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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980 CJME picks up three RTDNA award nominations for outstanding journalism
When mass stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson was captured after a four-day manhunt, 980 CJME was on the air with a live eyewitness account. That special, hours-long live coverage, which culminated in an...
May 25, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Crash west of Swift Current slows traffic on Trans-Canada Highway
Drivers heading west on the Trans-Canada Highway from Swift Current were told to expect delays Thursday afternoon. Just before 1 p.m., the Swift Current Rural RCMP said officers were on the scene of a...
May 25, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan police nabbed 374 impaired drivers in April
A bevy of impaired drivers were caught in SGI's April traffic safety spotlight. According to SGI, Saskatchewan police officers recorded 374 impaired driving offences in April. Of those, 179 people wer...
May 25, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan farmers make 'tremendous progress' in seeding: Crop report
The progress of seeding operations in Saskatchewan nearly doubled over the past week. According to the weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers made "tremendous progress" in the we...
May 25, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan provides assistance to 581 skating, curling rinks
Curlers, hockey players and figure skaters across Saskatchewan got some help from the provincial government in the past year. The government said Thursday that more than 580 skating and curling rinks ...
May 25, 2023 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Second person charged in Regina trailer park killing
A second person has been charged in connection with a weekend killing in a Regina trailer park. Regina police said Thursday that Vanessa Lynn Okemaysim, 31, had been charged with second-degree murder ...
May 25, 2023 Police investigated a killing at the Glen Elm Trailer Court. (Lindsay Newman/980 CJME)
Gormley Show segments, Thur. May 25th, 2023
8:30 - A complaint from Democracy Watch will be filed against David Johnston with the federal Ethics Commissioner for donations to the Liberal Party. From 2006 to 2022, it shows in the Elections Canad...
May 25, 2023
Severe thunderstorm watches issued for parts of southern Saskatchewan
A swath of southern Saskatchewan was under a severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Environment Canada issued watches for areas around Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Corona...
May 24, 2023 Severe thunderstorms in southeastern Saskatchewan could produce tornadoes. (980 CJME file photo)
Rock icon Tina Turner dies at 83
Legendary rock artist Tina Turner has died at her home in Switzerland. She overcame domestic abuse and an industry that shrugged its shoulders at her to become one of the biggest female recording arti...
May 24, 2023 Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. The unstoppable singer and stage performer died Tuesday after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo file photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
Mounties arrest man after warning drivers about hitchhiker
Police arrested a man they were searching for Wednesday morning near Penzance, just a few hours after warning the public about him. Early on Wednesday, the RCMP said officers were searching for a man ...
May 24, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
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