Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Families protest conditions and lack of care for inmates with COVID
Just as COVID-19 spread through communities in Saskatchewan, it's now spreading through jails and penitentiaries as well. As of Monday, there were 63 inmates and 12 staff at the Regina Correctional Ce...
Jan 05, 2021 Julie Paul's son is in the Regina Correctional Centre and has tested positive for COVID. She says he and others with the virus aren't getting proper care. Jan. 5, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
2020 a year of growth for Regina Public Library
"Change" was the watchword for most people and businesses in 2020, but for the Regina Public Library, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The pandemic shut the library doors in the spring so it had to ...
Jan 04, 2021
Economic recovery among premier's hopes for 2021
Along with getting the COVID-19 vaccine out to everyone in the province, Premier Scott Moe says the government will be focusing on jumpstarting Saskatchewan's economic recovery in 2021. Moe said those...
Jan 04, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Feeling stressed, U of R student still studying as tech glitch delays exam for weeks
It has been several weeks since the end of the fall semester at the University of Regina, but there are still about 190 students with a class hanging over their heads. On Dec. 21, the university's onl...
Jan 04, 2021
Chief Bray looks ahead to opportunities and challenges in the new year
For many people, the bar is set pretty low for the new year to be better than the last one. With a COVID-19 vaccine program gearing up and the possible end of the pandemic in sight, Regina's police ch...
Jan 02, 2021 Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Residential solar industry down 90 per cent one year after net metering decision
One year after SaskPower's decision to close its rooftop solar net metering program and not renew it, the residential solar industry in Saskatchewan is a shadow of its former self. In September 2019, ...
Dec 30, 2020 Members of the solar industry joined the Fridays for Future climate rally in front of the Legislative Building, asking the government to bring back the net metering program, on Sept. 27, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina police chief looks back on a busy 2020
There may not have been too much to do in 2020, but it would be difficult to say nothing happened this past year, especially when it comes to the Regina Police Service. "There's no question this was -...
Dec 30, 2020 Regina police chief Evan Bray kneels for 30 seconds with the other officers who attended a Black Lives Matter rally to show their commitment to ending racism. Jun. 5, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Santa Maria care home latest to deal with COVID outbreak
As COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise in Saskatchewan, more and more care homes are seeing outbreaks. An outbreak was declared on the second floor of the the Santa Maria Senior Citizens' Home on D...
Dec 29, 2020 The Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home in Regina. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
COVID-19 dominates, disrupts, in trying year for Premier Scott Moe
As the head of the province, Premier Scott Moe has been at the forefront of Saskatchewan's COVID response, but he says that wasn't anywhere near the front of his mind a year ago. "There's absolutely n...
Dec 29, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Moderna vaccine on its way to Saskatchewan
It won't take long for doses to get out the door now that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by Health Canada. Even though the approval of the Moderna vaccine was just handed down Wednesda...
Dec 23, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
On today's show, Evan dives into the Conservative Party perspective on recent floor crossings, talks top tips for landin...