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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March 12
8:30 – Saskatchewan’s online and phone booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations got off to a great start Thursday, with thousands of appointments made in the first few hours after the laun...
Mar 12, 2021
National Lacrosse League commits to new season starting December
It has been over a year since the Saskatchewan Rush played their last game after the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans will have to wait a little longer before professional lacro...
Mar 12, 2021
Dunstone advances to championship pool at the Brier
Matt Dunstone is moving on. Dunstone's Saskatchewan foursome qualified for championship pool play at the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary with a 7-5 victory Thursday afternoon over the Nova Scotia team sk...
Mar 11, 2021
New charges against inmate who escaped custody in Regina
A 31-year-old inmate at the Regina jail who escaped from custody Wednesday is facing a number of new charges. According to the Regina Police Service, the incident began at about 2:15 p.m., when the po...
Mar 11, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update March 11: 0 deaths, 165 new cases, 153 recoveries
The Regina region remains Saskatchewan's hotspot for COVID-19. In its daily update Thursday, the Ministry of Health said 51 of the 165 new cases it was reporting were in the Regina area. There have be...
Mar 11, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Fired Regina police officer wins appeal against dismissal
A fired Regina police corporal who previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a 13-year-old boy has successfully appealed his dismissal. Colin Magee was fired from the Regina Police Service last year, ha...
Mar 11, 2021 Regina Police Service Cpl. Colin Magee (dark suit). (File photo courtesy of Global News)
Zebra mussels found in aquarium products sold in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government issued an alert Thursday about the presence of zebra mussels in aquarium products sold in the province. According to the government, zebra mussels -- a prohibited aquatic i...
Mar 11, 2021 Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted
Sask. schools get another $29M in COVID contingency funding
The Saskatchewan government is putting another $29 million into the province's schools as they deal with COVID-19. In a media release Thursday, the government said the funds will help school divisions...
Mar 11, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Council approves grant to study renewable fuel refinery
A company is eyeing the Regina area to build a refinery that would produce billions of litres of renewable fuel each year. The proposal is from True North Renewable Fuels (TNRF). The company would als...
Mar 11, 2021
COVID vaccination booking system expands eligibility to include 80+ group
After just one day of operation, Saskatchewan's COVID-19 vaccination booking system is expanding the eligibility of who can use it. Starting Friday at 8 a.m., any resident of the province who's 80 yea...
Mar 11, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
OPINION
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 ...