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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‘They’re kind of the perfect predator’: Great horned owl survey launches in Sask.
The University of Regina and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum have partnered to learn more about the great horned owl. Dr. Ryan Fisher, the curator of vertebrate zoology at the museum, told John Gormley ...
Feb 05, 2022
Hospitals still under pressure from surge in Omicron patients, staff absences
As the fifth wave of COVID-19 progresses in Saskatchewan, daily case numbers seem to be on the decline, but it could take at least two more weeks for hospitalizations to decrease significantly. The pr...
Feb 05, 2022
Latest COVID update Feb. 5: Hospitalizations drop again, 978 new cases
Hospitalizations dropped again on Saturday by 18 patients according to the provincial COVID-19 update. A total of 978 new cases were reported. Active cases are now at 9,785 in Saskatchewan. One more p...
Feb 05, 2022
Canada's Kingsbury dethroned as Olympic men's moguls champion
Canada won its first two medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday, but one wasn't the colour many expected. Defending Olympic champion and top qualifier Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Qu...
Feb 05, 2022 Mikael Kingsbury of Canada celebrates his silver medal-winning run in the men's moguls finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Einarson, Fleury facing elimination at Scotties; McCarville, Crawford in 1-2 Page game
The first-place finishers in the two round-robin pools at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts are one loss away from elimination after playoff action Friday. The Wild Card #1 team skipped by Tracy Fleur...
Feb 04, 2022 Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville. (Curling Canada/Twitter)
24-hour on-street parking ban coming on Regina's snow routes
Some residents of Regina won't be allowed to park on their streets starting Saturday morning. On Friday, the City of Regina declared snow routes are in effect. As a result, on-street parking on the id...
Feb 04, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
NDP calls for emergency debate on planned changes to public health measures
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for the legislature to be recalled for emergency debate on the planned loosening of public health measures in the province. On Thursday, the province announced a plan f...
Feb 04, 2022
Gun call in Regina results in charges against four people
Four people are facing charges after an incident Wednesday night in the 1600 block of Rae Street. According to the Regina Police Service, officers responded to a gun call just before 9 p.m. A caller s...
Feb 04, 2022 (Regina Police Service/Twitter)
Latest COVID update Feb. 4: Hospitalizations, active cases drop
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan dropped below 10,000 for the first time in three weeks Friday. The Ministry of Health said there were 9,981 active cases, the fewest ...
Feb 04, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
10-month investigation leads to weapons charges against Regina man
A 26-year-old Regina man is facing 10 charges of weapons trafficking after a 10-month investigation involving three police services. The Integrated Crime Reduction Team, which includes officers from t...
Feb 04, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
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...