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'Silence is complicity': Sask. NDP continues call for Scott Moe to condemn separation work
The Sask. NDP's Aleana Young spoke outside the legislative building Friday morning to call on Premier Scott Moe to condemn separatism and to defend her party's attention to the topic. Young, the Oppos...
May 23, 2025 Sask. NDP jobs and economy critic Aleana Young said on May 23, 2025, that people can talk about separation themselves, her problem is the premier hasn’t come out to specifically condemn work being done in support of separation. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Trade corridors float to the top of conversations at Western Premiers' Conference
Much of the conversation came right back to trade at the final news conference of the Western Premiers' Conference - even when separation was the topic of discussion. The list of topics on the table w...
May 22, 2025 Premier Scott Moe calls a possible northwestern trade corridor connecting Hudson Bay to ports in northwestern B.C. a nation-building project. (CJME file photo)
Husband of Assiniboia dayhome operator gets record sentence for child sex crimes
Content warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse that may upset some readers. Wednesday afternoon brought an end to a child sex abuse court case 20 years, 33 victims and 73 charges in...
May 21, 2025 Richard Dyke has been accused of numerous sex crimes involving minors over a period of almost two decades. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Acting Regina police chief talks drug smuggling and biometrics after incident report
People try to bring drugs into Regina police cells from time to time, but it's not an epidemic, according to Acting Regina Police Chief Lorilee Davies. "But certainly, people are creative in terms of ...
May 21, 2025 Acting Regina Police Chief Lorilee Davies says her heart goes out to the family of the person in the report, as well as all those police workers who were involved. May 20, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Death in Regina police custody likely caused by attempted drug smuggling: SIRT
After a long investigation, Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) said a man who died while in Regina police custody in August of 2023 was likely trying to smuggle drugs into a correcti...
May 20, 2025 A report from the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), which investigates serious incidents involving police, says the man had likely turned himself in to try to smuggle drugs into a correctional facility. (980 CJME file photo)
Birch Narrows Dene Nation calling for help amid mental health crisis
Over the past several weeks, the small community of Birch Narrows Dene Nation, near La Loche, has dealt with six deaths. Two well-respected elders have passed away, and four other community members ha...
May 16, 2025
Moe says letter to prime minister an 'opportunity' not an ultimatum
Premier Scott Moe sees his priorities, delivered in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, as an opportunity more than an ultimatum. "That's why there's not a date on this - 'do these things by this ...
May 15, 2025 Premier Scott Moe says action from the federal government on the priorities in his letter would signal a new and much more positive relationship with Saskatchewan. May 15, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Premier lays out 'must's for Ottawa to reset relationship with Saskatchewan
With the legislative session set to end on Thursday, Premier Scott Moe turned his eyes to the federal government this week, sending a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney. The letter he posted to soci...
May 14, 2025 Premier Scott Moe posted a letter he sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, explaining the ten actions he wants the federal government to take for Saskatchewan. (CJME file photo)
Firefighters call derelict property bill too dangerous for safety
After the province's bill to allow the burning down of derelict buildings in Rural Municipalities (RM) passed its third reading on Tuesday, different reactions began coming from different parts of the...
May 14, 2025 The bill allows municipalities and volunteer firefighters to burn down derelict buildings for a training opportunity for firefighters. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon family speaks out after grandfather's freezing death
Up until he died, frozen outside his personal care home, 96-year-old William Hastie was sharp as a tack, according to his granddaughters Ashley Benson-Bonneville and Amber Benson. They said he would t...
May 14, 2025 Ashley Benson-Bonneville, right, and her sister Amber Benson believe their grandfather wasn’t properly supervised at his personal care home, leading to his freezing death in February. May 13, 2025. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...