Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Police seek woman in attempted armed robbery
An attempted armed robbery at a business on 22nd Street West has police on the lookout for one woman. According to police, a women went into a business on the 2400 block around 6 p.m. Tuesday with wha...
Apr 25, 2017
'I was wrong:' Sask. mayor apologizes for racial prejudices
The mayor of Elbow, Sask., is apologizing for how he thought of indigenous people in the past and hoping to make it right. Rob Hundeby was in Saskatoon Tuesday afternoon to sign a memorandum of...
Apr 25, 2017
Threat in Hague forces school evacuation
Saskatchewan RCMP gave few details Tuesday afternoon after the elementary school in Hague received a threat. They did confirm that it happened around lunch time and students were forced to evacuate. 6...
Apr 25, 2017
Sask. economic 'bright spot' hit with new tariff
Quebec and B.C. will be hit the hardest by new duties imposed on the Canadian softwood lumber bound for the U.S. - but they won't be the only ones. On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its f...
Apr 25, 2017
School bomb threat tied to white powder cases: police
Emergency crews responded to a bomb threat at Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute Tuesday morning. A letter sent to parents by principal Paul Humbert said police were called immediately after an emailed ...
Apr 25, 2017
Community steps up to keep riverbank clean-up afloat
Saskatoon is answering the call as the Meewasin Valley Authority faces challenging times. Already reeling from having its funding chopped in the March provincial budget, the urban park also had to abs...
Apr 25, 2017
Province's fine program cut hammers Friendship Inn
Saskatoon's Friendship Inn stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of volunteer hours due to provincial cuts to a program allowing people to work off parking and traffic fines. The prov...
Apr 25, 2017
Council passes tax, fine hikes to deal with provincial cuts
Saskatoon city council voted Monday on a series of measures to balance the books after the provincial budget cut $9 million in funding to the city. Part of the shortfall will be addressed with tax hik...
Apr 25, 2017
U of S arena construction moving ahead with council funding
Construction is moving ahead on a new arena at the University of Saskatchewan. Home Ice Campaign Chair Tim Hodgson hinted at a Friday announcement by the U of S after seeing Ward 1 Councillor Darren H...
Apr 24, 2017
Province vows to fight Catholic school ruling
Premier Brad Wall is weighing in on a court decision that has parents and students uneasy across the province. Government lawyers spent the weekend poring over a judgment that bans government funding ...
Apr 24, 2017
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...