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
Slightly lower 2024 Regina police budget passed
After about five hours of discussion and deliberation, the Regina Police Service budget for 2024 was passed Wednesday afternoon as presented. This coming year is the second of the first two-year budge...
Dec 13, 2023 Deputy Chief Dean Rae presents the Regina Police Service budget to city council, which passed it after five hours discussion on Dec. 13, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina city council to start budget deliberations Wednesday
On Wednesday, Regina's city councillors are set to start what could be a three-day discussion on the city's 2024 budget. The administration's recommended budget includes a 2.82 per cent mill rate incr...
Dec 13, 2023 The City of Regina unveiled its 2023 holiday schedule. (City of Regina/ Twitter)
Initial property tax increase in Regina budget talks slightly higher than proposed
City councillors in Regina will be starting from a slightly higher potential property tax increase than was first proposed when they head into 2024 budget deliberations Wednesday. The plan from admini...
Dec 12, 2023 New options on what to do about Regina Exhibition Association Limited’s funding problems have pushed the proposed mill rate increase in Regina up to 2.82 per cent from 2.2. (980 CJME file photo)
Moe concerned about talk of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28
As Saskatchewan's government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars hosting a pavilion at COP28 to tell the world how sustainable the province's industries are, those industries are getting hit with ...
Dec 08, 2023 Premier Scott Moe (980 CJME file photo)
'She's a fighter:' Regina man pushing for mother's treatment in province
Brayden Dutchak's mom, Tamara Heppner, already managed to beat cancer -- she's in remission -- but now she's in a Regina hospital, needing care for the damage the cancer treatment did. That's why Dutc...
Dec 08, 2023 Brayden Dutchak is fighting to get the hyperbaric oxygen chamber in Moose Jaw back open so his mother can get the treatment she needs. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Moe says Sask. pavilion at COP-28 has been well-attended
Over the first couple days of Saskatchewan's pavilion being open at a United Nations climate conference in Dubai, Premier Scott Moe said the pavilion has had good attendance and good engagement at its...
Dec 06, 2023 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, speaking from the Saskatchewan pavilion at COP-28 in Dubai, says the first few day have gone extremely well and he's happy with the engagement so far. (Screenshot)
'Awful:' Sask. NDP says deficit shouldn't have been a surprise
The Saskatchewan NDP pointed to the provincial government's mid-year financial report on Monday, calling it evidence of the government's awful fiscal management, awful projections, and propensity to w...
Nov 28, 2023 Sask. NDP Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said if the provincial government had been working more collaboratively with industry and watching and talking with producers more closely, it would have been able ot project this year's budget better. Nov. 27, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Gov't accusing NDP MLA of organizing protest in Assembly
Some strong words were being thrown around at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Tuesday after a protest shut down proceedings for the day on Monday. Pro-Palestinian protesters began chanting "Ceasefire ...
Nov 22, 2023 NDP MLA Jennifer Bowes is being accused of helping to organize Monday’s protest which disrupted government proceedings Monday. But Bowes says she knew people would be there but not about the disruption. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Disgusting and vile:' Premier stands by removal of Domotor from party
Speaking to media for the first time since Ryan Domotor was kicked out of caucus, Premier Scott Moe stood by the decision. "What happened is disgusting and vile, to be quite frank ... A government nee...
Nov 20, 2023 Premier Scott Moe calls the alleged actions of Ryan Domotor 'disgusting and vile' after the former Sask. Party MLA was charged with communicating for the purposes of obtaining sexual services. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina mayor sees both sides of proposed property tax increase
Regina Mayor Sandra Masters appears to be looking at both sides of the potential property tax and utility increases unveiled on Friday. "We know that between interest rates, inflation, grocery costs, ...
Nov 20, 2023 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says that nobody likes tax hikes, but the city needs to increase its revenue in order to provide services. (Daniel Reech 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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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...