Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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SEIU-West president unsure about NDP call for military help
The head of a union representing thousands of health-care workers across the province isn't sure calling the military is the help the industry needs. However, SEIU-West president Barbara Cape knows so...
Sep 24, 2021 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sept. 24 Show Segments
8:30 – Saskatchewan currently has 273 COVID patients in our hospitals, including 58 in the ICU. The province also added seven new deaths yesterday, bringing that total up to 658. Our organ donat...
Sep 24, 2021
Pats preparing to drop the puck on the 2021-22 WHL season
Members of the Regina Pats organization can sense that a season well worth watching is just over the horizon. It has been three years since the team's Memorial Cup run in 2018 -- three years spent reb...
Sep 23, 2021 Shaun Semple, CEO of the Regina Pats, speaks during a media availability ahead of the 2021-22 WHL season. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Sept. 23: 460 new cases, 7 deaths, 273 in hospital
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals and ICUs reached record levels again Thursday. The Ministry of Health said there were 273 people with COVID in the province's health-care faci...
Sep 23, 2021 A message written on the sidewalk outside Ellis Hall, next to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Tech expert tries to ease concerns about QR codes for proving vax status
A Canadian tech expert says people shouldn’t have any fears about their personal information in a bar code. Starting Oct. 1, Saskatchewan is moving to a QR code system to show proof of a COVID-1...
Sep 23, 2021
Harvest nearly 90 per cent complete in Saskatchewan
Harvest in Saskatchewan continues to be well ahead of its average pace, thanks in large part to the weather. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said warm, dry conditions have allow...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck School closed due to COVID
Another classroom at Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School has been closed due to numerous cases of COVID-19. On Wednesday, Regina Public Schools announced the school was closing a Grade 3 classroom a...
Sep 23, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sept. 23 Show Segments
8:30 - During today's show, Gormley is joined by a special guest host, former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. From politics to football, they've got a lot of ground to cover during today's show, and w...
Sep 23, 2021
Suspected outbreak at Parkside Extendicare, according to SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there is a suspected outbreak of COVID-19 at Parkside Extendicare in Regina. It is located in the nursing home's south wing and visitation has been restricted, t...
Sep 22, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Mid-year financial report forecasts surplus for City of Regina
The City of Regina is on track to remain in the black. According to the city's mid-year financial report, Regina is projected to run a surplus of $3.3 million. The city is expecting a total of about $...
Sep 22, 2021
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
8:30 - We're learning that the cost to refit Saskatchewan's coal-fired power plants has climbed to $26 billion over the ...