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Province responds to unlicensed pot store on Muscowpetung
The province is not happy with the opening of an unlicensed cannabis store on the Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation. Mino Maskihki Cannabis Dispensary opened this week with no provincial license, wi...
Nov 16, 2018 Justice Minister Don Morgan at the Saskatoon cabinet office on Sept. 8, 2017 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Winter returns with snow, ice and cold weather
After a short reprieve from cold weather, winter has returned to southern Saskatchewan just in time for the weekend. In Regina, a layer of light snow is sticking to roads on top of a layer of ice from...
Nov 16, 2018
Capital Pointe court saga continues; developer still controls hole
The city is running out of legal options to force the developer behind Capital Pointe to fill the hole at Victoria Avenue and Albert Street, but it will get one more chance to argue over the options. ...
Nov 15, 2018 The Capital Pointe site on Nov. 15, 2018, before work began to backfill the hole. (980 CJME)
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
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...