Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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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)
Regina Urgent Care Centre adjusting through first weeks
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is helping reduce pressure on both of Regina's emergency rooms, though it's still too early to quantify. Thomas Stewart, the he...
Aug 15, 2024 The new urgent care centre has seen more than 4,400 patients in its first six weeks of operation. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Northern communities frustrated during wildfire evacuations
As hundreds of people leave their homes in Sandy Bay just ahead of an approaching wildfire, local leaders are frustrated over the need for it. "It's really frustrating -- frustrating again that we're ...
Aug 14, 2024 Prince Albert Grand Council Chief Brian Hardlotte says the province needs to be attacking wildfires while they’re still small instead of monitoring them and letting them burn. (Zoom)
'Justice denied': Another Sask. sex assault case stayed due to delay
Sexual assault is believed to be one of the most underreported crimes in Canada, and there are worries that recent procedural additions making court cases take longer could see more charges stayed and...
Aug 14, 2024 Saskatoon law professor, Colton Fehr, says a judicial stay isn’t the only way a judge can remedy a too-long court process, and other ways might be preferable in sexual assault cases. (9890 CJME file photo)
Woman sent to jail for Regina taxi robbery, named long-term offender
The robbery of a taxi in Regina was the last straw for a woman who has now been deemed a long-term offender by the courts. According to provincial court documents, the robbery happened in June 2022 wh...
Aug 12, 2024 The judge wrote that Wasacase had a lengthy criminal history that started when she was 12 years old. (980 CJME file photo)
Record dry July for Estevan, with minimal rain for most of Sask.
July was an incredibly dry month in Saskatchewan, getting to the point of setting records in some areas. According to Environment Canada, Estevan had the driest July in 112 years of records. The city ...
Aug 01, 2024 Almost no rain came down for most areas in Saskatchewan according to the provincial crop report for May 27 to June 2, 2025. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Sask. health-care workers missing pay with new software rollout
In a smaller echo of the last time the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) tried to roll out its Administrative Information Management System (AIMS) software, hundreds of health-care workers have miss...
Jul 30, 2024 The health authority says the error rate in the last pay period was less than one per cent, and is calling the roll out a success. (CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...