Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Sask. mom takes daughter's health-care issues to legislature
Sarah Turnbull's daughter, Blake, hid behind her pink skirt at times while Sarah explained her frustration and exhaustion over health-care pauses and cancellations. Blake is 2 1/2 years old and has be...
Nov 18, 2021 Sarah Turnbull and her daughter, Blake, were at the legislative building Thursday to bring their story of paused services and therapies to government attention. Nov. 18, 2021 (980 CJME)
Regina another step closer to curbside composting
The City of Regina is another city committee decision closer to having year-round curbside food and yard waste collection -- also known as curbside composting collection. The Operations and Community ...
Nov 17, 2021 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Camp Hope packed up as residents move to emergency shelter
All that was left in Core Community Park by mid-afternoon on Monday was a big red Loraas bin, filled with garbage and ready to be taken away. Camp Hope had been in that spot for more than a month, fil...
Nov 15, 2021 Core Community Park was cleaned up in just a few hours as Camp Hope was decommissioned on Nov. 15, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. government aims to raise up province's helium industry
The helium industry appears to be entering a new boom time and the Saskatchewan government wants to help it along. On Monday, the province unveiled its Helium Action Plan. The plan includes a handful ...
Nov 15, 2021 (North American Helium/Facebook)
Camp Hope to move into emergency shelter Monday
The doors to a new emergency shelter are to open at 10 a.m. Monday to house at least some of those who have been living at Core Community Park in Camp Hope. "Unfortunately there is no pleasure in this...
Nov 15, 2021 Camp Hope in Regina's Pepsi Park. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
Landlord association supports SIS change
Restoring direct payments for some Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) clients is a step in the right direction, according to the CEO of the Saskatchewan Landlord Association, Cameron Choquette. On Frid...
Nov 13, 2021
Changes coming to Saskatchewan Income Support program
The Saskatchewan government has backtracked on changes it made to the Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) program. The Ministry of Social Services said in a release Friday it will increase support for S...
Nov 12, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
RM fire hall under construction as opponents call it unnecessary
Golden shovels in hand, the local MLA, reeve, fire chief and construction leader officially opened construction on the new fire hall for the RM of Edenwold on Friday, even as opposition to the project...
Nov 10, 2021 The reeve of the RM of Edenwold, Mitch Huber, defends the new fire hall being built, saying it's needed in the area.(Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. company at forefront of sustainable lithium mining with new tech
The demand for lithium has jumped substantially in the last few years and is poised to keep doing so as electric vehicles continue storming the vehicle market. The hitch is that mining the lithium its...
Nov 09, 2021 Zach Maurer, the president and CEO of Prairie Lithium, holds a small jar of lithium and other jars of the chemicals used in the process of extracting lithium from oil well brine on Nov. 9, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. woman in dire need of kidney blames government for surgery suspension
Jessica Bailey was getting ready to get her life-saving kidney transplant this past summer. She and her donor had gone through a year of testing and some unfortunate setbacks, but they had the green l...
Nov 08, 2021 Jessica Bailey is in dire need of a kidney and says that the health-care slowdown, which she says is the fault of government inaction, means she hasn't been able to get one. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...