Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Frank Young search to move to Carrot River
The search for Frank Young is moving to a new phase. The five-year-old has been missing for three weeks now. He was last seen outside his home on the Red Earth Cree Nation on April 18. The searchers h...
May 04, 2022 A file photo of the ongoing search for Frank Young on the Red Earth Cree Nation. (Prince Albert Grand Council/Submitted)
Saskatchewan NDP says $15 not enough for minimum wage
While Saskatchewan's NDP is glad to see a $15 minimum wage on the way for the province, the party's labour critic said the increase is too little and coming too late. "It's important that we're seeing...
May 04, 2022 Minister Don Morgan. May 3, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Under construction: City of Regina to spend $118M on projects in 2022
With three streets in the CAA's Top 10 Worst Roads in Saskatchewan, the City of Regina obviously has some work to do. To that end, the city announced Tuesday it's going to spend $16.5 million to impro...
May 03, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Premier floats minimum wage hike as NDP proposes royalty rebate
On Monday, Saskatchewan's NDP proposed a measure which could put a balm on some of the affordability pain people are feeling right now. Then the premier shot his own idea right back. "Times like these...
May 03, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
New 'most significant' installation to open at MacKenzie Art Gallery
A new exhibit at Regina's MacKenzie Art Gallery is being billed by the gallery as "the most significant exhibition of contemporary indigenous beading across North America ever presented." Radical Stit...
May 02, 2022 Nico Williams, Indians Frozen Computer, delica beadwork, birch bark and porcupine quills, 2017. Courtesy of Indigenous Art Centre. Photo credit Mike Patten (provided)
Sask. NDP says province isn't ready for increase in seniors
New census numbers show that Canada is getting older and older - the number of Canadians over 65 years of age is growing six times faster than the number of those 15 or younger. Saskatchewan is buckin...
Apr 28, 2022
U of R prof says impact of Musk's Twitter takeover is unclear for users
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is getting ready to take the helm of Twitter after coming to an agreement to buy the social media platform this week. The effect of the move for everyday users...
Apr 27, 2022
Unsettled weather in Sask. possible for week ahead
Looking across the province for the next few days, it could be a wild week of weather. As of Monday, the forecast for Friday in Saskatoon was a high of 17 C while the high in Carlyle, a little under f...
Apr 26, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina man wants SGI legislation changed for pain and suffering
Regina's Chad Ritsco remembers the highway in front of him just before a horrific highway crash, he remembers the sound of his son crying right after it happened, and he remembers rescuers having to c...
Apr 25, 2022 Chad Ritsco, his son and a friend were in a serious highway crash in 2018. Now Ritsco is trying to get the rules changed so situations like theirs won't be excluded from eligibility for pain and suffering compensation. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Deja vu: Another winter storm heads for southeast Saskatchewan
Like a record on repeat or a stuck time loop, the very southeast corner of Saskatchewan is in the path of yet another snowstorm for the weekend. Environment Canada has issued winter storm warnings for...
Apr 22, 2022
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...