Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Ice to fog: reduced visibility on highways across Sask.
Thursday could make the difference between drivers skidding and sliding on the roads and not being able to see. A thick blanket of fog was covering a wide stretch of west, central and southern Saskatc...
Nov 29, 2018
Province sues Ottawa to pay for cost of cleaning up mine
Twelve years after signing on to clean up a northern Saskatchewan uranium mine, the province wants Ottawa to honour its commitment to share in the efforts and costs. To get its message across to Ottaw...
Nov 28, 2018 (Saskatchewan Research Council)
Foggy conditions reducing visibility
As temperatures warmed up to melt some of the ice from freezing rain visibility became an issue in parts of central Saskatchewan. Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for Moose Jaw and Central...
Nov 28, 2018 (Saskatchewan Highway Hotline)
Lack of leads frustrates sister of missing rugby player
The sister of missing Promise (Max) Chukwudum is alarmed that there is still no sign of the 19-year-old University of Regina rugby player. "There's nothing yet and it's been almost two weeks. It's rea...
Nov 27, 2018 Promise (Max) Chukwudum was last seen on Marshall Crescent in Regina on Nov. 17, 2018. (Regina Police Service)
800 Sask. distracted driving tickets sets new record: SGI
October was a record month for police in Saskatchewan, according to SGI. They handed out 793 distracted driving tickets, 86 per cent of which were for drivers on their cellphones. The motor licence is...
Nov 27, 2018
Advisory for snow, freezing rain in central and SE Sask
Environment Canada has put out a special weather advisory for central and parts of southeastern Saskatchewan including Saskatoon and Regina. Freezing rain warnings were lifted before 7 a.m.
Nov 27, 2018
Lumsden RCMP end highway chase with a spike belt
RCMP have charged two women after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase down Highway 11, starting near Girvin and ending with a spike belt near Lumsden on Sunday night. While a Craik RCMP me...
Nov 27, 2018
Postal workers stage protest before going back to work
Postal workers in Regina protested outside the Canada Post building on Tuesday morning but still returned to work at the 11 a.m. deadline. After five weeks of rotating strikes, the Senate passed legis...
Nov 27, 2018 A Canada Post union worker in Regina marches along Saskatchewan Drive to show his disagreement with federal back-to-work legislation on Nov. 27, 2018. (Evan Radford/CJME News)
Sask. standardizes wide-base truck tires
Truckers will soon be able to drive from Ontario to Saskatchewan using the same set of tires without any special permits. Previously truck drivers from out of province had to apply for special permits...
Nov 27, 2018
Regina city council approves salary changes
Regina city council has voted in favour of increasing their salaries in order to maintain their current take-home income. Ottawa recently removed a tax exemption for council members across Canada. The...
Nov 27, 2018 Regina mayor Michael Fougere speaks with media at City Hall on Nov. 16, 2018 about city administrators' 2019 budget proposal. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...