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...
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New University of Regina class going behind bars
A new class being offered at the University of Regina for the winter semester will take an English course, and students, to inmates at the Regina Correctional Centre. It's a 300-level class and it's c...
Sep 10, 2019
WestJet cancelling some hot direct flights out of Sask.
With the hot holiday season soon to start, vacationers in Saskatchewan could need a bit longer to get where they're going. Between Nov. 4 and Jan. 5, WestJet is cancelling some of its direct flights b...
Sep 09, 2019 (BriYYZ/Flickr)
Rain and wind: Former Saskatchewan woman describes Hurricane Dorian
Hunkering down, watching as Hurricane Dorian hit her little bit of Nova Scotia - it's a situation a lot different than when Kate Peardon lived in Saskatchewan. She lived in Regina and Saskatoon for se...
Sep 08, 2019 Crews from Nova Scotia Power work Sunday to clean up debris and downed power lines from Hurricane Dorian. courtesy @nspowerinc on Twitter.
Rain and wind: former Saskatchewan woman describes Hurricane Dorian
Hunkering down, watching as Hurricane Dorian hit her little bit of Nova Scotia -- it's a situation a lot different than when Kate Peardon lived in Saskatchewan. She lived in Regina and Saskatoon for s...
Sep 08, 2019 Crews from Nova Scotia Power work Sunday to clean up debris and downed power lines from Hurricane Dorian. courtesy @nspowerinc on Twitter.
Regina restaurant speaks out over construction woes
The tables are set, the cupcake case is full, and workers are busy in the kitchen, but on Friday all that can be seen out the front window of Fresh & Sweet on Victoria Avenue is a big fence and la...
Sep 05, 2019 Beata Kowalski is one of the owners of Fresh & Sweet on Victoria Ave. and she says the construction has the restaurant boxed in and is hurting business. Sept. 5, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Co-op moving food store, but not pharmacy from Hillsdale
The Sherwood Co-op food store may be relocating from its store at Albert Street and 25th Avenue, but it's not moving everything. The pharmacy is going to stick around. "We have a great pharmacy busine...
Sep 04, 2019 The Sherwood Co-op on Albert Street and 25th Avenue is leaving its pharmacy in place as it moves its food store to Harbour Landing. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina Bypass forcing major intersection changes in northwest Regina
Drivers in northwest Regina are going to have to find a different route for the next six weeks, and maybe longer, as the city makes traffic changes for the Regina Bypass. Starting on Wednesday, the in...
Sep 04, 2019
Parents giving a thumbs up to new slower school zones
Parents and grandparents walking kids to the first day of school Tuesday morning at Judge Bryant Elementary School gave a resoundingly positive report card for Regina's new lower school zone speed. Ju...
Sep 03, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Innovative Sask. companies getting federal cash infusion
From new ways to process agrifoods, to the creation of medical isotopes for cancer treatments, to agricultural machinery that drives itself -- innovative companies in Saskatchewan are being celebrated...
Sep 01, 2019 Ralph Goodale (right) announces funding for 22 Sask. companies through Western Economic Diversification, including Dot Technology Corporation, as company CFO Jeff Bourassa looks on (left). Aug. 26, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. police to get $5.4M to fight drug-impaired driving
The federal government is hoping drug users "puff, puff" and then "pass" on driving, and it's giving a big chunk of money to police in Saskatchewan to catch those who don't. The government is committi...
Aug 30, 2019 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray says $5.4 million from the federal government to Saskatchewan police for drug-impaired driving enforcement is greatly appreciated. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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...