Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Health-care union sounding the alarm about understaffing
The provincial government isn't working hard enough to put more health-care workers on the front lines in Saskatchewan -- that's the claim from the head of SEIU-West. Barbara Cape, the president of SE...
Nov 20, 2019 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan toughens penalties for distracted driving
Those who use their phones behind the wheel in Saskatchewan should prepare for their wallets to get a lot lighter -- the provincial government is beefing up its distracted driving laws. On Tuesday, th...
Nov 19, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
At least 1.2M acres of crop still on the field in Sask.
It may be just past the middle of November -- a little more than a month until Christmas -- but some farmers in Saskatchewan are still out in the fields, trying to get their crops off. Shawn Jaques, p...
Nov 19, 2019 (Andrea De Roo/Twitter)
New body scanner hopes to stop contraband smuggling at Regina jail
With the short slide of a platform and a slight whirring sound, guards at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre can use their newest piece of equipment to see inside a person and, potentially, sto...
Nov 18, 2019 Admitting Supervisor Marosia Donald demonstrates the new body scanner at the Regina Correctional Facility on Nov. 18, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
U-Haul backs out of sale, Centennial Market to stick around
Vendors at the Centennial Market are breathing a sigh of relief after it was revealed that U-Haul has ended a deal to buy the old Sears building on Broad Street. U-Haul had been planning to buy the bu...
Nov 17, 2019 Jeff Nachtigall (l) and Matt Thompson (r) don't like the idea of UHaul taking over the old Sears Outlet Store building. June 28, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Luke Combs, Dan & Shay, Kane Brown, Clint Black announced as Country Thunder 2020 headliners
Country Thunder's head of marketing called it serendipitous that the festival was able to book three of the biggest acts in country music all for the 2020 festival. In front of a small crowd Friday mo...
Nov 15, 2019 (Luke Combs/Facebook)
'Couldn't be happier': Sask. Chamber approves of growth plan
The head of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is giving a big nod to the growth plan the provincial government released on Thursday. Steve McLellan said the plan gives a sense of optimism that's ba...
Nov 15, 2019
Sask. seniors looking for attention from provincial government
From rural transportation to housing and health care, Saskatchewan's seniors are facing a lot of challenges, and a new report from the Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism (SSM) is looking to bring them to ...
Nov 13, 2019 Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism president Randy Dove.
Former federal election candidate charged with assault
A month ago Travis Patron was asking for your vote. Now he's facing aggravated assault charges. Patron is the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, which has been criticized for its far-right stan...
Nov 13, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Operation Red Nose not available in Regina for the coming holiday season
Operation Red Nose is kicking off its programs elsewhere in Saskatchewan in just a couple of weeks, but Regina is being left out of that this year. According to Operation Red Nose's national developme...
Nov 13, 2019
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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 ...
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