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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Wind wallops Saskatchewan as part of major snowstorm
Snow wasn't the only thing blowing Tuesday as a winter storm battered Saskatchewan. In a tweet, Swift Current city councillor Ryan Switzer said chunks of the roof of a liquor store in that city were b...
Nov 16, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 16: Active cases continue to fall
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has dropped by 72 per cent over the past month. In its daily update Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said there were 1,112 active cases in the provin...
Nov 16, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Convicted sex offender moves into Heritage neighbourhood
A man considered a high risk to reoffend sexually has moved into Regina's Heritage neighbourhood. In an advisory issued Tuesday, the Regina Police Service said 38-year-old Louis Ted Mercredi has moved...
Nov 16, 2021 (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Denise Batters defends leadership review petition
Denise Batters, a Conservative senator from Saskatchewan, is standing behind her petition to move up the leadership review for Erin O'Toole. Batters announced the review Monday with a video and a webs...
Nov 16, 2021 Former Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Sean Kilpatrick
2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday
The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday. In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's ...
Nov 16, 2021
ATV rollover near Val Marie kills driver
A 74-year-old man is dead after an ATV rolled near Val Marie on Monday. According to the RCMP, officers from the Ponteix detachment got a call around noon about an ATV rollover on Highway 4, approxima...
Nov 16, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Travel advisories, blizzard warnings pop up as winter storm moves in
A winter storm made its mark in Saskatchewan early Tuesday with a smattering of travel advisories due to a mix of strong winds, freezing rain and snow. According to Environment Canada, it's only a sma...
Nov 16, 2021 (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Nov. 16 Show Segments
8:30 – Gas price analyst and Canadians for Affordable Energy President Dan McTeague is here to tell us about rising gas prices, and the impact of the carbon tax when you fill up at the pump. McT...
Nov 16, 2021
Amendments made to revenge porn legislation in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is taking further steps to stop revenge porn. On Monday, the provincial government introduced The Privacy (Intimate images -- Additional Remedies) Amendment Act, which is t...
Nov 15, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Nov. 15: 35 fully vaccinated people among 97 new cases
More than a third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Monday were people who had received two shots of a COVID vaccine. The Ministry of Health announced 97 new cases, 35 of whom were...
Nov 15, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
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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 ...