Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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From Indigenous languages to health care, Trudeau takes wide range of questions at town hall
In his short visit to Regina on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau capped things off with a stop at the First Nations University of Canada for a public town hall. About 100 people sat in a circle...
Apr 14, 2023 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question at a budget town hall at the First Nations University of Canada. Apr. 13 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Trudeau talks NRTA, guns while visiting Regina
Standing next to a stand of tomatoes and cucumbers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about the grocery rebate his government included in its spring budget, and also answered questions on topics cl...
Apr 13, 2023 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Regina on April 13, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Downtown Regina construction to take four years, starts next month
In just a few weeks, the City of Regina will start a downtown construction project that will stretch through the next four years and cause headaches for some. The city is at the beginning of its 11th ...
Apr 13, 2023 (980 CJME)
Regina doctor facing discipline for allegedly prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
A Regina doctor is being brought up on allegations of professional misconduct for prescribing Ivermectin to patients to prevent and treat infections of COVID-19. The allegations say that for just unde...
Apr 12, 2023
FSIN looking to warn international business away from Saskatchewan
At the same time First Nations and natural resources are at the forefront of many minds, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is looking to warn international resource business away f...
Apr 11, 2023
FSIN applauds Minister Lemetti's comments on NRTA
As the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations fights its own fights over natural resources and land, it's applauding the federal justice minister in his comments about the Natural Resources Transf...
Apr 11, 2023 FSIN fourth vice chief, Heather Bear, speaks to media in Saskatoon on March 24, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
More job offers issued to Filipino nurses, but few currently on the job
As the Saskatchewan government does what it can to shore up the struggling health-care system and its worker shortage, it's again looking outside the province for solutions. The government sent a seco...
Apr 06, 2023 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. reducing barriers for internationally educated health-care workers
Saskatchewan is looking to make it easier for people trained outside of Saskatchewan to get their credentials recognized in the province, with a move the provincial government calls "nation-leading." ...
Apr 05, 2023 Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Serious gaps:' Children's advocate finds problems in social services
In just one of Saskatchewan's child protection programs under the Ministry of Social Services, the province's children's advocate found multiple issues and a system marked with a "history of ongoing c...
Apr 05, 2023 Saskatchewan Social Service Minister Gene Makowsky. (980 CJME)
Saskatchewan dealing with lack of ambulance care: NDP
When a person calls 911, they usually expect to be able to get an ambulance when they need it, but that wasn't the case dozens of times in Saskatchewan in the first weeks of 2023. According to numbers...
Apr 04, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
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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 ...
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