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Ring Road at Victoria Avenue reopens ahead of schedule
It was a happy surprise for drivers on Regina's Ring Road Wednesday morning. The Victoria Avenue bridge re-opened to southbound traffic at 3 a.m. This comes ahead of schedule, as construction began in...
Aug 30, 2017 Ring Road at the Victoria Avenue bridge was open again to traffic on Aug. 30, 2017. (Lauren Golosky/980 CJME)
SaskPower reports new peak power use as August ends
Hot weather in late August has resulted in another peak power use record for SaskPower. SaskPower reports 3,470 megawatts was used Monday, when Regina broke a weather record at 35.5 C. This isn't the ...
Aug 29, 2017
Graham Tuer dies after five decades in Sask. hockey
A man long-involved in Saskatchewan hockey has died. North Battleford's Graham Tuer, 87, was inducted this year into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame builder category after spending five decades i...
Aug 29, 2017 Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Graham Tuer (right) accepts his sweater at the induction dinner in July 2017. Tuer has died at the age of 87. (Battlefords Now)
Air quality statements in central, southwest Sask.
Environment Canada has issued air quality statements for parts of central, southwest and northeast Saskatchewan. Smoke from forest fires in northern Saskatchewan continued drifting into nearby areas t...
Aug 29, 2017 A map showing parts of Saskatchewan under air quality statements from Environment Canada as of 5 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2017. (Environment Canada)
Riders legend Houston home, family affected by hurricane
Don Narcisse is no stranger to hurricanes. The Riders great was born in Port Arthur, Texas, and has a home and family in Houston, where Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc. "It's unreal, I've be...
Aug 28, 2017 The Orlando Fire Department is on a mission in Ford Park, Texas following Hurricane Harvey on Aug 28, 2017. (Orlando Fire Department Twitter)
Bill Boyd out of Sask. Party after conflict of interest breach
Bill Boyd is out of the Saskatchewan Party caucus following a ruling from the conflict of interest commissioner that he fell below the standards expected of an MLA. The report into a business trip Boy...
Aug 28, 2017 Bill Boyd, a longtime MLA in the Kindersley constituency, helped form the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. (Saskatchewan Party/Twitter)
2 men from Quebec killed in Swift Current plane crash
It was two men from Quebec who were killed when a small plane crashed southeast of the Swift Current Regional Airport Thursday night. RCMP were called around 7:30 p.m. On Monday, police confirmed a 60...
Aug 28, 2017 (Swift Current Online file photo)
Honoway family honoured at 6th annual Mandi Schwartz run
Despite 30-degree temperatures in Saskatoon hundreds of people still showed up for the 6th annual Breck Construction Run for Mandi on Sunday afternoon. Lincoln Honoway from Regina and his family were ...
Aug 27, 2017
Guns N' Roses: What you need to know
It's the day many in Saskatchewan have been waiting for. Guns N' Roses will take the stage at Mosaic Stadium in Regina tonight. Paula Kohl is director of marketing and communications for Regina Exhibi...
Aug 27, 2017
Northwest Regina sees increase in power outages: SaskPower
Who turned off the lights? That's the question many in northwest Regina have been asking lately as power outages sweep across the area. https://twitter.com/hockeygurlie123/status/900838080264847360 ht...
Aug 26, 2017 A SaskPower electrician works on a meter in Regina on August 24, 2017.
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...