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...
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COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges with training police recruits
Police training can be intense at the best of times - 20 weeks cramming in the classroom and practical training for a career fighting crime - but, for the policing class that just graduated in Saskatc...
Jun 01, 2020 (Regina Police Service/Facebook)
Updated budget to be tabled when Saskatchewan Legislature resumes
By the time the Saskatchewan Legislature resumes sitting June 15, it will have been almost three months since the sitting was suspended for the pandemic. On Tuesday, the government and official opposi...
Jun 01, 2020
Shoppers slowly returning to Regina malls
After two months of empty stores and closed doors, Regina's malls are open again, but it appears customers aren't rushing to make up for lost shopping time. Cohen didn't seem concerned, saying that re...
May 28, 2020 People physically distance as they line up to get into Fabricland at the Northgate Mall. May 27, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Mental health and addictions shutdown could be learning opportunity: U of R prof
Services and programs across the Saskatchewan Health Authority had to be stopped or significantly slowed down because of COVID-19, either to follow the province's health orders or as part of the autho...
May 26, 2020
Regina restaurant Avenue planning to wait before reopening
For the past two months, the tables and booths at Avenue in downtown Regina have been sitting empty thanks to pandemic public health orders. As of June 8, restaurants across the province will be able ...
May 22, 2020 Christopher Cho says his restaurant, Avenue, won't be opening on June 8 -- the first day of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan's third phase. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Temporary layoffs at Regina libraries as plans continue for reopening
As the second phase of the province's reopen plan gets going and many people head back to work, about 100 people at the Regina Public Library are out of a job. The library issued temporary layoff noti...
May 21, 2020
Essential workers inspire mural in Warehouse District
Art may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of a pandemic, but Josh Goff spent the past week working on a mural for the essential workers on the frontlines of that pandemic. Goff...
May 19, 2020 Josh Goff works on a mural in the Warehouse District to recognize essential workers during the pandemic on May 15, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Protective equipment and empty waiting rooms: Massage therapy in the new economy
The province has hit the second phase of the reopening plan and on Tuesday, massage therapists are among those allowed to go back to work. Cathedral Sports Massage will have its doors open for the fir...
May 19, 2020 Cathedral Sports Massage with be among the massage therapy studios open for the first day of Saskatchewan's second phase on May 19, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Labour ministry explains workers' rights in Sask. during a pandemic
Saskatchewan's economy will creak open a little more on Tuesday, putting hundreds of people back on the job when the second phase of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan starts. However, there will still be ...
May 15, 2020 (File photo/980 CJME)
Regina man waits for surgery that was cancelled over pandemic plan
Jeff DeDekker's plans were set. He was heading up to Saskatoon for surgery a day early, his wife would come to help drive back, and then the pain that had been in his left shoulder for the last year w...
May 15, 2020 Jeff DeDekker was supposed to have surgery to fix his left shoulder in March but it was cancelled just hours ahead of time due to the health authority's COVID-19 response plan. (Jeff DeDekker/Submitted)
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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...