Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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U of R football player charged with assault after fight
Nearly two weeks after a brawl outside the campus bar, an assault charge has been laid against a University of Regina Rams football player. Takudzwa Timothy Brandon Gandire, a defensive back with the ...
Oct 18, 2018
Police expand search for missing woman
Police are widening their search for a woman who was reported missing in early October. Regina police are continuing their efforts to try to find 40-year-old Garniel Katherine Quewezance. Quewezance w...
Oct 18, 2018 A photo of Garniel Katherine Quewezance, 40, supplied by Regina police on Oct.4, 2018. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Better than expected opening day at Eden pot shop
Marijuana legalization day exceeded the high expectations of the first pot shop to open in the Regina area. Owner of Eden Cannabis Co., Allen Kilback, said opening day was outstanding. "Every time you...
Oct 18, 2018 Ian Wright (left) buying marijuana at Eden near Pilot Butte on legalization day, Oct. 17, 2018. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Riders' Hughes apologizes for impaired driving charge
Charleston Hughes is sorry. Just one day after 980 CJME broke the news that the defensive end had been charged with impaired driving, a contrite Hughes spoke with the media about it. "I apologize to m...
Oct 17, 2018 (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Regina's police chief clears the haze on four pot questions
Regina's Police Chief, Evan Bray, has been saying the service is ready for legalization - talking about the training officers have been getting and the implementation of new rules. Speaking on Gormley...
Oct 17, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
No Santa Claus Parade for Regina this year
Santa will not be sliding down Albert Street in his sleigh this year as the annual Santa Claus parade has been cancelled. With a month of notice, Southland Mall, which has hosted the annual parade for...
Oct 17, 2018
Price at the pump jumps on west coast, stays low in Regina
While the west coast deals with soaring gas prices, Regina drivers are enjoying some of the lowest prices in Canada. The cost for a litre of gas jumped to 163.9 cents over the weekend in Vancouver. Da...
Oct 16, 2018
Riders' Charleston Hughes charged with impaired driving
The CFL's sack leader, Saskatchewan Roughriders' Charleston Hughes, will be making an appearance in court due to an impaired driving charge. Saskatchewan provincial court confirmed to 980 CJME Hughes ...
Oct 16, 2018 Charleston Hughes wears the green and white for the first time since his trade to Saskatchewan on Feb. 7, 2018. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
Yorkton marijuana shop stocked and ready
As one of a limited number of marijuana stores ready to open in Saskatchewan on the date of legalization, one Yorkton retailer is anticipating a busy day Wednesday. Nadia Vattovaz is the executive vic...
Oct 16, 2018 This Fire and Flower marijuana retail store set up in Edmonton is similar to the one opening in Yorkton Oct. 17, 2018. (CNW/Fire and Flower Inc)
Two charged after man seriously injured, confined in home
Two men face charges after a man was allegedly held inside a home for about 24 hours near Pasqua Park in Regina. Around midnight Friday, police responded to a call about an injured person at a home on...
Oct 15, 2018
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...