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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Wolseley loses to Elliot Lake, Ont., in Kraft Hockeyville voting
Wolseley won't be Kraft's Hockeyville. The Saskatchewan community was one of four finalists in the annual contest, but lost to Elliot Lake, Ont. in online voting that was conducted Friday and Saturday...
Mar 30, 2024 (Town of Wolseley/Facebook)
Regina to start issuing $230 tickets for rolling rights at Dewdney and Lewvan
Rolling rights on reds are about to get expensive at one Regina intersection. As the city announced in late January, $230 tickets will be issued starting Monday to drivers who don't stop at a red ligh...
Mar 28, 2024 A red light camera in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
RCMP says four deaths near Neudorf were result of murder-suicide
The RCMP revealed Thursday that its investigation into four deaths near Neudorf on Sunday has determined the incident was a murder-suicide. In an update, police said a 67-year-old man, a 58-year-old w...
Mar 28, 2024 Three people -- a 67-year-old man, a 58-year-old woman and their 30-year-old son -- were murdered. The Mounties said another son, aged 34, died as a result of self-inflicted injuries. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Chat with Mace has Harris 'ready to rock' with Roughriders in 2024
Trevor Harris may not have been completely healthy the first time he talked to Corey Mace, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders' veteran quarterback was ready to run through a brick wall for his new head ...
Mar 28, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris (7). (FILE PHOTO BY THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Second person charged in 2022 murder on The Key First Nation
A second person has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a man's death on The Key First Nation in 2022. Jeffrey Kayseas, 35, from the Fishing Lake First Nation was arrested and cha...
Mar 28, 2024 The second suspect was arrested Wednesday, just days after the first suspect was charged. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan posts increases in agri-food exports to three more countries
Saskatchewan increased its agri-food experts to three key trading partners in 2023. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government said exports were up to Algeria, Indonesia and Morocco compar...
Mar 28, 2024 A durum wheat crop in Saskatchewan. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Pats win lottery, get pick first in WHL's U.S. priority draft
The Regina Pats have won the right to pick first in the WHL's 2024 U.S. priority draft. On Wednesday, the WHL announced the results of the lotteries for that draft as well as the 2024 prospects draft....
Mar 27, 2024 The WHL will hold its U.S. priority draft on May 8, with the prospects draft to follow on May 9.
Saskatchewan names new chief firearms officer
Saskatchewan has a new chief firearms officer. Murray Cowan is to start in that role, and that of deputy commissioner of the Saskatchewan Firearms Office, on Monday. Cowan will report to Robert Freber...
Mar 27, 2024 Murray Cowan has been named Saskatchewan's chief firearms officer. (Submitted)
SHA hopes new system will help patients waiting for hip, knee surgeries
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched a new system it hopes will reduce wait times for hip and knee replacements in the province. In a media release, the SHA said its new centralized intake s...
Mar 27, 2024 THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Chris Young
Group homes for children with special needs open in Regina, Saskatoon
Two new group homes have opened in Saskatchewan to offer services to children and youth with special needs. The provincial government announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Clare Parker Homes ...
Mar 27, 2024 Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky says the homes will offer "safe environments, high-quality care and services based on individual needs." (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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