Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Regina goose statue takes pause from downtown perch for preening
The geese have flown. That iconic white goose statue in front of the office building at 11th Avenue and Hamilton Street in Regina's downtown is gone. But the geese did not head south for the winter. N...
Oct 22, 2015
Prince Albert man among dead in helicopter crash in northern Saskatchewan
Two men are dead after the helicopter they were in crashed Thursday afternoon. The pair were putting aerial markers on a new power line crossing the North Saskatchewan River in the area of Paynton, ab...
Oct 22, 2015
Mosaic lays off 46 employees in order to 'curtail production'
Forty-six hourly employees have been permanently laid off from the Mosaic Potash Mine in Colonsay. The company's Sarah Fedorchuk confirmed the pink slips were handed out Monday. "We have great faith t...
Oct 22, 2015
Man sentenced in staged HomeSense robbery
A staged robbery involving a Saskatoon couple has landed the boyfriend with a six-month community sentence. On May 26, police charged Braden Odishaw, 25, with an armed robbery at the HomeSense on Clar...
Oct 22, 2015
New government puts pipeline talk in the spotlight at Regina luncheon
Talks about the future of pipeline projects in Canada seem to be renewed and reenergized with a new majority government. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had recently expressed his hope that Justin Trud...
Oct 22, 2015
Saskatchewan harvest 97% done
Saskatchewan farmers are almost finished harvest with 97 per cent of the crop in the bin -- up from 91 per cent last week. According to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report, the five-y...
Oct 22, 2015
Ticket sales are strong with Star Wars Episode VII in Regina
It seems like tickets to the new Star Wars movie are selling faster than the Millennium Falcon on the Kessel Run. Tickets for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens went on sale on Monday for Regina...
Oct 22, 2015
Man arrested in Estevan charged with child luring
A man is being charged with child luring after the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit served a warrant at an Estevan home Wednesday. Russ Howard Goforth, 31, was arrested at the home after ...
Oct 22, 2015
New footage of 2013 fatal shooting of Sammy Yatim released
TORONTO - The trial of a Toronto police officer charged in the shooting death of a teen on an empty streetcar is hearing audio recordings of what went on that night. The jury at Const. James Forcillo'...
Oct 22, 2015
SaskPower completes $525M expansion of Queen Elizabeth Power Station
A half-a-billion dollar expansion of the Queen Elizabeth Power Station near Saskatoon is finished. The newly commissioned 'D plant' adds 204 mega-watts of capacity to the power station, enough power f...
Oct 22, 2015
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...