Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Feds providing Saskatchewan with $560M in health-care funding
Saskatchewan is getting $560 million in federal funding to improve health care in the province. On Monday in Regina, the federal and provincial governments announced they had signed two bilateral agre...
Mar 18, 2024 Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley talks about the improvements he hopes the province will be able to make in health-care programs with the $560 million from the federal government announced Monday. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland (left) also was on hand for the announcement Monday. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
One man treated for smoke inhalation following Moose Jaw house fire
Moose Jaw police say a 23-year-old man was treated for minor smoke inhalation and was transported to hospital by EMS after a house fire Saturday afternoon. It's estimated there is $270,000 in damage t...
Mar 17, 2024 The fire department responded to the call Saturday just after 1 p.m. (Submitted to Discover Moose Jaw)
Regina police say suspicious package at Golden Mile was a hoax
Regina's bomb squad was called out Friday morning after police got a call about a suspicious package at the Golden Mile Shopping Centre. Police subsequently determined the call was a hoax. READ MORE: ...
Mar 15, 2024 A caller told police the package had a note on it threatening harm if it was touched. (980 CJME file photo)
Semi driver hospitalized after 10-vehicle crash near Rouleau
A semi driver was badly hurt in a crash that closed Highway 39 near Rouleau on Wednesday. The RCMP only provided an update on the crash Thursday. In that update, the Mounties said officers in Mileston...
Mar 14, 2024 Police responded to the crash just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday. (Derek Putz/Global News)
Sask. gov't moving ahead with Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project
One month after the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) demanded progress on the Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project, the provincial government is set to deliver. On Thursday, Prem...
Mar 14, 2024 A centre pivot irrigation system, a form of overhead sprinkler irrigation to water a farmer’s field, is shown near Magrath, Alta. (Todd Korol/The Canadian Press)
Trans-Canada Highway near Moose Jaw reopened after crash
The westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway that were closed near Moose Jaw on Thursday morning reopened early in the afternoon. The Moose Jaw Police Service said officers responded just after 9:1...
Mar 14, 2024 It's unknown how long the westbound lanes of the highway will be closed. (Discover Moose Jaw file photo)
Regina's water meter upgrade project heading into Ward 3
Central Regina is the next ward to get new water meters. The city announced Thursday that the water meter upgrade project is moving into Ward 3. Customers are to get a letter introducing the project, ...
Mar 14, 2024 The city says more than 40,000 new water meters have been installed since the project started. (980 CJME file photo)
Two rescued from early-morning duplex fire in North Central
Two people were rescued from a duplex fire in Regina's North Central neighbourhood early Thursday morning. According to Regina Fire & Protective Services, firefighters were called to a duplex on A...
Mar 14, 2024 The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Large donation helps Moose Jaw food bank toward goal
A large donation has the Moose Jaw and District Food Bank well on the way to paying for its emergency sewer problems. Last week, the organization found out its water and sewer lines had collapsed, and...
Mar 13, 2024 HBT Enterprises Ltd. is doing the work for the Moose Jaw and District Food Bank. (Moose Jaw and District Food Bank/Facebook)
Another 14 internationally trained doctors working in rural Sask., gov't says
Saskatchewan added 14 internationally trained doctors to practise in rural communities since December. In a release Wednesday, the provincial government said the latest doctors to join the workforce h...
Mar 13, 2024 Doctors who go through the SIPPA program agree to work in the province for three years. (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...