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Sask. NDP hold first leadership debate at annual convention
The two Saskatchewan NDP leadership hopefuls debated for the first time at the party's annual convention Saturday afternoon. In front of hundreds of party members at Regina's Queensbury Convention Cen...
Oct 28, 2017 Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon faced off in the party's first leadership debate at its annual convention on Oct. 28, 2017. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Lieutenant Governor kicks off 2017 Poppy Campaign
The start of the 2017 Poppy Campaign was marked with Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield receiving the first poppy Monday afternoon. However, poppies won't be available for the public until...
Oct 24, 2017 Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield speaks with a veteran after receiving the first poppy of the 2017 Poppy Campaign on Oct. 24, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Regina woman finds empowerment in the skilled trades
Evangeline Licayo worked with everything from computers to cleaning supplies before she decided to take up a career in plumbing. "They'd pull me out of housekeeping because they knew I could lift heav...
Oct 23, 2017 Evangeline Licayo, 40, is the only woman in the Regina Trades and Skills Centre's fall 2017 plumbing program. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Sask. man reunited with long-lost wedding ring
Bill Wilson thought his wedding ring was gone for good after accidentally flinging it out his truck window while driving down a dirt road near McCord, Sask. in the early 1970s. "A grasshopper flew in ...
Oct 20, 2017 After losing his wedding ring 45 years ago, Bill Wilson was reunited with it in June 2017. (Anne Hayter/Submitted)
'It's our history:' New Connaught School honours historic roots
It's been a bittersweet journey for Regina's cole Connaught Community School. Following a long tug of war between those who wanted to tear down the historic, structurally-unsound building and those wh...
Oct 20, 2017 The 10,000 square foot École Connaught Community School celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Phone recycling program gives women in need a 'fresh start'
Living without a cell phone in 2017 seems almost impossible but it is a reality for some, and for women in need phones can be a lifeline. SaskTel has partnered since June 2009 with the Provincial Asso...
Oct 17, 2017 People are encouraged to drop off their old cell phones at SaskTel stores and authorized dealers during the Phones for a Fresh Start recycling drive Oct. 17,
2016. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Regina Trades and Skills Centre celebrates 10 years: Graduate
Today, Jason Bien is a journeyperson carpenter and site superintendent. But before that, he was a student at the Regina Trades and Skills Centre. It all started in 2008. Fresh out of high school at 17...
Oct 16, 2017 Jason Bien graduated from the commercial construction program at the Regina Trades and Skills Centre in 2009. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Sask. farmer hopeful for Morneau's revised small biz tax plan
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to unveil his controversial small business tax plans at a special caucus meeting in Ottawa Monday. The proposed changes have drawn a wave of backlash from doc...
Oct 14, 2017 Duane Thompson and his daughter, Holly, farm and ranch near Kelliher. They are anxious to find out more about the federal government's plans to reform the small business tax Oct. 16, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Cooking accidents leading cause of Regina house fires: study
Cooking accidents have been the leading cause of house fires in Regina for the past decade, according to the city's fire and protective services. Regina Fire announced the results of its study with th...
Oct 10, 2017 Regina Fire and Protective Services shares the findings of its study with the University of Regina on Oct. 10, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Enchroma glasses correct Sask. man's colour blindness
For more than 60 years, Pambrun's Robin Fraser walked through life never seeing all colours of the rainbow. Growing up, Robin said he didn't give his colour blindness much thought, but does remember t...
Oct 09, 2017 Robin Fraser poses in his new Enchroma glasses with his daughter, Tana. She discovered the colour blind-alleviating lenses online in Fall 2015. (Tana Fraser/Facebook)
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