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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Latest COVID update Feb. 1: Hospitalizations rise, active cases fall
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continued its downward trajectory Tuesday. According to the provincial government, the average as of Tuesday was 1,105, or 91.7 cases per 10...
Feb 01, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Great horned owls subject of new U of R-RSM research project
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum and University of Regina want to hear from people who have heard a hoot. The organizations have started a research project involving great horned owls. Anyone who sees on...
Feb 01, 2022 (Royal Saskatchewan Museum/Submitted)
Tom Brady retires after 22 NFL seasons, seven Super Bowl titles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced in a social media post Tuesday that he was retiring from the NFL after 22 seasons. The 44-year-old Brady spent his first 20 seasons with the New En...
Feb 01, 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field after the team lost to the Los Angeles Rams during an NFL divisional round playoff game on Jan. 23, 2022. (AP File Photo/Mark LoMoglio)
Bobsledder Ben Coakwell ready for third Olympics
Ben Coakwell isn't worried about pressure when it comes to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. "I lack the stress because you train for four years to do this and I just don't believe in stressing on something ...
Feb 01, 2022 Ben Coakwell and his teammates on Justin Kripps' team celebrate a victory. (Photo courtesy of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton)
Feb. 1 Show Segments
8:30 – According to a new survey from Angus Reid, a majority of Canadians say it’s time to end all COVID-19 restrictions and let Canadians manage their own level of risk. The percentage fo...
Feb 01, 2022
Sask. premier condemns the behaviour of some at trucker protest
While Premier Scott Moe released a statement on the weekend in support of the ongoing trucker protest, he's calling out the behaviour of some on and near Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Nazi signs were spo...
Jan 31, 2022 People surround the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial during a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa on Jan. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Moose Jaw's Fish eager to make a splash at Winter Olympics
Graeme Fish plans to approach his next speed skating meet like any other, even though it isn't. The 24-year-old Moose Jaw product is set to compete in the Beijing Winter Olympics. "It really hasn't hi...
Jan 31, 2022 Graeme Fish. (File photo courtesy of Speed Skating Canada)
Second-degree murder charge laid three years after woman’s death
A 34-year-old man from Blaine Lake has been charged in connection with the death of a woman more than three years ago near the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. In a media release Monday, the Saskatchewan RCMP...
Jan 31, 2022
Riders, Fajardo agree to restructured deal for 2022
It appears Cody Fajardo is taking a pay cut. The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday their starting quarterback had agreed to a restructured contract for the 2022 CFL season. "Cody has always be...
Jan 31, 2022 Quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Delivery company employee nabbed with items that weren't delivered
An employee of a delivery company has been charged after some items ended up at his Melville home instead of in the hands of customers. The RCMP said Monday officers from the Melville detachment and t...
Jan 31, 2022
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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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...