Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't pic...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Sask. minister pushing for resolution to China canola dispute
Saskatchewan's minister of trade and export development is calling for federal action as China continues its ban on imports of Canadian canola seed. "This has the potential to cost our farmers and ag ...
Apr 11, 2019 (L-R) Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Saskatchewan Trade and Export Minister Jeremy Harrison and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit met with the media on Friday, March 29, 2019 (Chris Carr/650 CKOM).
No applications made yet for Regina ridesharing
It has been nearly a month and a half since a ridesharing bylaw was passed by Regina's city council, but no one has applied yet. According to the City of Regina, it hasn't received any applications to...
Apr 10, 2019
SaskPower carbon tax to be retroactive to Jan. 1
There's going to be an extra, extra charge on Saskatchewan power bills as of April. The carbon tax will start showing up on bills for this month, but so will a retroactive charge for the carbon tax fo...
Apr 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina robotics team preparing for world championship run
In just its second year of existence, the Thom Collegiate robotics team is heading to the FIRST world robotics championship in Houston. The acronym FIRST is for an organization called For Inspiration ...
Apr 09, 2019 The Thom Collegiate robotics team after placing at the regional championship. They're heading to the World Championship in late April. Photo submitted
Retired Regina priest faces sex assault charges in Scotland
A long-time Regina priest is being extradited to Scotland to face historic physical and sexual assault charges stemming from his work at schools. The Archdiocese of Regina has confirmed the charges ag...
Apr 09, 2019 Father Robert MacKenzie. (Archdiocese of Regina)
Regina Food Bank watching carbon tax closely
The Regina Food Bank is wondering how big of a bite the federal carbon tax is going to take out of its budget. Food bank CEO John Bailey said it is going to have an impact because much of what the org...
Apr 09, 2019
Art installation at First Nations University vandalized
Though not everyone knew what it was for, people driving around Ring Road south at night for the past several months could see an installation of teepees in front of the First Nations University of Ca...
Apr 08, 2019 Two of the teepees in an art installation in front of the First Nations University of Canada were taken down Monday after being vandalized over the weekend. April 8, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
'In disbelief:' Premier Scott Moe remembers Broncos bus crash
"You know, that night was, it was," Premier Scott Moe paused, finding his words. "It was a night that I, like so many other people in this province, hope to never see again." Most people in Saskatchew...
Apr 06, 2019 Premier Scott Moe talked to the media after the first Question Period of the spring session on March 4, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Carbon tax protest in Regina features convoy, rally
They wanted to make a statement against the carbon tax, and with about 700 vehicles in their convoy and an estimated 1,000 people at Evraz Place, they did it in a big way. Late Thursday morning, a con...
Apr 04, 2019
Green Shirt Day set to honour the legacy of Logan Boulet
The legislative building was filled Wednesday morning with people trying to make some good come out of a terrible tragedy. The Saskatchewan gallery was filled with people for the proclamation of April...
Apr 03, 2019 Charlotte L'oste-Brown received a lung transplant after years of sickness, and she's supporting Green Shirt Day as a way to encourage people to sign up to be donors. April 3, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A staged photo op in Team Canada jerseys can't hide the political cracks
As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hi...
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8:30 - As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose cri...