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
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
Regina police identify murder victim found Saturday
Regina police are giving a few more details on a death investigation started on the weekend, and have identified the man found dead. The man's body was found early Saturday morning in the 800 block of...
Nov 12, 2019
Sask. archives move to new building months behind schedule
It's taking the Saskatchewan Archives a bit longer to get into its new building. In February, the province announced it had bought the CBC building in Regina to use some of the space for the new Sask....
Nov 08, 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 ...