Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Gushue beats McEwen to extend Saskatchewan's Brier drought
Brad Gushue spoiled Saskatchewan's party at the 2024 Montana's Brier. The two-time defending champion beat Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen 9-5 on Sunday at the Brandt Centre to win his sixth Canadian men's...
Mar 10, 2024 Brad Gushue (left to right), Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker and Caleb Flaxey celebrate with the Brier Tankard. (Michael Burns/Curling Canada)
Moose Jaw to host 2025 world men's curling championship
Some of the world's best curlers are coming to Moose Jaw. World Curling and Curling Canada announced Friday the 2025 BKT Tires world men's curling championship will be played at the Moose Jaw Events C...
Mar 08, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers announce sanctions to continue Monday
As the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and Premier Scott Moe continue to spar amid stalled contract negotiations, the union has announced its latest round of sanctions. In a media release issued Fri...
Mar 08, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte says that because the government won't put classroom size and complexity into the teachers' contract, she doesn't believe it intends to keep classroom support funding where it is. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RPL seeking input on other locations for Central Library
The Regina Public Library is checking out other locations for its new Central branch. In September of 2022, the RPL's board of directors voted to demolish the current downtown branch, with a preferenc...
Mar 08, 2024 The Regina Public Library's Central Library. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. gov't says more than 1,000 nursing grads hired since December 2022
The Saskatchewan government says it has hired more than 1,000 nursing graduates over the past 14 months. In an update Thursday on the progress of the Health Human Resources Action Plan, the government...
Mar 07, 2024 The province said 1,002 nursing graduates from Saskatchewan and outside the province have been hired since December of 2022. (980 CJME file photo)
Gov't investment bringing $128M aquatic facility with geothermal heating to Regina
As far back as 2010, a new aquatics centre was ranked as the No. 1 priority for the City of Regina in its recreational master plan. Building the facility also was one of the promises Sandra Masters ma...
Mar 07, 2024 The new aquatics facility will be heated with clean geothermal energy. (980 CJME file photo)
Larry Dean retires, joins Riders' football operations staff
After eight seasons of taking on offensive linemen and running backs in the CFL, Larry Dean is taking on a new challenge with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team announced Thursday the four-time al...
Mar 07, 2024 Larry Dean announced his retirement from the CFL on Thursday. He'll move into a new role on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' football operations staff. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Moe says $2.2B education budget to include $356M for classroom supports
Premier Scott Moe took an unprecedented step Wednesday to try to restart contract negotiations with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. In a video posted on social media, Moe said the provincial go...
Mar 06, 2024 Premier Scott Moe shared details of education funding in the 2024-25 budget in a social media post Wednesday. (Premier Scott Moe/X)
$1.8M worth of fentanyl among 10 kg of drugs seized by Regina police
Regina police seized more than 10 kilograms of illicit drugs during a bust Friday. That included 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl, which police said has a street value of around $1.8 million in single doses....
Mar 06, 2024 The items seized when the suspects were arrested Friday. The haul included more than five kilos of meth and more than four kilos of fentanyl. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Regina Folk Festival to hold concert series in 2024, full festival to return in 2025
A long-running summer festival will return to the Queen City in 2025. The Regina Folk Festival, which had been plagued by financial struggles, will be able to return in the summer of 2025 thanks to su...
Mar 06, 2024 The Regina Folk Festival will host a special concert series in 2024 before the full festival returns the following year. (Regina Folk Festival/Facebook)
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