Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Rider Express taking second shot at Regina-to-Calgary bus route
Rider Express is hoping the second time is the charm for its bus route between Regina and Calgary. The company will start the route on March 13, stopping in Strathmore, Brooks, Medicine Hat, Swift Cur...
Feb 19, 2020 (Rider Express/Facebook)
Unifor lays out bargaining position ahead of mediation
The special mediator appointed by the provincial government will start his work this week, trying to close the gap between the Co-op refinery and Unifor. But before that happens, Unifor laid out its b...
Feb 17, 2020 Unifor local 594 president Kevin Bittman (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. still without a confirmed coronavirus case
It has been a couple of months since the first transmissions of the coronavirus in November, but Saskatchewan still doesn't have any confirmed cases. According to the Ministry of Health's chief medica...
Feb 13, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. government concerned about B.C. rail blockades
With protesters blocking rail lines and CN Rail threatening to shut down some service, the Saskatchewan government is very concerned about what's happening in B.C. Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditar...
Feb 12, 2020
Technologies unveiled to help track, ultimately reduce, garbage in Saskatchewan
People in Saskatchewan produce a lot of garbage and on Tuesday, Innovation Saskatchewan unveiled two technologies which it hopes will get the province on track to reduce that amount of trash. Last yea...
Feb 11, 2020 Sam Dietrich, co-founder of Prairie Robotics Inc., presents his company's computer and AI system which estimates the type and amount of trash in vehicles as part of an Innovation Saskatchewan competition on Feb. 11, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province celebrates French immersion growth, while Regina school division sees issues
This past week, the province praised and celebrated the growth of French immersion education programs in Saskatchewan -- but that growth is posing some problems for some divisions, like Regina Public ...
Feb 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
CNIB building in Wascana Park allowed to continue approval process
After being put on hold last year -- and after the process was roundly criticized by the provincial auditor -- the new CNIB/Brandt building slated for Wascana Park is back on the approval track. On Fr...
Feb 07, 2020
Truckers rally in downtown Regina against Unifor tactics
A peaceful moment wasn't to be had in downtown Regina for an hour Thursday morning, as around 90 truckers did laps in frustration. They were all truckers who are contracted to haul fuel for the Co-op ...
Feb 06, 2020 Truckers who are contracted by the Co-op refinery rallied on Feb. 6, 2020, driving in a circuit around downtown Regina to bring attention to their frustrations. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Indigenous housing corporation launches biggest solar project in Regina
The Elders' Sun Lodge, also known as psimokamik, is now the main site of Regina's biggest solar panel project. The project was launched on Wednesday. The roof of the affordable housing complex for Ind...
Feb 05, 2020 Silver Sage Holdings installed 230 solar panels on the roof of its Elders' Sun Lodge, launching the project in February. With two other portions set to be built on other buildings, it'll be the biggest solar project in Regina and one of the biggest in the province. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
More hotel rooms expected to be released for Grey Cup
Regina is expecting to be full to the brim on Grey Cup weekend in November with football fans from all over the country, but hotel rooms aren't quite sold out yet. According to Tracy Fahlman, CEO of t...
Feb 05, 2020 The Saskatchewan Roughriders revealed the logo for the 2020 Grey Cup Festival on Nov. 22, 2019. (Jamie Nye/980 CJME)
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