Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Father of murder victim offers support to Zach Miller
An Alberta man whose two-year-old son was murdered says he wants to help Zach Miller with his petition to get predator inmates offline. In 2011 this man's son was killed by T-Jaye Heller in Medicine H...
May 26, 2019
Regina pharmacist found guilty of misconduct, incompetence
Between filing problems, prescription problems and mistakes in dispensing, a Regina pharmacist's licence has been taken away. Arthur Woo and his pharmacy, Dewdney Drugs Ltd., were accused of 15 differ...
May 23, 2019 (Google Maps)
Keeping the lights on: SaskPower spending $18.9M in Regina
SaskPower is trying to keep people's lights on for longer; it's spending $18.9 million on infrastructure in Regina alone this year. "As the infrastructure ages, we want to make sure that we're upgradi...
May 22, 2019 Crews tear up a chunk of sidewalk on Osler Street near 11th Avenue to continue work on SaskPower infrastructure. May 22, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Pro-am elite women's soccer team kicking off in Regina
Women's soccer in Regina is about to get kicked up a notch, with the first United Women's Soccer league game coming up for the city's QC United pro-am women's team. The team just launched this year, j...
May 22, 2019 Claire Abrey (L) and Taylor Bubnick are excited ahead of their first game with the QC United pro-am women's team in the UWS league. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP takes gov't to task over ER wait times
Saskatchewan's minister of health is admitting the government needs to do more when it comes to emergency room wait times, and the NDP says what is being done isn't working. "Clearly it's too long, an...
May 18, 2019
Zach Miller wants Peter Whitmore off pen pal website
Notorious pedophile Peter Whitmore is now looking for a "long lasting friendship" (sic) and one of his victims is raising the alarm. In 2006, Whitmore kidnapped two boys, took them to a Saskatchewan f...
May 17, 2019 Zach Miller and his family (File photo)
Computer problem temporarily drops Regina water pressure
Thousands of people in Regina had a tough time having a shower before work Friday morning, as the city was having problems with its water pressure. According to Greg Kuntz, the acting director of wate...
May 17, 2019
Provincial gov't accused of hiding carbon tax impact report
The provincial government is being accused of burying a report on the carbon tax which showed the tax would have a less severe effect on Saskatchewan's economy. Last summer, the province released a re...
May 14, 2019 Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Teachers giving province failing grade on class size claims
Citing numbers significantly higher than 19, some Saskatchewan teachers are calling the provincial government's average class size number misleading and inaccurate. "I can tell you that in the nine ye...
May 14, 2019 Jessica Brown is a teacher in Saskatoon and says the province's average class size number is misleading and inaccurate. May 13, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Hospitals home lottery winners wanted to support the foundation
There were a lot of "oohs" and "aahs" Friday as the winners of the Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery toured their new home in The Creeks. Murray and Donna Brown were picked as the winners of...
May 10, 2019 Murray and Donna Brown were handed the keys on Friday for their win of the $1.4-million grand prize showhome from the Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery. May 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...