Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Sask. gov't touts work of crime reduction, trafficking response teams
Police officers across Saskatchewan seized more than six kilograms of methamphetamine, nearly two kilos of cocaine and 88 guns during busts in the province in the last quarter of 2023. In a media rele...
Mar 25, 2024 Officers from the RCMP and municipal police forces seized a variety of drugs and nearly 90 guns in the last quarter of 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
Company fined $85K after worker injured near Maple Creek
An Alberta company has been fined $85,000 in connection with a workplace injury in September of 2021 near Maple Creek. According to a release from the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety...
Mar 25, 2024 (Town of Maple Creek/Facebook)
Canada's Rachel Homan wins world women's curling championship
Rachel Homan is on top of the curling world. Homan and her Canadian team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes downed Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 on Sunday to win the world women's cur...
Mar 24, 2024 Canada's Rachel Homan (left to right), Emma Miskew, Tracy Fleury and Sarah Wilkes celebrate their victory in the final of the world women's curling championship in Sydney, N.S. (World Curling/Twitter)
Princess of Wales reveals she's undergoing treatment for cancer
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is undergoing chemotherapy treatments after being diagnosed with cancer. In a video posted to social media on Friday, Catherine said she underwent major abdominal sur...
Mar 22, 2024 The Princess of Wales announced her diagnosis in a social media video Friday. (The Prince and Princess of Wales/Twitter)
Saskatchewan company hit with $70K fine for 2021 workplace injury
A Saskatchewan company has been fined $70,000 in connection with a workplace injury in September of 2021. On March 13, Sunterra Horticulture (Canada) Inc. pleaded guilty in Yorkton Provincial Court to...
Mar 22, 2024 The fine was levied after the company pleaded guilty in Yorkton Provincial Court. (980 CJME file photo)
37th annual Z99 Radiothon raises $511,698 for Regina's NICU
After nearly four decades, Z99's Radiothon is approaching $12 million in donations to help save babies' lives in Regina and southern Saskatchewan. The 37th edition of the annual Radiothon raised $511,...
Mar 21, 2024 Wheels (left to right), Cassity and Hospitals of Regina Foundation president and CEO Dino Sophocleous after the 37th annual Z99 Radiothon wrapped up at the Cornwall Centre. (Z99/Facebook)
Flashes from school zone cameras don't always mean tickets: Police
Speed limit cameras in Regina's school zones might activate the flash when you drive past, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll end up with a ticket. School zone speed limits are 30 kilometres per...
Mar 21, 2024 The camera may activate, but police say that doesn't automatically mean a speeding ticket will be issued. (980 CJME file photo)
Butt out: Saskatchewan Highway Patrol seizes 6.6M unstamped cigarettes
Where there's smokes ... According to a media release issued Thursday, an officer from the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol from the Provincial Protective Services (PPS) Branch pulled over a semi on the Tr...
Mar 21, 2024 (Government of Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Regina police investigating calls about 'grandparent scam'
The so-called "grandparent scam" has returned to Regina. In a release Thursday, the Regina Police Service said it had received "multiple" calls about the scams over the past three days. READ MORE: Wom...
Mar 21, 2024 Anyone who thinks they've been a victim of a scam should call the Regina police. (980 CJME file photo)
Victoria Park cenotaph vandalized for second time in two days
For the second time in as many days, workers will be scrubbing spray paint off the cenotaph in Regina's Victoria Park. Graffiti on the war memorial was found on Wednesday morning. Someone scrawled a v...
Mar 21, 2024 Graffiti was found on the cenotaph once again on Thursday morning. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...