Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Episode 4 of The Shell Lake Massacre: The Killer
Less than three weeks after being discharged from a hospital for the mentally ill, 21-year-old Victor Hoffman found himself driving along the highway away from his family farm. As he travelled toward ...
Sep 05, 2023 Records from Victor Hoffman's stay at the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford describe him as withdrawn, seclusive, and indifferent. He told psychiatrists that he believed the devil had put another brain in his body. The mental hospital closed in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
CFL suspends Riders' Robertson for one game for head-butting Bombers' Collaros
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end Pete Robertson won't be playing in the Banjo Bowl. The CFL announced Monday it had suspended Robertson for one game for the head butt he gave Winnipeg Blue Bombe...
Sep 04, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end Pete Robertson (45) at training camp at Griffiths Stadium. (650 CKOM file photo)
Hundreds in Regina protest new provincial pronoun and sex education policy
It was an emotional Saturday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Hundreds gathered outside of the front steps to protest against the new pronoun and sex education policy implemented by the provincial gov...
Sep 03, 2023 Protesters gather outside Saskatchewan Legislature to protest provinces new pronoun and sex education policy.
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Saskatchewan expands treatment coverage for ALS patients
The province is now offering two new treatments for a fatal neurodegenerative disease under the Saskatchewan Drug Plan. About 3,000 Canadians live with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease t...
Sep 03, 2023 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
James Smith Cree Nation announces events marking anniversary of mass stabbings
Monday marks the one year anniversary of the mass stabbing casualties which took place on James Smith Cree Nation. The events last year shook a community and province as Myles Sanderson killed 11 peop...
Sep 02, 2023
Sask. provincial courts deal with ‘full-on nightmare’ computer system outage
Court was still in session in Saskatchewan on Friday morning, but things were a little more old fashioned than normal. All court information had to be recorded manually while the computer system for t...
Sep 01, 2023
Wakaw RCMP locates 90-year-old man who had been reported missing
The Wakaw RCMP has found a 90-year-old man who had been reported missing Thursday. The Mounties said the man, who hadn't been seen since he was in Cudworth on Thursday, had been found safe and sound. ...
Sep 01, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina unveils schedule of services for Labour Day holiday
The City of Regina has released its schedule of city services for the Labour Day holiday on Monday. Civic Offices: Closed. Landfill: Open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Entry gates are to close at 6:45 p.m. Ga...
Sep 01, 2023 Regina's North West Leisure Centre is to be open from noon to 6 p.m. on the Labour Day holiday. (980 CJME file photo)
Gormley Show segments, Fri. September 1st, 2023
8:30 - The first-quarter financial report is out from the Saskatchewan government and it falls short. There is a surplus of $485.5 million, but that's down more than half a billion dollars from the fo...
Sep 01, 2023
Labour Day marks the end of pruning ban on elm trees in Sask.
The Labour Day long weekend means residents can trim their elm trees again. The provincial pruning ban ended Thursday. The measure is intended to help curb the spread of Dutch elm disease (DED), which...
Sep 01, 2023
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...