Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Winnipeg beats Hamilton to win second straight Grey Cup
After waiting two years to defend their Grey Cup title, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers did just that Sunday on a windy night in Hamilton. For the first time since 2016, overtime was needed to decide the CF...
Dec 12, 2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros hoists the Grey Cup as he celebrates defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 108th CFL Grey Cup in Hamilton on Dec. 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Roughnecks steal the show in Rush home opener
After 644 days, the Saskatchewan Rush finally made their return to the SaskTel Centre for their home opener. The NLL season was cancelled because of COVID in March of 2020. Saskatoon’s lacrosse ...
Dec 12, 2021
Food banks, clients hit hard by rising food costs
Everyone's wallet has been taking a hit at the grocery store lately, but inflation is also having a significant effect on the province's most vulnerable. The rising cost of food is impacting the Saska...
Dec 11, 2021 (Regina Food Bank/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Dec. 11: No deaths, 57 positive tests outside of province
A number of out-of-province cases affected Saskatchewan's COVID totals Saturday. Within the province, there were 77 new cases and 137 recoveries reported. However, 57 people from Saskatchewan tested p...
Dec 11, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
CFL to implement revenue-sharing model
The CFL's haves are going to be helping the have-nots. During his State of the League address Friday in Hamilton, commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced the CFL will be implementing a revenue-sharing m...
Dec 10, 2021 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Andrew Vaughan)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist facing charges in Swift Current
Details are scarce, but an internationally renowned agriculture scientist is facing charges in Swift Current. Yantai Gan, whom the Royal Society of Canada said in a Facebook post "invented pulse-based...
Dec 10, 2021 (Royal Society of Canada/Facebook)
Mounties in Maidstone area nab three impaired drivers in short order
Saskatchewan RCMP officers needed just 2 1/2 hours to pull over three impaired drivers in the Maidstone area. On Friday, the Mounties said officers from the Maidstone detachment and the Roving Traffic...
Dec 10, 2021
Bombers' Collaros can relate to plight of Riders' Fajardo
Zach Collaros has heard it all before. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback remembered his own experiences from back in the day when he was asked about recent comments by Saskatchewan Roughriders piv...
Dec 10, 2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros. (Winnipeg Blue Bombers/Twitter)
Suspected car thief caught in the act by Regina police
Regina police officers interrupted an attempted car theft early Friday. In a media release, police said they got a call just after midnight about a break-in at a car dealership in the 600 block of Alb...
Dec 10, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Federal health minister warns international travellers about Omicron
As international flights resume out of Regina and Saskatoon, Canada's health minister is issuing a warning to people who want to head overseas. During a media conference Friday, Jean-Yves Duclos said ...
Dec 10, 2021 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...