oil from western Canada has been selling at a steep discount ...
Dec 03, 2018 Oil tanker rail cars in Regina sit on the city's central tracks on Nov. 19, 2018. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Executive committee looks at regulating 'body rub' parlours
The City of Regina's executive committee will hear a report on Wednesday that includes two options to regulate 'body rub' parlours. The city refers to 'body rub' parlours so they will not be confused ...
Dec 03, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
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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...