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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Saskatchewan government wading into Keystone XL fight in U.S.
Saskatchewan is preparing to enter the fray in the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline. In a release Friday, the provincial government said it was filing an amicus brief in support of the 21 U...
May 14, 2021
Protester facing charge of assault with weapon
A 62-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon after a confrontation near a downtown hotel which has a COVID-19 isolation unit for people unable to self-isolate. Police say on Wednesday...
May 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. driver justifies speeding by trying to ‘knock the rust off the brake rotors’
Police have heard every excuse in the book to justify speeding, but on Wednesday a driver gave Corman Park police a unique explanation. Officers were patrolling on Grasswood Road when their radar cloc...
May 14, 2021
May 14 Show Segments
8:30 – Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act when he granted a $43.5-million federal contract to his friend...
May 14, 2021
Latest COVID update May 13: 5 deaths, 232 recoveries, 223 new cases
The eligibility age drops again on Friday morning to 23 or older as the percentage of those 30-plus who have a first vaccine dose climbs to 62 per cent. Vaccines continue to be administered, with 8,14...
May 13, 2021 Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 26, 2020. For the last four months, Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and who they may have given it to. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
SHA tweaks COVID vaccination appointment system
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has made a technical tweak to make it easier for people to book appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine. On Thursday, the SHA said it had changed its Vaccine Patient B...
May 13, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Ethics commissioner clears Trudeau of WE charity conflict of interest, but not Morneau
Justin Trudeau has been cleared by the ethics commissioner who was asked to review whether Canada's prime minister had been in a conflict of interest because of his involvement in funding of the WE ch...
May 13, 2021 Former federal finance minister Bill Morneau and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Seeding ahead of schedule in Saskatchewan, but rain required
Seeding in Saskatchewan is well ahead of the five-year average, but a lack of moisture could affect the crops that already are in the ground. In the weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture sai...
May 13, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina begins work to spruce up Albert Street downtown
Drivers who take Albert Street in downtown Regina will find traffic reduced to a single lane in both directions from Victoria Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive until early August. The city started a renewa...
May 13, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Show Segments
8:30 – The legal fight over Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline continues after the deadline set by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer for the pipeline’s shutdown passed Wednesday. We heard f...
May 13, 2021
OPINION
Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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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...