Sarah Mills: Ending door-to-door is the future for Canada Post
Rural Sask. has picked up mail from shared mailboxes for decades. Now, it will be the same in some parts of in Regina an...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
Former premiers Romanow, Wall remember Queen Elizabeth II
Roy Romanow is among the few who can boast a more intimate meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth II. During his time in the leadership of Saskatchewan -- first as deputy premier to Allan Blakeney, and...
Sep 08, 2022 (Royal University Hospital Foundation/Facebook)
Weyburn mayor frustrated over health service disruptions
From late Saturday night to early Sunday morning this weekend, the closest emergency health services to people in Weyburn will be nearly an hour away. The emergency room at Weyburn General Hospital wi...
Sep 02, 2022 (Weyburn and District General Hospital/Facebook)
Sask. to get 90,000 doses of bivalent COVID vaccine in first two shipments
On Thursday morning, Health Canada approved the first vaccine against COVID-19 that targets both the original virus and Omicron. The new shots from Moderna, called bivalent vaccines, are designed to r...
Sep 01, 2022 (Supplied)
Classes back in session before long weekend again: Why?
It has been a decade since legislation first required the school year in Saskatchewan to start after the Labour Day long weekend, and it has been eight years since that legislation was introduced to b...
Sep 01, 2022 Parents wave to students after their first ride alone on the school bus Aug. 22, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Education minister welcomes investigation into school abuse claims, will meet with alleged victims
Saskatchewan's children's advocate announced her investigation into allegations of abuse involving three Saskatchewan independent schools Tuesday - an investigation which Saskatchewan’s educatio...
Aug 31, 2022
Moe says education minister should meet with alleged victims of abuse at schools
Premier Scott Moe isn't against the idea of government members meeting with victims of alleged abuse at some Saskatchewan independent schools. Some victims say they've been trying to meet with governm...
Aug 30, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Ready for takeoff: Regina police plane nearly up in the air
The Regina Police Service will be in the sky above the city as well as in the streets, potentially in a matter of weeks. Chief Evan Bray is hoping the service's plane will be up and running by October...
Aug 30, 2022
Moe defends proximity of $500 cheques, byelection call
On Monday, Premier Scott Moe called the byelection for the Saskatoon Meewasin seat, which has been officially vacant for nearly two months. The call also came exactly one week after Moe announced on T...
Aug 29, 2022 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to media alongside Kim Groff, the Saskatchewan Party candidate in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Cockrill didn't know if province tried to clear things up before sending letter to ECCC
In the last week, there has been some crotchety back and forth between the provincial and federal governments over federal workers testing water on private land in Saskatchewan. The provincial ministe...
Aug 29, 2022
Saskatchewan NDP wants resource dollars to go to health care
While measures to help with affordability are all well and good -- Carla Beck said her NDP has been pushing for that since the spring -- the official Opposition thinks the Saskatchewan government is m...
Aug 25, 2022 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck on Aug. 25, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Evan Bray: What would 'associate' EU membership mean for Canada?
There's been a lot of talk about Canada possibly becoming an "associate member" of the European Union. Evan Br...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 18
On Friday's show, Evan discusses Canada's nuclear future with Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel. Plus, marking 10 years of harm redu...