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
Gang membership and jury bias underpin order for new trial in murders
Questions around how jurors feel about gang membership, juror bias, and how all that fits into a proper defence have led to the overturning of the conviction against Dillon Whitehawk for two drive-by ...
Oct 10, 2024 Three Sask. Court of Appeals justices agreed the trial judge should have allowed questions about bias against gang members to prospective jurors. (980 CJME file photo)
SASK VOTES 2024: Workers needed to build up health-care system
When questions are asked about the biggest issues facing Saskatchewan ahead of the provincial election, health care invariably comes up. It's top of mind for people in cities and rural areas, and has ...
Oct 10, 2024 While the provincial government has been working on health-care problems, workers and patients are saying more needs to be done. (file photo/980 CJME)
Sask. Votes 2024: Crime and health on the campaign trail agenda
The Sask. Party started off another week of campaigning on Monday by focusing on women's health and growing families. On Monday morning, Scott Moe announced new promises while flanked by his party's R...
Oct 07, 2024 Sask. Party Regina Lakeview candidate Sarah Wright explains the benefits of more accessible testing and screening for cancer in Regina on Oct. 7, 2024. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask Votes 2024: NDP lays out fiscal plan, explains promise funding
With a detailed fiscal plan in hand, the Sask. NDP's Leader Carla Beck said the transparency represented by her party's plan for the 2024 election is novel. "I get it, people in this province are cyni...
Oct 04, 2024 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says the party's fiscal plan for the 2024 election is a move to be transparent and to restore trust in campaign promises. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME files)
Bathroom bans and tax breaks: Sask. United Party unveils platform
With a dozen of his candidates by his side, party leader Jon Hromek launched the Saskatchewan United Party's platform for the coming provincial election. As of Wednesday, the party had announced 23 ca...
Oct 03, 2024 Leader Jon Hromek says the Sask. United Party is targeting wins in two or more seats this provincial election. Oct. 2, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Votes 2024: Battleground ridings in Regina
Each of the 61 constituencies in Saskatchewan will send an MLA to the legislature after October 28, but some of the candidates will have a harder fight than others. In the Regina area, there are a num...
Oct 02, 2024 Several Regina constituencies are expected to be battlegrounds in this month's provincial election. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Overcrowded Sask. schools in need of space, but have no control
Libraries, dance studios and teachers' lounges in Saskatchewan schools are full of kids learning because they've had to be turned into classrooms. Schools across Regina and Saskatoon, in both the publ...
Sep 30, 2024 Jack MacKenzie Elementary School in Regina is the latest Saskatchewan school to have to turn its library, dance studio, and staff room into classrooms to accommodate an influx of students. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Emissions cap, methane rules would be 'deeply harmful' to Saskatchewan
A new report puts numbers onto the economic harms the Saskatchewan Economic Assessment Tribunal believes will be visited on the province by a proposed oil and gas emissions cap and Methane 75 regulati...
Sep 24, 2024 The report estimated that oil and gas production would see a 7 to 52 per cent reduction by 2050, and a 1.5 to 6.4 per cent reduction in provincial GDP for a cumulative reduction of $34.5 to $230 billion. (CANADIAN PRESS)
Court decision sheds more light on WCB, SASM court dispute
Details from a court decision between the Sask. Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) and the Safety Association of Saskatchewan Manufacturers (SASM) have shed more light on the situation. Last month, 980...
Sep 06, 2024 SASM and the WCB have been fighting in court over funding agreements and audits. (980 CJME file photo)
'Outdoor event space' use approved for former Gordon Block space
An application from the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID), to make use of space where the Gordon Block used to be, has been approved by the city. The development application propos...
Sep 05, 2024 The Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID) is looking to turn the space where the Gordon Block was, on the Pat Fiacco Plaza, into an outdoor event space. Sept. 4, 2024 (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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...