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
Families to gather in Regina for first-in-Saskatchewan MMIWG event
For the first time, families of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls will be able to gather next week at a conference in Saskatchewan organized and planned by other families. The event is c...
Oct 30, 2019 Danielle Ewenin announces on Oct. 30, 2019, the Mamawe! Mekowishwewin miyomachowin conference in Regina for the family of MMIWG. She's one of the organizers and is also the sister of a murdered Indigenous woman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Fougere talks western representation, oil and gas with PM
Regina's mayor spent a phone call Tuesday morning trying to put a Western Canadian bug in the prime minister's ear. Justin Trudeau has been calling mayors in Saskatchewan and Alberta, trying to gather...
Oct 29, 2019 Regina Mayor Michael Fougere. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'What a glorious day': White City fire chief praises Regina Bypass project
Like a preacher leading his flock, multiple times during his remarks in front of the ceremony to mark the completion of the Regina Bypass, White City Fire Chief Randy Schulz entreated the crowd to tog...
Oct 29, 2019 White City Fire Chief Randy Schulz applauded the finishing of the Regina Bypass, calling it a "glorious day" multiple times. Oct. 28, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'We got way more': Regina Bypass finished
It was a cold and windy morning at the top of one of the new Regina Bypass overpasses on Monday morning, but the mood inside the final ceremony's tent was almost jubilant. Several leaders of the proje...
Oct 28, 2019 Premier Scott Moe and a group remove barricades at the ceremony to finish the Regina Bypass construction on Oct. 28, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. government not in favour of western separation
While the idea of Western Canada separating from the rest of the country has been talked about in some corners of Saskatchewan and Alberta since the Liberal party won the federal election Monday, the ...
Oct 25, 2019
Mother supports legislation that will strengthen distracted driving laws
Sandra LaRose knows all too well the toll distracted driving can take, and she's now supporting the provincial government's announcement that it will be strengthening the penalties for driving while u...
Oct 25, 2019 Sandra Larose's daughter Kailynn was killed in a distracted driving crash. She holds a poster with Kailynn's pictures that was made for her, Oct. 18, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Party shuts down emergency debate on education
The Saskatchewan NDP believes there's a crisis happening in the province's schools, but when its education critic tried to start an emergency debate on the subject after the first Question Period of t...
Oct 24, 2019 Education Minister Gordon Wyant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Sask. gov't focuses on growth in 2019 throne speech
Premier Scott Moe's government is looking for significant growth in Saskatchewan over the next decade. That was the theme of the 2019 speech from the throne, which was delivered Wednesday in the Saska...
Oct 23, 2019 Premier Scott Moe speaks to the media before the 2019 throne speech on Oct. 23, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Scheer staying positive after failing to form government
Andrew Scheer may not have woken up as prime minister-designate Tuesday morning, but he seemed determined to keep looking at the bright side of the election when speaking to media. "While we didn't ge...
Oct 22, 2019 Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaks to media on Oct. 22, 2019, the morning after the federal election in which his party failed to form government. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina police officer sentenced for drunk driving
It hasn't even been two months since the crash, but on Thursday a Regina police officer pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was sentenced. On Aug. 21, police responded to a crash on Lewvan Drive at Ha...
Oct 18, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
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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...