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
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)
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)
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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
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...