Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Balcarres students use art to mark Orange Shirt Day at Regina library
Orange Shirt Day at Regina's downtown public library was anything but monochromatic, or quiet. Indigenous singers and dancers filled the library on Monday with the sounds of drumming and jingle dancin...
Sep 30, 2019 Balcarres Community School Grade 12 student Jacob Stoll displays his artwork examining the 59th call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Sept. 30, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Catholic school division lays off four carpenters to balance budget
Four carpenters recently laid off by the Regina Catholic School Division are questioning how the division will finish work orders and set up portable classrooms after their last day on the job. "There...
Sep 26, 2019
Business aviation company opens new hangar at YQR
The Regina Airport Authority welcomed its newest tenant on Friday, opening a new hangar that belongs to Kreos Aviation. The private business airline company is headquartered in Saskatoon. The hangar i...
Sep 21, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Items from hockey store heist likely now on black market, says retailer
Regina-based retailer Extreme Hockey is out tens of thousands of dollars after a weekend heist that saw more than half of the store's tent-sale inventory cleaned out from its parking lot. "When we arr...
Sep 18, 2019 Extreme Hockey's Jason Degelman says the retailer lost more than half of its outdoor tent inventory in an apparent theft that happened either late on Sept. 13 or early Sept. 14. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Zipline park to close after new requirements from R.M. of Lumsden
A family-run zipline park near Lumsden is figuring out what's next after it decided to shut down for good at the end of the month due to what it's calling "high financial costs associated with unreali...
Sep 17, 2019 Outer Edge Adventure Park says it has to shut down, because it can't afford to do the work that the R-M of Lumsden has asked it for. The business is set to close on Sept. 29, 2019. (Outer Edge Adventure Park Facebook page)
Longtime water systems expert works for clean water on First Nations
The recipient of a national award for maintaining First Nations water systems is from the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, but he first learned the trade thousands of kilometres away from Saskatchewan,...
Sep 15, 2019 Circuit Rider Technician Deon Hassler was awarded this year's First Nations Water Leadership award for his work with the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council. (File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council/Submitted)
CFIB to survey federal leaders on election promises
As federal candidates start hitting the campaign trail for the election, a lobby group for small and independent businesses is giving its wish list to party leaders for improvements it wants to see im...
Sep 13, 2019
Uber can now pick up passengers at YQR
As of this past weekend, drivers who work for the ridesharing service Uber can pick up passengers from the Regina airport; previously, they could only drop off passengers there. Regina Airport Authori...
Sep 09, 2019
Longtime farmer goes all-local with new marketplace
After a lifetime of farming as a kid with his family and as an owner of an organic operation near Fillmore, Tim Shultz is using the lessons he has learned in the field to open up shop in Regina. The 3...
Sep 06, 2019 Local Market co-owner Tim Shultz poses for a photo at his grocery store, Local & Fresh, in Regina's Warehouse District on Sept. 5, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Swoop plane makes emergency landing in Regina, passengers stranded
Swoop airlines passengers who had to make an emergency landing in Regina late Wednesday night spent much of Thursday stranded in the city. Passengers at the airport early Thursday morning didn't want ...
Sep 05, 2019 A stock photo of a Swoop Airlines plane. (Abbotsford Airport/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
8:30 - Canada's electricity system is on the verge of some major changes, with new federal investments aimed at strength...