Sarah Mills: Ending door-to-door is the future for Canada Post
Rural Sask. has picked up mail from shared mailboxes for decades. Now, it will be the same in some parts of in Regina an...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Injunction denied for teenage girl cut from LeBoldus football team
There won't be any girls suiting up for the LeBoldus Golden Suns football team Friday evening, after an application for an injunction from a Grade 12 student was denied Friday morning. According to th...
Nov 01, 2019
Oh baby! Sarauer becomes first to test out new rules
Saskatchewan's legislative assembly had a tiny visitor on Thursday morning -- baby Olivia. NDP MLA Nicole Sarauer became the first lawmaker to take advantage of rule changes she championed in the spri...
Nov 01, 2019 Nicole Sarauer sits with her baby, Olivia, in the Saskatchewan Legislature on Oct. 31, 2019. (Nicole Sarauer Twitter page)
'What was the point?': SaskTel employee frustrated with tentative contract
After 17 days of job action, including frigid days on the picket line, some workers at SaskTel are frustrated with the tentative contract agreed to by the union. During negotiations and picketing, Uni...
Oct 31, 2019
Regina Crime Stoppers snags international award
Regina's chapter of Crime Stoppers had the biggest increase in seizures of the proceeds of crime in the world last year for a city this size. For 2018, tips to the organization helped recover $587,700...
Oct 30, 2019 Craig Perrault, president of Regina Crime Stoppers, announces an international award for the increase in proceeds of crime seized through tips. Oct. 30, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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)
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Evan Bray: What would 'associate' EU membership mean for Canada?
There's been a lot of talk about Canada possibly becoming an "associate member" of the European Union. Evan Br...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 18
On Friday's show, Evan discusses Canada's nuclear future with Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel. Plus, marking 10 years of harm redu...