Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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'Speed up the paper process': Sask. delegation preparing to head to Germany
Terry Dennis and a small group of people are preparing to head to Germany this weekend to meet with Ukrainians who fled the war in their home country. Dennis is the legislative secretary responsible f...
Apr 05, 2022 The flag of Ukraine is flying at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME file photo)
Heading for home: Regina Red Sox ready to return in 2022
The Regina Red Sox are ready to get back into the swing of things. The Western Canadian Baseball League team is preparing for the 2022 season after two years of inactivity. The WCBL cancelled its 2020...
Apr 05, 2022
EMS service expanding in rural areas of Saskatchewan
More than 70 new full-time positions will be created as part of the Saskatchewan government's commitment to emergency care in rural, remote and northern areas. The funding increase of $11 million, whi...
Apr 05, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Trans-Canada west of Maple Creek reopens after closure
It may feel like spring, but it was looking like winter on some highways in southwestern Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning. According to the Highway Hotline at 9:30 a.m., the Trans-Canada Highway was cl...
Apr 05, 2022
April 5 Show Segments
8:30 – The Legislative Secretary Responsible for Saskatchewan Ukraine Relations, Terry Dennis, is leading a small delegation to Germany April 10-13. Working with the Embassy of Canada in Berlin,...
Apr 05, 2022
Murder trial begins for man accused in two drive-by shootings in Regina
The trial of a Regina man accused of killing two people in drive-by shootings began Monday with a plea of not guilty. Dillon Ricky Whitehawk, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting de...
Apr 04, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
U of R's wastewater study finds BA.2 is most prevalent COVID strain in Regina
The sublineage of the Omicron variant of concern has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Regina. In its weekly analysis of the wastewater in Regina, the University of Regina says 67 per cent of ...
Apr 04, 2022
Saskatchewan sending team to Germany to meet with Ukrainian refugees
While in Germany on a trade mission last week, Premier Scott Moe met with refugees who'd fled their homes in Ukraine. Now a delegation from Saskatchewan is heading back there to try to help. Moe said ...
Apr 04, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Increased carbon tax pushes up prices at the pump
By Drew Stremick The federal carbon tax increased to $50 per tonne Friday, and that pushed up the price of gas in Saskatchewan. Roger McKnight, a petroleum analyst with En-Pro International, said the ...
Apr 04, 2022
Consultant to examine design for rail relocation on Ring Road
For years, Regina drivers have been delayed on Ring Road as trains rumbled across the road. Now, the campaign to relocate the rail lines has moved a little further down the tracks, with the city's ann...
Apr 04, 2022
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...