Sarah Mills: Ending door-to-door is the future for Canada Post
Rural Sask. has picked up mail from shared mailboxes for decades. Now, it will be the same in some parts of in Regina an...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Agribition to open its doors for the first time in two years
The largest livestock show in Canada will open again Monday morning after being put on hold for a year because of COVID-19. This year is also the 50th show for Agribition, something the show's CEO, Ch...
Nov 22, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Education minister defends policy on extracurricular vaccinations
Saskatchewan's education minister is defending a policy that would allow unvaccinated teenagers to play sports with other students, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. Earlier this week, in a letter se...
Nov 19, 2021 Education Minister Dustin Duncan. Nov. 18, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Teams busy preparing for first Agribition in two years
With just a few days to go until the doors officially open, teams are right in the thick of preparing for Agribition. "(We) spend way more time getting ready for Agribition than we do actually putting...
Nov 19, 2021
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 The provincial government said Saskatchewan, as Canada's leading helium producer, supplies about three per cent of the total worldwide supply of the resource. (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)
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Evan Bray: What would 'associate' EU membership mean for Canada?
There's been a lot of talk about Canada possibly becoming an "associate member" of the European Union. Evan Br...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 18
On Friday's show, Evan discusses Canada's nuclear future with Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel. Plus, marking 10 years of harm redu...