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
'Odious act': Sask. Muslims frightened after man attacked in Saskatoon
After a Muslim man in Saskatoon was attacked Friday morning because of his faith, some in the Muslim community are scared. Muhammad Kashif said the people made comments about his clothes and his relig...
Jun 28, 2021
'A lot of work': Sask. struggling to hit 70 per cent vaccination mark
More than a week after the provincial government declared Saskatchewan was close enough to start the countdown on the end of the mask mandate and large gathering ban, the province still hasn't got a f...
Jun 28, 2021
People in Saskatchewan preparing to head back to the office
As the COVID-19 public health orders are stripped away in Saskatchewan, more and more people who'd been cloistered to work in their homes are readying themselves to go back to the office. "I think I'l...
Jun 23, 2021 (Alcove Designs/Twitter)
Sask. musicians excited to get back to live shows
After more than a year away from performing in front of people because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeffery Straker said he had a physical reaction in his first shows back on stage this month. "I literal...
Jun 21, 2021 (Jeffery Straker/Instagram)
95-year-old finishes fundraising walk with a flourish
A parade of Shriners playing music and driving tiny cars preceded him and several people in matching yellow shirts walked with him as Frank Atchison finished his more than 260-kilometre walk from Sask...
Jun 15, 2021 Frank Atchison, 95, crosses the finish line for his fundraising walk from Saskatoon to Regina. Jun. 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
High school seniors preparing for very different graduation
For many, graduation events are meant to be a celebration and a reward for making it through high school, but for grads this year, it might fall a bit flat. Thanks to COVID-19 restrictions, many stude...
Jun 09, 2021 Campbell Collegiate senior Cade Falconer. (Submitted)
NDP joins call for provincial gov't to apologize for residential schools
The revelations from a residential school in Kamloops, B.C., last week have the harm caused by residential schools fresh in many people's minds now, and some are taking the opportunity to call for an ...
Jun 09, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili on June 9, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Complacency': Shahab, Merriman pushing for vaccinations as first doses lag
The number of people getting their first COVID-19 shot is slowing in Saskatchewan. Over the past nine days, second COVID doses have outpaced first doses each day, often by many thousands. And where fi...
Jun 08, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Months after bylaw changes, no applications received for body rub parlour licences
Whether they have neon lights in their residential windows or have commercial storefronts with discreet back entrances, body rub parlours in Regina are supposed to be regulated now. But nearly eight m...
Jun 08, 2021 The City of Regina suspects there are 19 body rub parlours currently operating in the city. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
No Regina high school grad ceremonies at Mosaic Stadium
High school graduates won't be trooping across the midfield stripe at Mosaic Stadium this month. Regina Public Schools has confirmed that high school graduation ceremonies won't be taking place at the...
Jun 07, 2021 Mosaic Stadium. (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...