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...
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Sask. man asks for government help improving safety at train crossing where his wife died
Just a few months after his wife was killed at a rail crossing in Churchbridge, Sask., Matthew Thompson arrived at the legislative building in Regina to try to convince the provincial government to ma...
May 01, 2026 Matthew Thompson appeared at the Saskatchewan legislature this week to ask the provincial government to step up and do something about a dangerous train crossing in Churchbridge where his wife was killed. April 28, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. finance minister finds 'interesting' things in federal spring economic update
On Tuesday, the federal government gave its spring economic update and Saskatchewan's finance minister said it included some interesting things. "Pleased to see contribution rates on CPP (lowered), I ...
Apr 30, 2026 Sask. Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the key part of the spring update announcement this week is the sovereign wealth fund, but he echoed the premier’s comments calling for regulatory changes as well. Apr. 29, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
$2.2M annual funding for Saskatoon-Minneapolis direct flights extended by Sask. government
The Saskatchewan government is extending its backstop of Saskatoon's Minneapolis-St. Paul direct flights for another three years, after paying more than $5.6 million over the original three years of t...
Apr 29, 2026
Monette Seeds elevator licence to lapse as company enters creditor protection
Farmers in the Swift Current area could have a tougher time getting a good price for their crops this season after the licence for a local elevator was not renewed. This month, Monette Farm Group appl...
Apr 28, 2026 Monette Farms group filed for creditor protection and the Canadian Grain Commission then chose not to renew Monette Seeds Ltd.’s license to operate a grain elevator in the Swift Current area, as of May 1. (Monette Seeds team member Jordie/Facebook)
Survey says: Sask. parents to be polled about kids on social media
Premier Scott Moe and the Sask. Party government would like to know what parents in Saskatchewan think of a social media ban for children. On Monday, Moe said his government would send out surveys in ...
Apr 28, 2026 Premier Scott Moe says his government is looking to find out parents’ and families’ opinions about bans for kids and teens on social media. Apr. 27, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'A good discussion to have': Premier approves of federal sovereign wealth fund
Saskatchewan's premier is giving a nod of approval to the federal government's announcement Monday of a sovereign wealth fund - but Scott Moe is also adding a few notes of his own. The Prime Minister ...
Apr 27, 2026 Premier Scott Moe said on April 27, 2026 that a sovereign wealth fund, as announced by the federal government, is a good initiative for the country. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina newborns to be sent to Saskatoon for surgeries
The youngest patients in Regina will no longer be able to get surgery in the Queen City and will instead have to be transported to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. As of April 1, a n...
Apr 14, 2026 As of April 1, the Saskatchewan Health Authority moved to have all surgeries performed on babies up to eight weeks old performed at the children’s hospital in Saskatoon, saying that’s where the expertise is. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Gov't declines NDP motion to suspend provincial gas tax
Just a few hours after the federal government announced its gas tax holiday, the Sask. NDP's motion to do the same didn't receive leave to be introduced. The motion was to suspend the provincial fuel ...
Apr 14, 2026 The Sask. NDP tried to bring a motion to suspend the provincial fuel tax, pulling the motion to the fore again on Tuesday after the federal government announced it will suspend its fuel excise tax. (CJME file photo)
'It's positive': Communities happy to be added to health-care incentive list
Leaders in several Saskatchewan communities are happy to hear they'll be able to offer a major incentive in an effort to lure more health-care workers to rural parts of the province. Nine communities ...
Apr 14, 2026 Keith LePoudre, Davidson's mayor, said he's happy to hear his community has been added to the Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive list in an effort to bring in more health-care workers. April 13, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
500 addictions treatment spaces won't 'be enough,' premier says more likely needed
The Saskatchewan Government's increased goal for addictions treatment spaces will likely have to be increased once again, according to the premier. In 2023, in its Action Plan for Mental Health and Ad...
Apr 13, 2026 Premier Scott Moe believes the province is going to have to commit to more addictions treatment spaces, above and beyond the 500 already committed to. Apr. 13, 2026 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 27
8:30 - As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose cri...