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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Sask. boaters reminded to stop at all watercraft inspection stations
Saskatchewan residents planning to enjoy summer from port and starboard are being reminded to stop for inspection stations along highways and near the water. Boaters in the province travelling across ...
Jul 20, 2021
‘A mile in our moccassins:’ STC holds walk for reconciliation Tuesday, around 300 attend
Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand stood before the media Tuesday, minutes prior to the start of a walk for reconciliation. Wearing flip-flops, Arcand was preparing to make a 23-block trek across down...
Jul 20, 2021
July brings increase to monthly seniors benefit
More than 15,000 seniors in Saskatchewan will be seeing an increase in their maximum monthly benefit provided through a government seniors plan. A $30 increase came into effect on July 1, 2021 for tho...
Jul 20, 2021
Riders fan getting to practice with piece of Roughriders history
A young football player and lifelong Riders fan hoping to make it big is getting an opportunity to practice with a piece of Roughriders history. Twenty-year-old Cameron Gillis, a kicker for Stetson Un...
Jul 20, 2021
Latest COVID update July 20: Record high doses of Pfizer expected through July end, 22 new cases reported
Record high doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected in Saskatchewan through the end of the month after shipments of the vaccine resumed. In a release, the provincial government said more than 97,000 ...
Jul 20, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Jamie Nye: NHL GMs may have learned from their expansion mistakes with Vegas
NHL General Managers may have actually learned a lesson from their experience with the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft a few years ago. We haven't yet heard of teams trading assets to make side d...
Jul 20, 2021
Team Canada in Tokyo - Jennifer Gilbert - Softball
What do you do when a lifelong dream is taken away from you? That was the heartbreaking question that softball player Jennifer Gilbert faced in 2005, when the International Olympic Committee voted to ...
Jul 20, 2021
July 20 Show Segments
8:30 – The federal government announced Monday their plan for reopening the border. August 9, 2021, Canada plans to begin allowing entry to American citizens and permanent residents, who are cur...
Jul 20, 2021
Some producers look to irrigation as drought drags on
It is well known that this summer has been brutally hot and dry. It is also well known that because of the weather, many farmers across the province are suffering. The dry conditions have left some cr...
Jul 19, 2021
Swift Current man facing 12 charges after foiled break and enter
A man from Swift Current is facing 12 charges after allegedly committing a break and enter and having a stolen, restricted weapon. Swift Current RCMP say the incident occurred at a residence in the ze...
Jul 19, 2021 (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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...