Murray Wood: Alberta referendum rolls the dice on provincial economy
With a referendum vote planned, Alberta has never been closer to separating from Canada. But, Murray Wood wonders, could...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Disappointed: Sask. environment minister on carbon tax rebate
Saskatchewan's environment minister said he's disappointed that the federal government is reducing the amount paid back to people in the carbon tax rebate. "I'd like to say that I'm surprised, but I'm...
Dec 17, 2019 Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Dolls, headbands and stuffies: Kids take over the mall for annual CopShop
With a cloth bag clutched in both hands, nine-year-old Madison steered Regina's police chief exactly where she wanted to go for the Regina Police Service's annual CopShop. Madi was one of 20 kids who ...
Dec 16, 2019 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray with nine-year-old Madi, taking part in the fifth annual CopShop on Dec. 16, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Reactions to Scheer's resignation run the gamut in Regina
Andrew Scheer announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday in the House of Commons to applause and thanks, but the reaction halfway across the country in Saskatchewan was ...
Dec 12, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Boy charged in Walmart fire also facing theft and threat charges
A 12-year-old boy seemed especially small as he walked into the prisoner box in a Regina courtroom on Thursday morning, there for his first appearance on what turned out to be a number of charges. The...
Dec 12, 2019 (Photo courtesy of Wayne Folk)
'This oil should have been in a pipeline': Sask. environment minister weighs in on derailment
Saskatchewan's environment minister is looking at Monday morning's train derailment near Guernsey and subsequent blaze and saying that it shouldn't have happened. Dustin Duncan said the derailment jus...
Dec 11, 2019 Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
USMCA deal a positive, but questions still remain: Sask. trade minister
Saskatchewan's trade and export development minister is calling the finalization of the new USMCA deal a positive, but he said there are still questions hanging in the air. "We know that free trade wi...
Dec 11, 2019
Taking the 'progress' out of Farm Progress, show debuts changes
With the smell and dust of Agribition still in the air at Evraz Place, big changes were announced Monday for the upcoming Farm Progress Show, now rebranded Canada's Farm Show. The most obvious change ...
Dec 09, 2019 Tim Reid, president and CEO of Regina Exhibition Association Limited. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Union, company dispute refinery's safety during lockout
Four days into the lockout at Regina's Co-op Refinery Complex, Unifor's national office claims the refinery is unsafe. On Monday, the union sent out a photo purported to show a tanker car from the ref...
Dec 09, 2019 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
Chinook natural gas power station opens, part of push away from coal
When the bright orange ribbon was cut to officially open the Chinook natural gas power station on Friday morning, the plant had already been feeding power into the grid for weeks. The new station is a...
Dec 06, 2019 The air-cooled condenser at the Chinook Power Station. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province keeping a close eye on labour dispute at refinery
As workers are on the picket lines, and managers and replacement workers try to run Regina's Co-op refinery, the provincial government is keeping a close eye on all of it. "When you've got an employer...
Dec 06, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Investigation into security at Canada's major airports gives pause for thought
Sarah Mills says a W5 investigation into alleged violence, trafficking and organized crime at Canada's busiest airport s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, May 25
8:30 - The Alberta separatism talks just got a lot more serious, and it could have negative implications on the oil and ...