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
Provincial money to help Regina Street Team steady and expand
The Regina Street Team got a lot of praise for the work it's been doing, helping the most vulnerable in Regina's core areas, and on Thursday, it also got a funding boost from the provincial government...
Sep 05, 2024 Jason Knudsen (left) and Rob Kraushaar say their Regina Street Team will be able to keep their qualified staff through to next year thanks to the newly announced provincial money. Sept. 5, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina school divisions hopeful as year starts with cell phone ban
A new school year meant new books, new classes, and new rules for some on Tuesday. This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced i...
Sep 03, 2024 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
'A huge issue': Sask producers watching canola retaliation
Worries mounted for some Canadian canola producers Tuesday as China took aim at canola for retaliation over EV tariffs. On Tuesday, China announced it would launch an anti-dumping investigation into C...
Sep 03, 2024 APAS president Ian Boxall says China keeps targeting canola for retaliation, showing how important it is to Canadian trade. (980 CJME file photo)
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024 Alison Dubreuil, president and CEO of Suncrest College, says the first class of sonography students started their classes this week. Aug. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Government celebrates unfinished parkade, says it's not about election
With the rain dripping down and bobcats and backhoes working outside, the provincial government celebrated the new Regina General Hospital Parkade being almost finished. On Wednesday afternoon, with t...
Aug 28, 2024 After years of asking, the parkade at the Regina General Hospital is 80 per cent complete and is expected to open later this year. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina clinic reportedly offering service for membership fees
With shortages of almost any medical professional and a lot of difficulty for people trying to find a family doctor in the province, many are looking for solutions. A Regina medical clinic appears to ...
Aug 28, 2024 An advocacy group says the Albert and Parliament Primary Health Care Centre in Regina sent out information to patients, telling them they could opt into a paid membership system for more service and to help their doctors stay in practice. (980 CJME file photo)
Brandt ice time issue to be brought up at city council
The dispute over ice time at Regina's Brandt Centre will be brought to the floor of Regina City Council next week. Mayor Sandra Masters and Councillor Bob Hawkins will bring a notice of motion about t...
Aug 16, 2024 Recommendations in a notice of motion to council would, in part, keep ice time as status quo for the coming hockey season. (980 CJME file photo)
Man's arm was cut off in June machete attack, court records show
More details have come to light in an attack on 5th Avenue in Regina from earlier in the summer. The attack happened just before midnight on the last Friday in June on the 4100 block of 5th Ave near P...
Aug 16, 2024 Court documents show an attack in Regina in June involved a machete and dismemberment of an arm. (Regina Police Service/X)
Months behind schedule: recovery centre in Lumsden still not open
While the Saskatchewan government celebrates the opening of more addiction treatment beds this week, the facility touted as the largest in the province has yet to open. In January, the province announ...
Aug 16, 2024 The Willowview Recovery Centre is expected to be the largest treatment centre in the province with 60 beds. (Government of Saskatchewan/submitted)
'It's a big part of our lives': Fight over ice time at Brandt Centre continues
A private youth hockey league is trying to fight back after concerns were raised over ice time at the Brandt Centre in Regina. Mike Reich and his Young Guns Hockey Academy have started a petition to "...
Aug 16, 2024 Some senior league hockey players are worried they're going to left off the ice after a private minor hockey academy was given control of ice at the Brandt Centre. (980 CJME file photo)
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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
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...