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
City of Regina proposes giving $7 million to Costco for second location
The City of Regina's administration wants to keep a proposed second Costco Wholesale location within the city limits, and it's recommending shelling out millions of dollars to do it. Last year, the ci...
May 06, 2025 Last year, the city approved a discretionary use application for a second Costco location on the western edge of the city, but the retailer found the development costs were too high. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan NDP wants clearer answers on western separation
After a weekend with an independence rally in Alberta and Premier Danielle Smith promising a separation referendum if signatures warrant it, the Saskatchewan NDP came out again on Monday to call for c...
May 06, 2025 Sask. NDP jobs and economy critic Aleana Young said she wants to hear from the premier how he would answer a referendum on separation from Canada. May 5, 2025. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. children's hospital nurse fired after snooping on 314 patients
A maternity ward nurse at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon was left without a job after snooping on the medical records of 314 people. The province's privacy commissioner has more rec...
May 05, 2025 The information and privacy commissioner’s report said the nurse had to click through warnings verifying their need to look at the information on some of the files. (650 CKOM)
Meadow Lake Tribal Council calling for more access to health care
Calls for better health care in Saskatchewan are nothing new - whether it's talk about overcrowded hospitals in Regina and Saskatoon, or a lack of doctors in the rural south - and now northern Saskatc...
May 03, 2025 Meadow Lake Tribal Council Tribal Chief Jeremy Norman says some people in his communities have to drive three to five hours each way for dialysis treatment multiple times a week. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New wind, solar projects to have largest Indigenous ownership in Sask.
A pair of new renewable power projects announced on Thursday are expected to set a record for Indigenous ownership in the province. As part of its drive towards adding more renewable power into the sy...
May 01, 2025 Meadow Lake Tribal Council Tribal Chief Jeremy Norman says to create power from what the creator has given them, the wind and the sun, was a no brainer for the tribal council. May 1, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP calls for an end to virtual health care in emergencies
When a person is in a life threatening health emergency they'll likely head to the closest emergency room, but Saskatchewan's NDP doesn't think they should be greeted with a doctor on a screen when th...
Apr 30, 2025 NDP Rural and Remote health critic Meara Conway says doctors treating patients virtually isn’t appropriate when that patient is in a life threatening situation or is about to give birth. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New trial ordered for man convicted in 2020 Moose Jaw stabbing death
Vincent Picken will head back to court for a new trial on his second-degree murder charge in the death of Shaun Holmes after a decision from the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan. The court issued its ...
Apr 30, 2025 The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal found the trial judge should have given the jury instructions on a possible provocation defence in Vincent Picken’s case. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier Scott Moe looks for reset on Sask. relationship with Ottawa
Premier Scott Moe and members of his government spent much of the federal election campaign subtly, and not so subtly, supporting the federal Conservative party, but the morning after election day Moe...
Apr 29, 2025 Premier Scott Moe said on Tuesday he would invite Prime Minister Mark Carney to Saskatchewan for a meeting about finding a path forward. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Teenagers set to work the polls on election day in Regina
Even though some of them can't legally cast a ballot yet, dozen of Grade 12 students will be working at polling places around Regina on Monday for election day. Elections Canada allows 16 and 17 year ...
Apr 28, 2025 Elections Canada will have dozens of teenagers prepped and ready to work at polling places Monday as part of its efforts to get young people more engaged in elections. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Regina teens vote in program to increase youth election participation
Some of them can't vote in the federal election, but dozens of Grade 12 students in Regina got to cast a ballot this spring anyway. Luther College High School and Michael A. Riffel High School both pa...
Apr 24, 2025 (L to R) Zahin Jeena and Avril Hatitchki, students at Luther College High School and Cali Cloutier and Leiyanne Nepacena, students at Michael A. Riffel High School, all took part in the pilot program from Elections Canada. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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 ...