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'It has not translated at all to the front line:' SUN skeptical of SHA action plan
On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority talked about the progress that has been made on the action plans to deal with overcapacity issues in Regina and Saskatoon hospitals. But the head of the ...
Feb 16, 2024 SUN president Tracy Zambory says ERs in the province are still well above their capacity. (980 CJME file photo)
Both sides blaming the other as talks break down between Sask. gov't and teachers
The two days set aside for talks this week ended with no deal between the Saskatchewan government and the bargaining committee for the province's teachers, and now both sides are blaming the other for...
Feb 14, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill is blaming the recent breakdown of talks on the teachers' union, while the union is claiming just the opposite. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Party MLA connected to second motel used by Social Services
After news broke in the fall about a motel owned by Saskatchewan Party MLA Gary Grewal that was getting business from the Ministry of Social Services and inflating prices for it, the Saskatchewan NDP ...
Feb 13, 2024 Documents the Saskatchewan NDP received from the Ministry of Social Services show the Thriftlodge motel in Regina, in which Sask. Party MLA Gary Grewal is an investor, is one of the three top used motels and hotels by the ministry for emergency stays. The documents say the motel appears to inflate its rates. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
James Smith chief glad the inquest is nearly over
Chief Robert Head has been in and out of the inquest into the murders on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon over the past couple of weeks, but he said Tuesday he was glad the evidence portion w...
Jan 31, 2024 Peter Chapman Band Chief Robert Head is glad the presentation of evidence is done at the inquest. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It opened my eyes:' Families reflect on evidence heard at JSCN inquest
Every day of the James Smith Cree Nation inquest, through policy evidence, explanations of autopsies and a recounting of the attacks that left 11 people dead, Joyce Burns has sat in the hearing room w...
Jan 31, 2024 Joyce Burns speaks about the new understand she has from the inquest for the man who attacked her, her husband, and 9 others in Sept 2022, Myles Sanderson. Jan. 30, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
JSCN families share their hopes for inquest recommendations
By midday on Tuesday, all there was really left to do at the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon was to wait. The six jury members had been charged with their duties...
Jan 30, 2024 Those with standing for families in the inquest are looking for recommendations on how to improve things on the James Smith Cree Nation to come out of the inquest. (L to R) Buggy Burns, Chelsey Stonestand, Darryl Burns, Shelley Sanderson, Deborah Burns, Vanessa Burns and Joyce Burns were at the inquest in Melfort. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Jury now deliberating in James Smith inquest
On Tuesday morning, the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon broke for jury deliberations. The last of the witnesses finished giving evidence on Monday afternoon, so ...
Jan 30, 2024 Pictures of the victims erected at the inquest into the mass murders on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
JSCN lawyer says coroner's inquest only touched on systemic issues
"It's been a lot," Keith Brown said, shortly after the last witness testimony was heard at the inquest into the 2022 stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation. Brown, a lawyer with Gowling WLG, is serv...
Jan 30, 2024 Keith Brown, lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation at the inquest, says the inquest scope is too narrow to be able to discuss some of the larger systemic and institutional issues at play. Jan. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP: Myles Sanderson didn't leave the Wakaw area during manhunt
In the four days between his stabbing spree and when he was caught, Myles Sanderson didn't stray too far from the James Smith Cree Nation, the stabbing inquest heard Monday. The presentation of eviden...
Jan 29, 2024 The RCMP says Myles Sanderson went into "medical distress" shortly after he was arrested from a stolen truck on the side of Highway 11, near Rosthern on Sept. 7 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Community members stepping up to help at JSCN inquest
People wearing white vests with 'Wellness' on the backs could be seen all around the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort over the past few weeks. They're wellness workers from the James Smith Cree Nation w...
Jan 29, 2024 Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, says workers like her have been helping to support the community during the multi-week coroner's inquest. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, Sept. 16
On Wednesday's show, Evan talks health care with Minister Jeremy Cockrill. Plus the Bell AI data centre south of Regina ...