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
Minister gives some answers around hiked motel bill
Saskatchewan's minister of social services is providing some answers after it was revealed Wednesday that a Regina motel, owned by a Sask. Party MLA, hiked its room rate when the ministry took over a ...
Nov 16, 2023 Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky explains that the ministry tries to get a good deal on hotel rooms but also has to balance people's need for shelter. Nov. 15, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Questions raised after MLA-owned motel in Regina hikes rates for Social Services
Saskatchewan's opposition is raising questions about the connections between a Regina motel, Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal and the Ministry of Social Services. Early in November, the Saskatchewan NDP br...
Nov 15, 2023 The Sunrise Motel, owned by Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal, increased its nightly rate when the bill for a woman who was staying there started being paid by the Ministry of Social Services. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Nurses asking for City of Regina's help with parking woes
Where there used to be about 150 parking spaces in the southwest part of the parking lot in front of the Regina General Hospital, there are now fences, construction equipment and several large holes. ...
Nov 13, 2023 Taylor Wall is a registered nurse at the Regina General Hospital and is hoping the City of Regina can help with parking woes while the parkade there is being built. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Overcrowding at Saskatoon hospital leads to fire code issues
So many people and patients were recently set up in the hallways at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon that the fire department was called in over fire code issues. According to a statement from Assista...
Nov 09, 2023 Crowding at St. Paul's Hospital resulted in a call to the fire department this week. (650 CKOM file photo)
'So happy:' New Regina police chief excited for opportunity
Though Farooq Sheikh is still finishing his work in Alberta as that province's chief of the sheriff's service, he already has plans and ideas brewing for his new role as chief of the Regina Police Ser...
Nov 08, 2023 In a video interview, Regina's new police chief, Farooq Sheikh, said he's excited to take on the challenge of the new job. (Screenshot)
City council to discuss future of Tourism Regina, separation from REAL
On Wednesday afternoon, Regina city council will discuss reversing a decision made just over a year before to give Tourism Regina to Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL). The board chair at RE...
Nov 08, 2023 REAL board chair Wayne Morsky sent out a statement discussing the events that led to his resignation from REAL. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
All hands on deck as City of Regina responds to snow dump
Many drivers in Regina got a tough refresher on winter storm driving Tuesday morning. After rain, several centimetres of snow fell heavily in just a couple of hours. Then the snow slacked off, but it ...
Nov 07, 2023 City crews are focusing on ice control in the wake of the storm that dumped snow on Regina on Nov. 7, 2023. (City of Regina/Facebook)
Poaching health-care workers, travel nurses among topics at premiers' meeting
One of Saskatchewan's moves to bring more health-care workers into the province is being put to an end by an agreement between premiers. Premier Scott Moe and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston spoke wit...
Nov 07, 2023 Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talk health care and housing at a news conference after a Council of the Federation Meeting on Nov. 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
OB-GYN worried about sex ed classes as gov't reviews third-party presentations
When Dr. George Carson heard about the provincial government's pause on third-party presentations in schools, his first thought was it was the wrong thing to do. In August, as part of its announcement...
Nov 06, 2023 Ob-GYN Dr. George Carson says taking third-party expert presentations out of sex ed. classes would be detrimental to students' education. Nov. 3, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Very scary:' Regina woman evicted from subsidized housing
First, Evelyn Harper lost her home care. Then, she couldn't prepare for her subsidized housing unit to be treated for its cockroach infestation. So the 71-year-old was evicted and rolled out into the ...
Nov 02, 2023 Evelyn Harper came to the Legislature for help after being evicted from her Regina Housing Authority unit last week, after losing her home care and not being able to prepare for a treatment for a cockroach infestation. (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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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...