Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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'It's about giving:' Santas Anonymous a family tradition
The Regina and District Food Bank transformed into the North Pole Saturday morning as hundreds of volunteers gathered to wrap gifts donated in CJME's 48th annual Santas Anonymous campaign. Debbie Rodg...
Dec 16, 2017 The Rodgers pose in front of their wrapping station at the Regina and District Food Bank on Dec. 16, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Fingerlings: the hardest-to-find toy this Christmas
For years, people have gone to serious lengths to get their hands on the season's hottest toys, and this Christmas it's all about Fingerlings. The animated, finger-hugging baby monkeys were sold out a...
Dec 15, 2017 Tracy Boshe, owner of Zippity Zoom Toys, models a Baby Monkey toy on Dec. 15, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Regina Pats players deliver teddy bears from on-ice toss
With hockey jerseys on their backs and teddy bears in hand, Regina Pats players paid a visit to the pediatric wards at General Hospital and Wascana Rehabilitation Centre Tuesday morning. The players d...
Dec 12, 2017 Regina Pats players gather around Deborah Livingston, 14, in her General Hospital room after they delivered a giant teddy bear on Dec. 12, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Emerald Park boutique's bracelets bring survivors together
A local survivor of the Las Vegas massacre is hoping people will "be kind to one another" after sharing her story and paying it forward at an Emerald Park boutique. Lynette McGill, manager at Bella Ch...
Dec 10, 2017 The friendship-style bracelets come in a variety of colours and are expected to be back in stock starting the week of Dec. 11, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Roger that, Santa: Reserve Force helps kids call North Pole
Relaying Christmas lists to St. Nicholas is a lot easier, thanks to HMCS Queen and the 38 Signals Regiment's Operation Radio Santa. Using the Reserve Force's equipment, children had the chance to radi...
Dec 09, 2017 Addy Walker, 10, radio calls Santa in the North Pole on Dec. 9, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Sask. RMs pleased with homegrown climate change strategy
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is on board with a homegrown strategy to combat climate change. SARM President Ray Orb said the association has been trying to work with the...
Dec 05, 2017 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
First female-only reffing crew a skate in the right direction
Weyburn's Alex Clarke became a referee a few years ago to fill the void hockey left behind after she quit playing. Little did the 24-year-old know she'd be making history as a member of the first fema...
Dec 03, 2017 (L-R) Jessica Coleman, Cianna Lieffers, Michelle Stapleton and Alex Clarke are a part of the first female-only officiating crew to work a Prairie Junior Hockey League game on Dec. 3, 2017. (Alex Clarke/Submitted)
Former NHL players pumped for Regina's All-Star Classic
Two outdoor games at Mosaic Stadium on Family Day long weekend are among the many activities set to kick off the 100-day countdown to the 2018 Memorial Cup. An All-Star Celebrity Classic game, featuri...
Dec 03, 2017 Geoff Courtnall (left), Ed Staniowski and Stu Grimson are all expected to play in the All-Star Celebrity Classic on Feb. 17, 2018. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
'He taught us well:' First Bushwakker Mead Day without founder
For more than two decades, Regina's Bushwakker Brewpub has kicked off the Christmas season by releasing a limited supply of their signature blackberry mead, and Saturday that tradition continued. Howe...
Dec 02, 2017 Dozens lined up to purchase the limited edition Bushwakker Brewpub's blackberry mead on Dec. 2, 2017 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
'Stop hiding:' Sask. AIDS advocate pushes to shatter stigma
Next summer will mark a decade since Saskatoon's Kristin Dunn was first diagnosed with HIV. Despite being vocal about it now, she said for over half that time she kept it a secret, due to the stigma a...
Dec 01, 2017 Kristin Dunn shares her story at the World AIDS Day flag raising in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature on Dec. 1, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...