Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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More than just resources needed to get kids moving, expert says
A new approach trying to building community could be what's needed to help kids get away from screens and do more running around. ParticipAction's report card this week showed that during the pandemic...
Oct 05, 2022
Prairie kids dropped more physical activity during COVID pandemic
Like many people, kids stopped moving around as much during the COVID-19 pandemic and got a lot more screen time -- and it appears it may have been worse for kids on the prairies. ParticipAction put o...
Oct 05, 2022
Health-care workers positive about General Hospital parkade
Many health-care workers are giving a thumbs up to this week's announcement on a new parkade at the Regina General Hospital, because it shows there is movement on the project. On Monday, the province ...
Oct 04, 2022 A parkade is to be built in the northwest corner of the Regina General Hospital’s parking lot. (980 CJME file photo)
'Benefits who?': Information denial questioned by privacy commissioner
One family is trying to heal, but believes to do that, it needs information the Saskatchewan government is keeping under wraps. On Truth and Reconciliation Day last year, Sept. 30, a person who wishes...
Oct 03, 2022 A person, who wishes not to be named, is having trouble getting family information from Saskatchewan Social Services they believe will help their family heal. (980 CJME)
Saskatchewan population jumps thanks to international immigration
Between April and July this year, Saskatchewan saw its largest-ever population jump -- 6,465 people. Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison said that's very good news. "To see the growth that we have ha...
Sep 28, 2022 Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison speaks at an event after population numbers were released showing a big jump for Saskatchewan in the second quarter of 2022. Sept. 28, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Replica guns common in Regina crimes: Police chief
On Friday, police discovered the gun at the centre of calls and a lockdown at a Regina high school was actually a replica -- an Airsoft gun -- and it's certainly not the first time one of those has be...
Sep 27, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
'These are treaty territories': Treaty signs unveiled on Highway 11
Five-foot-high, 12-foot-wide signs now stand alongside Highway 11, declaring to all those thousands who pass by every day that they are on Treaty territory. The signs were installed Monday afternoon n...
Sep 26, 2022 Treaty 6 signs just before they were installed on Highway 11 near Bladworth on Sept. 26, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It's not a drill:' Teens and parents relieved after high school lockdown ends
Within an hour of a suspect being arrested and the lockdown ending at F.W. Johnson Collegiate, the area around the east-end Regina school looked almost like any other high school at lunchtime. Teens w...
Sep 23, 2022 A lockdown had more than a dozen police vehicles at F.W. Johnson Collegiate on Sept. 23, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Village of Roche Percee under Emergency Boil Water Advisory
The village of Roche Percee was placed under an Emergency Boil Water Advisory on Thursday after E. coli was found in the drinking water system. Roche Percee is about 20 kilometres southeast of Estevan...
Sep 22, 2022 La Ronge residents should boil all water used for drinking purposes for at least one minute at a rolling boil before use and boil any water to be used for other activities where it may be ingested, including brushing teeth, soaking false teeth, washing fruits and vegetables, in food or drink which will not be subsequently heated, and water used for ice cubes. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Constitutional arguments rejected for protest camp
Another layer of Saskatchewan's courts is rejecting constitutional arguments over the "Justice for Our Stolen Children" camp that occupied the west lawn near the Legislative Building for weeks in 2018...
Sep 22, 2022 Justice for Our Stolen Children camp in Wascana Park across from the Saskatchewan Legislature on July 16, 2018. (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Subtle words delivered by a king
Sarah Mills says King Charles touched on everything from NATO to climate and global conflicts in his speech to U.S. Cong...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...