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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Saskatchewan gov't officially asks for Parkside Extendicare review
Two weeks after committing to an independent review of the COVID-19 outbreak at Parkside Extendicare in Regina, the Government of Saskatchewan has formally called for the investigation. In a letter re...
Jan 29, 2021 Parkside Extendicare care home in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
Liam, Olivia remain most popular baby names in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan parents stayed consistent in 2020. According to a media release Friday from eHealth Saskatchewan, Liam was the most popular name for baby boys born in the province last year -- the 11th s...
Jan 29, 2021
COVID-19 identified at two more Regina schools
Two more Regina schools have been informed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority about COVID-19 cases. Regina Public Schools says there was one case each at Thom Collegiate and Campbell Collegiate. Clo...
Jan 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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8:30 – More vaccine delays announced this week seem to have shaken Canadians’ confidence in the federal government’s vaccine program. According to a new poll, just 45% of Canadians a...
Jan 29, 2021
Pop star Halsey reaches out to Swift Current family after viral TikTok video
A young girl from Swift Current has caught the eye of a U.S. pop star, among many others. In just one day, a TikTok video of seven-year-old Bella Thomson drawing has racked up more than 10 million vie...
Jan 28, 2021
Investigation underway over CERB payments sent to teens
By Caitlyn Lepp According to information uncovered by Blacklock's Reporter, more than $635 million in COVID-19 relief payments went to teens across Canada from the Canada Revenue Agency. The Canada Em...
Jan 28, 2021
Latest COVID update Jan. 28: 11 deaths, 244 new cases
The death toll in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 rose to 285 on Thursday, when the provincial government announced the deaths of 11 residents. Six people in the 80-and-over age group -- four from the Re...
Jan 28, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Shooting on Cameron Street leads to attempted murder charge
A 34-year-old Regina man has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting in the city Wednesday night. At around 8:45 p.m., police officers were sent to a Regina hospital for a report that a ma...
Jan 28, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police chief speaks more about protests targeting Saskatchewan's top doctor
This month, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer was seen escorted to his vehicle by security as he was followed by anti-mask protesters at the Legislative Building. Last week, protesters gathe...
Jan 28, 2021 Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Shaunavon farm beats odds with two sets of three of a kind
One Saskatchewan farm is getting adept at tripleheaders. Last week, one of the cows on Kelly Oberle's farm just east of Shaunavon gave birth to triplets -- a one-in-100,000 occurrence among cattle, ac...
Jan 28, 2021 (Kelly Oberle/Submitted)
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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...