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
City eyeing Sask. Drive upgrades for future
The City of Regina is looking at options to transform Saskatchewan Drive into a "grand avenue". According to the Sask. Drive Corridor Project information up on the city's website, the road is an impor...
Dec 31, 2019 The area encompassed by the Saskatchewan Drive Project, from the City of Regina.
Man charged in reported kidnapping incident makes first court appearance
Possession of stolen property and a kidnapping that lasted seven kilometres - those charges are being added to a list already facing 40-year-old Larry Olson. Olson made his first appearance on kidnapp...
Dec 30, 2019
CNIB looking for guide dog puppy trainers
It could be the cutest volunteering opportunity in Regina: The local Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is looking for people to become puppy raisers for future guide dogs for people wit...
Dec 27, 2019 (CNIB Twitter page)
Year in review: Meili calls whistleblower promise a highlight of 2019
Looking back on 2019 Ryan Meili and his NDP had a few fights they brought to the Sask. Party government again and again, and Meili feels he has at least one checkmark to put down. Meili said he feels ...
Dec 26, 2019 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Moe, Meili talk Christmas traditions
Ahead of the holiday season, both Premier Scott Moe and Opposition NDP leader Ryan Meili are wishing the people of Saskatchewan a Merry Christmas. Like many families, Moe said his traditions are to tr...
Dec 25, 2019
Moe, Meili talk Christmas traditions
Ahead of the holiday season, both Premier Scott Moe and Opposition NDP leader Ryan Meili are wishing the people of Saskatchewan a Merry Christmas. Like many families, Moe said his traditions are to tr...
Dec 25, 2019
Unifor, Co-op refinery await decision after arguments on picketing injunction
A dozen spectators filled the courtroom Monday afternoon as lawyers argued for four hours over picketing at the Co-op refinery. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) filed for an injunction last week ...
Dec 23, 2019 Unifor picketers walk the line in front of the refinery as police negotiate for them to allow a van to pass that's filled with supplies and parts. Dec. 9, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. environment minister 'jovial' after meeting with federal minister
Seeming in fairly high spirits Thursday afternoon, Saskatchewan's environment minister spoke to the media after his meeting with his federal counterpart. Dustin Duncan said he's now looking forward to...
Dec 19, 2019 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskPower, speaks with the media on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Unifor unfazed by interim court order on picketing
Operations were a lot smoother Wednesday at the Co-op refinery thanks to an interim court order from the Court of Queen's Bench. On Tuesday, Justice Janet McMurtry granted an interim order to stop pic...
Dec 19, 2019 Members with Unifor Local 594 picket outside of Regina's Co-op oil refinery. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Judge rejects sentencing recommendation for woman who sold three pills
She and her husband had been evicted from their apartment for smoking, then lived in a camper, and then Roxanne Gordon was living in a tent in someone's backyard when she found a bottle of hydromorpho...
Dec 18, 2019 (Google Maps)
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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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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...