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Regina Folk Festival to hold concert series in 2024, full festival to return in 2025
A long-running summer festival will return to the Queen City in 2025. The Regina Folk Festival, which had been plagued by financial struggles, will be able to return in the summer of 2025 thanks to su...
Mar 06, 2024 The Regina Folk Festival will host a special concert series in 2024 before the full festival returns the following year. (Regina Folk Festival/Facebook)
Brier contest delayed by drip from Brandt Centre roof
A white pail -- not a red or yellow rock -- sat in front of the house on Sheet B at the Brandt Centre during Tuesday morning's draw at the Montana's Brier. Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL)...
Mar 05, 2024 A drip onto one of the sheets at the Brandt Centre caused a delay in a game Tuesday. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan launches new strategy to expand workforce
The Saskatchewan government has developed a plan to shore up the workforce in the province. On the first day of the spring session, the government launched The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy. Acc...
Mar 04, 2024 The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy was launched Monday in Regina. The provincial government is aiming to expand the workforce to fit demands of employers. (980 CJME file photo)
Teachers from Regina divisions to strike, protest outside Legislature on Monday
Teachers from school divisions across Saskatchewan -- including two in Regina -- will be in the Queen City on Monday for a protest at the Legislative Building. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (S...
Mar 01, 2024 Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, pickets with teachers in front of the Legislative Building in Regina during a single-day teacher strike on Jan. 16, 2024. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Environment Canada calling for heavy snow in Sask. on Saturday
Get ready to break out the shovels again. On the same day that warm temperatures returned to southern Saskatchewan, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Thursday for southern Saskatch...
Feb 29, 2024 Environment Canada issued a special weather statement predicting heavy snow in southern Saskatchewan Sunday through Monday. (980 CJME file photo)
Drivers pulled over in Regina in March will face mandatory alcohol screening
Regina police will be focusing more intently on impaired drivers starting Friday. The police service announced Thursday that officers in the Traffic Safety Unit will require drivers to take a mandator...
Feb 29, 2024 Police say the traffic stops could be a result of a rolling stop, speeding or other offences.
(Regina Police Service/Twitter)
Saskatchewan Mountie's family 'relieved' after son's killer sentenced
Tears flowed outside Regina Court of King's Bench on Thursday after the man who killed Const. Shelby Patton was handed an 18-year prison sentence. Patton's parents, Ashley and Melanie, were emotional ...
Feb 29, 2024 Melanie Patton speaks to reporters outside Regina Court of King's Bench on Thursday. Patton was at the sentencing hearing for the man who ran over and killed her son, Const. Shelby Patton, in June of 2021 in Wolseley. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Roughriders sign former NFL receiver KeeSean Johnson
For the second time this week, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have added a former NFL draft pick to their roster. The CFL team announced Thursday it had signed receiver KeeSean Johnson, who was picked i...
Feb 29, 2024 The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the signing of former NFL receiver KeeSean Johnson on Thursday. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/X)
Man who killed Mountie in Wolseley handed 18-year prison sentence
The man who ran over and killed a Saskatchewan Mountie in June of 2021 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Alphonse Traverse learned his fate Thursday in Regina Court of King's Bench. He had ple...
Feb 29, 2024 Const. Shelby Patton was killed in the line of duty in June of 2021. The man who struck and killed Patton with a stolen truck in Wolseley pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Sept. 27, 2023. (RCMP/X)
Two people escape overnight house fire in North Central without injury
Two people escaped a house fire in Regina's North Central neighbourhood on Wednesday night. According to Regina Fire & Protective Services, firefighters saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the ...
Feb 29, 2024 The two occupants were assisted by Mobile Crisis after escaping the blaze. (Regina Fire/Twitter)
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...