Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Unemployment rate falls in Canada, rises in Saskatchewan
Canada's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level on record in March. Statistics Canada said Friday the national unemployment rate dropped to 5.3 per cent, the lowest it has been since comparable da...
Apr 08, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
WSA says spring runoff is higher than expected in some areas
A higher-than-expected spring runoff appears to be helping some areas of Saskatchewan rebound from last year's drought. In its April update released Friday, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said the ru...
Apr 08, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Power back for all of Maple Creek, some southwest communities still in the dark
SaskPower is making lots of progress in bringing back electricity to the southwest corner. Power lines were ripped out by a storm Tuesday, leaving many communities in the dark for days. In an update p...
Apr 08, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Charlie Clark tests positive for COVID-19
Mayor Charlie Clark will be taking it easy at home for the next while. Clark revealed online Thursday he had contracted COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms. https://twitter.com/charlieclarkyxe...
Apr 08, 2022
April 8 Show Segments
8:30 – Canada’s federal budget was tabled Thursday by Finance Minister and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland. The highly-anticipated budget includes billions in new spending for the year ahead, ...
Apr 08, 2022
Pats' Nijhoff signs with AHL's San Diego Gulls
Regina Pats captain Logan Nijhoff hopes his pro hockey career will take flight with the San Diego Gulls. The Pats announced Thursday that Nijhoff has signed a two-year contract with the Gulls, the AHL...
Apr 07, 2022 (File photo courtesy of Keith Hershmiller Photography)
Woman gets five-year sentence for robbery, aggravated assault
A second person is heading to prison for her role in an assault and robbery that started with a meeting outside a Regina nightclub. During a hearing Thursday in Regina Court of Queen's Bench, Jenna Ho...
Apr 07, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Organ and tissue donation in Sask. still experiencing the Logan Boulet Effect
By Drew Stremick Four years ago, Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet lost his life - and ultimately saved six others with the selfless act of being an organ donor. Since then, more than 18,000 Sa...
Apr 07, 2022
Housing a priority, but deficit balloons in federal budget
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turned Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable for people and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity. But Freeland...
Apr 07, 2022 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tables the federal budget in the House of Commons on April 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saskatchewan announces 1,032 new COVID cases, another vaccine available
Saskatchewan is introducing another vaccine to fight COVID-19. In Thursday's update -- which also revealed there were 1,032 new cases, 24 deaths and 354 hospitalizations during the weekly reporting pe...
Apr 07, 2022 (Supplied)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...