Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Man facing impaired driving charges after rollover kills woman, injures 7
A 25-year-old woman is dead after a vehicle with eight passengers rolled multiple times while travelling on a grid road just off Highway 7. The incident occurred just before midnight Sunday when the v...
Jul 12, 2021
Two men charged after Regina bank robbery
Two men have been charged in connection with a bank robbery that occurred in Regina on Friday, a case that ultimately involved a police pursuit from the Queen City to Lumsden. The Regina Police Servic...
Jul 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Accused in Superstore bomb scare makes first court appearance
A 23-year-old Regina man charged in connection with a bomb scare at an east Regina Superstore made his first court appearance Monday. Kyle Poag is facing seven charges, including delivering an explosi...
Jul 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update July 12: New cases steady at 19, no deaths as Sask. reopens
Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Monday, one day after the province ended most of its public health measures -- including mandatory masking. It was the second straight d...
Jul 12, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Saskatchewan courts provide COVID-related updates
With COVID-related public health orders now removed, things will be getting back to normal in Saskatchewan's court system. Provincial courts are returning to their regular sitting schedules and jury t...
Jul 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Blondeau outlines options for protecting unvaccinated kids from COVID
The public health orders around COVID-19 may be lifted, but some parents across Saskatchewan may not feel at ease, with young kids not yet vaccinated. University of Saskatchewan clinical microbiologis...
Jul 12, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Blades head coach to take AHL bench boss position in Stockton
Mitch Love is heading south. Love, who has been the head coach of the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades since the 2018-19 season, has accepted a job with the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Stockt...
Jul 12, 2021
More than 700 groups receive charitable gaming grants in Sask.
Community groups and organizations from A to Z -- from Abbey to Zenon Park -- received more than $2.1 million in funding from the Saskatchewan government in the latest round of the province's charitab...
Jul 12, 2021
Sask. plan rejected, feds changing carbon pricing benchmarks
Despite the provincial government's apparent frustration, the federal carbon tax will be a fixture in Saskatchewan for at least another 17 months. In a statement Monday, Premier Scott Moe said the fed...
Jul 12, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Getting a haircut? Masks still required at this Regina salon
A Regina hair salon will require its clients to wear masks for a while longer. Even though all public health orders, including mandatory masks in public indoor spaces, were lifted Sunday, the owners o...
Jul 12, 2021 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...