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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Prisoner recaptured after escaping Prince Albert penitentiary
A spokesperson with the Saskatchewan Penitentiary confirmed Thursday afternoon that Edward Daniel Ross has been recaptured and returned to custody. According to a media release issued by Correctional ...
Nov 15, 2018 Edward Ross is serving a near four year sentence for various crimes including forcible confinement and break and enter. (Correctional Services Canada)
Poll shows regional, political divide on carbon tax
While opposition remains strong in the Prairies, a new poll by Mainstreet Research shows more Canadians support the carbon tax than oppose it. Mainstreet Analytics surveyed a sample of 7,961 people ac...
Nov 15, 2018
RCMP investigating suspicious death of man
Police are looking into the death of a man after he was found in his home Tuesday on the Little Black Bear First Nation. File Hills First Nations Police Service has requested the assistance of RCMP Ma...
Nov 14, 2018
Liquor, groceries now under one roof in Regina
You can now buy booze and groceries under one roof in Regina. A liquor store has opened in the Real Canadian Superstore on the east side of the Queen City. It opened following a recent modernization o...
Nov 14, 2018 The liquor store inside the Real Canadian Superstore in east Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Committee votes for pay raise to offset tax exemption removal
Members of Regina's executive committee heard a report on Wednesday that recommends an increase to their own salaries in order to maintain their net pay once federal tax changes take effect next year....
Nov 14, 2018
SARM convention to highlight rural crime, carbon tax
Rural crime and fighting the federal carbon tax will once again top the agenda at the midterm convention for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) this week at TCU Place in Saska...
Nov 14, 2018
Muscowpetung First Nation to open pot shop without licence
A new cannabis shop on the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, northeast of Regina, is set to open on perilous ground. The Mino Maskihki Cannabis Dispensary opened to band members on Tuesday and is schedul...
Nov 14, 2018
Early winter warm up for south Sask.
Warm temperatures and melting snow might put an extra spring in the steps of people in southern Saskatchewan Wednesday. Normal daytime highs for mid-November are around -1 C, but the forecast calls fo...
Nov 14, 2018
Man faces 19 charges after police chase in SE Saskatchewan
A 28-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly hiding in an oilfield structure following a police chase in southeastern Saskatchewan. Police were notified around 9:30 a.m. Sunday of a theft in pr...
Nov 13, 2018 RCMP
One person dead following early morning crash
One person is dead after a vehicle lost control and struck a tree on Nov. 6. Police responded to an early morning report of a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Winn...
Nov 13, 2018 Scene of bad crash at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Winnipeg Street Nov. 6, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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...