Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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Manslaughter plea ends murder trial in Regina
Two and a half days into his trial for second-degree murder, Adam Taniskishayinew pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Taniskishayinew, who turned 29 on Thursday, entered the plea Wednesday at Regina's Cou...
Mar 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Government provides $19M to child-care facilities
Licensed child-care facilities in Saskatchewan are getting more financial help. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan government said it was providing around $19 million from the Federal Safe Restart Agreemen...
Mar 04, 2021 While the $10-a-day program reduced costs for families, centres were left trying to absorb rising expenses without corresponding increases in operational funding. Inflation touched everything from wages to utilities to groceries, and many centres built their budgets in 2020, before those costs surged. (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update March 3: 180 recoveries, 121 new cases, 2 deaths
Recoveries once again outnumbered new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan on Wednesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said there were 180 recoveries and 121 new cases. The number of active ca...
Mar 03, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Pats to open WHL regular season March 12
The Regina Pats are to open the 2020-21 Western Hockey League season one year and one day after their last game of the 2019-20 campaign. The WHL released the schedule for the East Division bubble on W...
Mar 03, 2021
Driver safety shields among safety upgrades proposed for Regina Transit
The City of Regina is looking to use COVID-19 funding to improve safety on public transit. In November, the city applied for funding under the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream. The city's exe...
Mar 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Team Dunstone prepared for big-city Brier in small-town Saskatchewan
It's a case of a double bubble for Matt Dunstone's curling team. In preparation for the bubble in Calgary for the Tim Hortons Brier, Saskatchewan's representatives at the Canadian men's curling champi...
Mar 03, 2021 Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone throws a rock during the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. (Curling Canada/Twitter)
Moe says decision on vaccine interval expected this week
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government will make a decision by Thursday on stretching the interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses. Moe told Gormley on Wednesday the sudden shift from three...
Mar 03, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Submitted)
March deadlines set to remove ice fishing shacks
Saskatchewan anglers are being urged to take back their ice fishing shacks. In a media release Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government said all ice fishing shelters located on bodies of water south of ...
Mar 03, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Regina acknowledged as a 'Tree City of the World' for consecutive year
The United Nations have awarded Regina as a 'Tree City of the World' for the second year in a row. Regina is one of 120 cities globally, as well as 15 cities nationally to be accepted into the Tree Ci...
Mar 03, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
COVID cases identified at four Regina schools
There were at least four new cases of COVID-19 in Regina schools on Tuesday. The cases were reported at Ruth Pawson elementary, McLurg elementary and Martin Collegiate high school as well as one more ...
Mar 03, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...