Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
New head of Sask. RCMP eyes high crime rates
The new commander for the RCMP in Saskatchewan is jumping in with both feet, looking to rural crime and high crime rates as some of his biggest challenges. Assistant Commissioner Mark Fisher was signe...
May 09, 2019 RCMP F Division's new commander, Assistant Commissioner Mark Fisher, was formally signed into his post in a ceremony with the RCMP Commissioner. May 9 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina police approve new policy for 'contact interviews'
It's a practice that has garnered some controversy in the past. Still, on Wednesday afternoon, the Regina Board of Police Commissioners approved the new police service policy on "contact interviews," ...
May 08, 2019
Man with cerebral palsy asking for help after walker stolen
It has been a tough few days, physically and emotionally, for Aries Key Anderson. "I didn't know what to feel. I was hurt, angry, shocked that someone would steal my walker because I use that thing da...
May 08, 2019 Candace Macauley and her nephew Aries Key Anderson woke up Monday morning to find Aries' walker had been stolen. He has cerebral palsy and requires the walker to get around. May 8 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Voucher program good first step on hospital parking: SUN
The head of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said a new taxi voucher program is a step in the right direction when it comes to relieving the parking issues at the General Hospital in Regina. The...
May 08, 2019
Pilot project to put more eyes on Regina sex assault cases
As of this summer, there will be a lot more scrutiny put on the Regina Police Service and how it deals with sexual assault cases. The provincial government announced on Monday that it's providing $122...
May 06, 2019 Lisa Miller, executive director of the Regina Sexual Assault Centre, says she's concerned about the changes coming to Saskatchewan classrooms. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Not needed': local lawyer critical of civil forfeiture changes
A local defence lawyer thinks the expansion of Saskatchewan's civil forfeiture program is going to be bad for people in the province. On Tuesday, an expansion of the civil forfeiture program was passe...
May 05, 2019
Man dead after Regina police-involved shooting
Fewer than 12 hours after a police-involved shooting where a man died, the only indication something happened at a home on Halifax Street was the two parked police vehicles. Around 5:30 a.m. Saturday,...
May 04, 2019 Two police vehicles were still outside an apartment building on the 1900 block of Halifax Street, nearly 12 hours after a man died in a police-involved shooting. May 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
All eyes on Sask. court ahead of carbon tax decision
People across the country have been waiting for a decision by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal since before arguments on the carbon tax were made in February. This will be the first, though likely not...
May 02, 2019
Mental health biggest issue for Sask. children and youth
Saskatchewan's Advocate for Children and Youth is coming back to mental health as the top issue facing children and youth in the province. "It really doesn't matter whether they live on-reserve or off...
Apr 30, 2019 Corey O'Soup is the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, he released his report for 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Snow a welcome sight for some Sask. farmers
While many in the cities were looking out their windows with a grimace as the snow came down on Sunday, some farmers were happy to see the moisture falling on their fields. Jim Hale farms near Swift C...
Apr 29, 2019
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
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