Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Supreme Court carbon tax decision set for Thursday
A Supreme Court of Canada decision set for next week could be the end of the question of the carbon tax in Saskatchewan. The Supreme Court's schedule has a decision set to come down on Thursday for th...
Mar 19, 2021
Less snow means less money in Regina’s winter maintenance budget
Snowstorms can be a frustration for drivers every winter and a big expense for the City of Regina. But recent winters haven't been quite as expensive and that has changed how the city puts together it...
Mar 19, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
‘Urgent action’: NDP calls for COVID rapid testing to be deployed to schools immediately
With a COVID-19 variant spreading in Regina, the Saskatchewan NDP is calling for rapid testing to be deployed to schools immediately. About three weeks ago, Premier Scott Moe got in front of the provi...
Mar 18, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Doctor says more is needed to slow down variants
The measures Saskatchewan has been taking against the COVID-19 pandemic haven't been working against the variants, according to former Saskatchewan deputy medical health officer Dr. Anne Huang. Huang ...
Mar 17, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Saskatchewan and COVID: Our Stories -- Doing business in a pandemic
March 12 marked one year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Saskatchewan. Over the next week, 980 CJME and 650 CKOM will bring you stories from across the province reflecting on the past ye...
Mar 17, 2021 Annabel Townsend owns The Penny University book store in Regina and had a bumpy start trying to open the shop during the pandemic. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP claims Sask. gov't didn’t have COVID-19 plan days before first case
The Saskatchewan NDP is claiming newly uncovered emails show the Saskatchewan Party government misled the public and wasn't nearly as prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic as it claimed last spring. On T...
Mar 11, 2021 Vicki Mowat, NDP health critic, speaks to media at the legislative building on March 11, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province reveals timeline for COVID vaccinations, more variants found
According to the Saskatchewan government's newly released timeline, every adult in the province could be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination within about 14 weeks. With a more sure vaccine delivery sc...
Mar 09, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP calling for Indigenous consultation on Wascana Park bylaws
The Saskatchewan NDP thinks the Provincial Capital Commission needs to go back to the drawing board and initiate consultation on its new bylaws for Wascana Park. This week, the commission - the body i...
Mar 08, 2021 NDP MLA for Saskatoon Centre Betty Nippi-Albright on March 8, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Proposed city budget calls for 2.34 per cent increase to mill rate
Property tax bills could be getting a bit thicker in Regina this year, but not because of the pandemic. In its proposed 2021 budget released Friday, the City of Regina is calling for a 2.34 per cent m...
Mar 05, 2021
Village ban struck down in court, victim disappointed
A few weeks ago, three justices from Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal struck down a probation order for Nikki Sixx Serafino that effectively banned him from where he'd been living, the village of Aberne...
Mar 04, 2021 (Village of Abernethy/Facebook)
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...