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 Nov. 19: 89 new cases push total over 80K
Saskatchewan added 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, pushing its total during the pandemic past the 80,000 mark. Since March of 2020, 80,025 cases have been reported in the province. Over the past s...
Nov 19, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Mischief charge laid after stunt in downtown Regina
An attempt to create social media content has led to a mischief charge against a Regina man. On Thursday at about 2:30 p.m., police and fire crews were called to a building on the 1800 block of Scarth...
Nov 19, 2021 (Regina Fire/Twitter)
Canada drops PCR test requirement for travellers taking short trips
Canada has changed the border measures it put in place to arrest the potential spread of COVID-19. As of Nov. 30, fully vaccinated people who leave Canada by land or by air and return within three day...
Nov 19, 2021
Too many men on the field: Fan arrested after run during Riders' game
A 24-year-old man from Tisdale is facing more than a 15-yard penalty for running onto the field at Mosaic Stadium during a Saskatchewan Roughriders game. The Regina Police Service said Friday the full...
Nov 19, 2021 Mosaic Stadium. (980 CJME file photo)
Feds, province provide funding to lower child-care costs in Sask.
The federal and provincial governments took another step Friday toward lowering child-care costs for families in Saskatchewan. The governments announced funding will be given to licensed facilities in...
Nov 19, 2021 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
Health Canada OK's Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11
Some kids in Saskatchewan soon could be rolling up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine. Health Canada announced Friday it has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged five to 11. Previo...
Nov 19, 2021
Nov. 19 Show Segments
8:30 - John Gormley is away for a few days, and Executive Producer Taylor MacPherson is holding down the fort. We'll be replaying some of Gormley's best interviews, and keeping you up to speed on all ...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID-19 weighing heavy on Saskatchewan mayors
When Glenn George first took on the role of mayor in Melfort about a year ago, he didn't realize how much the pandemic would impact the job. “I’m working at it twice as hard as I ever thou...
Nov 19, 2021
Man gets 18-year sentence for manslaughter in Regina
A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday in connection with Regina's first murder of 2020. Kurtis Thomas pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench to a charge of manslaughter in t...
Nov 18, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina seeing highest murder rate in decades
Regina has recorded more murders so far in 2021 than at any other time in the last few decades. The month of October saw three murders in the span of one week alone. It is a gruesome statistic Regina'...
Nov 18, 2021 Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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...