Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Customers, industry anxious to see new solar power program
The minister in charge of SaskPower is hurrying up a decision on a new rooftop solar program, but hundreds of people in Saskatchewan are waiting, stuck in limbo, in the meantime. Marsha Kennedy was ri...
Sep 24, 2019
'Why not?': Kram hopes a second run at Goodale gets him a victory
Michael Kram is going over familiar territory in this fall's federal election. It's the second time in a row he has gone up against the same candidate in the same riding. In 2015, Kram ran for the Con...
Sep 24, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. gov't moving up timeline on rooftop solar decision
Amid frustrations from customers and the solar power industry, the minister responsible for SaskPower has committed to moving up the timeline on a new net metering program. Last week, SaskPower announ...
Sep 23, 2019 Environment Minister Dustin Duncan file photo. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Times have changed: Goodale talks campaigns from 1974 to 2019
The year Ralph Goodale mounted his first political campaign, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency, The Guess Who was enjoying its sixth song to make it into the Billboard Hot 100 -- Clap for the...
Sep 23, 2019 Ralph Goodale puts together campaign signs at his office during the 2019 election campaign. Sept. 18, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New candidates don't feel behind; Sask. Liberal, NDP ridings still unfilled
Some candidates for the federal election in Saskatchewan have been campaigning and setting up for more than a year, but other candidates just found out they'll be running. The writ dropped early Wedne...
Sep 16, 2019
City of Regina checking blue bins, wants better recycling
Regina residents might see people looking through their blue recycling bins over the next month and a half, as the City of Regina sends out its CartSmart inspectors. From next week to about the end of...
Sep 13, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Goodale feeling good starting 15th campaign
Just a few hours after the writ dropped to start his 15th campaign to be elected into federal government, Ralph Goodale said that he was feeling very good. "The 40 days are going to be very vigorous, ...
Sep 13, 2019 Ralph Goodale. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Airbnb operators should pay GST, says hotel association
Business is booming for Airbnb hosts in Regina, but hotel owners aren't happy about it. They're even putting "fair rules for the short-term rental industry" as their No. 1 priority for the federal ele...
Sep 12, 2019
Family out $2,500 after Swoop emergency landing in Regina
Regina was the site of "incredible stress" for an Ontario man last week as he tried to get his family from their emergency landing to a funeral a province away. Late Wednesday night, a Swoop plane fro...
Sep 11, 2019 A stock photo of a Swoop Airlines plane. (Abbotsford Airport/Twitter)
SaskPower dealing with rash of copper thefts in south-central Sask.
SaskPower is asking people to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour at its substations after a rash of break-ins and thefts. The Crown corporation said Tuesday the thieves are breaking into the sit...
Sep 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
On Tuesday's show, Evan marks Green Shirt Day , talks youth crime and justice on the Round Table of Justice and anticipa...