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
Hitting a high note, beating a drum, creating a buzz — looking at candidate employment history
When you look at their campaign signs, many of the candidates vying for the 61 seats in the Saskatchewan legislature right now look the same - bright smile, a suit, possibly with a tie. But when you l...
Oct 19, 2020
Money for rinks and veterans, and disillusioned supporters on the campaign trail Thursday
Both the NDP and the Saskatchewan Party made quick jumps back onto the campaign trail the morning after the leaders' debate. Scott Moe was in Moose Jaw on Thursday to make a couple of promises with bi...
Oct 15, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks at a media conference in Regina on Oct. 15, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Moe and Meili go head to head in only leaders' debate
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Ryan Meili took turns trying to score points off each other in an exceedingly civil -- though at times heated -- debate Wednesday. Both Meili and Moe...
Oct 14, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
'I just push forward': Docherty on campaigning with MS
Organizing a political campaign is a tough undertaking with a lot of things to take into consideration but the Mark Docherty campaign has one more thing to work with - Docherty's multiple sclerosis di...
Oct 14, 2020
Lawsuit filed over Rocky Lonechild arrest
More than 10 months after Rocky Lonechild's arrest was caught on a surveillance camera, he has now filed a statement of claim in a lawsuit over it. The suit alleges police misconduct in the arrest and...
Oct 09, 2020 Regina lawyer and city councillor Dan LeBlanc. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Constitutional challenge over child porn minimum sentence fails
Two Regina men who challenged in court the mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography will still spend a year in jail. Jason Michael Brown was arrested in 2017 after complaints abo...
Oct 09, 2020
Victor Lau still hopeful despite 20-year electoral drought
As of Oct. 26, Victor Lau's name will be on the ballot for the Regina Douglas Park riding for the fifth time. The last four times, he has not received more than 565 votes. He started in politics in th...
Oct 09, 2020 Victor Lau, Green Party candidate in Regina Douglas Park and deputy leader (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Election campaign a balancing act for young families
Mounting a political campaign takes time and effort but so does having a small child. Some candidates in the coming election are taking on both. Nicole Sarauer, the NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Pa...
Oct 07, 2020 Nicole Sarauer, NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Park (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
‘An abundance of caution’: McVeety School closed for two weeks over COVID-19 case
Students from Marion McVeety School in Regina's Hillsdale area will be heading to their computers on Thursday instead of the classroom -- the school has been closed for two weeks due to a staff member...
Oct 07, 2020 Marion McVeety School. (Google Maps)
Campaigning for two: Aleana Young door-knocking while eight months pregnant
Door-knocking can be one of the most gruelling parts of a political campaign -- walking several kilometres a day, talking to people on the issues and trying to bring them to your side. But those tasks...
Oct 05, 2020 Aleana Young, NDP candidate for Regina University. (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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...