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Carla Beck officially begins run for NDP leadership
In and among the machinery of a manufacturing plant, Carla Beck made her first pitch to be the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. Beck said she has been hearing from so many people that they want cha...
Mar 03, 2022 Carla Beck announced her run for the NDP leadership Thursday morning. Mar. 3, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Crash damages Butcher Boy Meats in Regina
The sun rose on smashed glass, damaged equipment and ruined meat Thursday morning at Butcher Boy Meats in east Regina. "At some point in the middle of the night, a vehicle careened off of the road and...
Mar 03, 2022 A crash into Butcher Boy Meats on Park Street early Thursday morning left a lot of damage in the store. Mar. 3, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Help needed in Ukraine: Rawlco Radio Saskatchewan Day of Caring for Ukraine
The videos, images and stories coming out of Ukraine are heartbreaking: Videos of the aftermath of bombings, children hiding in bomb shelters, and refugees huddled together waiting for news from home....
Mar 03, 2022 A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike in Gorenka, Ukraine on March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
'A human rights atrocity': Sask. NDP looking to help Ukraine
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping politicians in the province can band together to help end the war between Ukraine and Russia. On Tuesday, NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon came out with strong words...
Mar 01, 2022 NDP MLA Trent Wotherspoon. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon woman keeping in touch with family in Ukraine
Iryna Matsiuk is glued to the news these days, watching for any tidbit about where fighting between Russian troops and Ukrainian defenders is happening. She moved to Saskatoon 10 years ago but still h...
Mar 01, 2022 People hold a giant Ukrainian flag as they rally against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a protest in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Health minister confident in decision to remove health measures
Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman called it an exciting day, pointing out that people wearing masks in public is no longer up to the government. The public health order was dropped Monday, th...
Mar 01, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Russian products pulled from SLGA shelves
The provincial government is heading to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority's shelves to show its disapproval of what Russia is doing in Ukraine. On Monday, the government confirmed it was pu...
Feb 28, 2022
No more mandates: A timeline of COVID public health orders in Saskatchewan
As of 12:01 Monday morning, the Government of Saskatchewan no longer had any public health orders related to COVID-19 in effect. Mandates have been a bit of a rollercoaster in the province, coming on ...
Feb 28, 2022 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Province considering removing Russian product from SLGA shelves
The Saskatchewan government is looking to the liquor board's shelves to find a way to express its displeasure with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, a government spokesperson said that is curre...
Feb 25, 2022
State of emergency being extended in Saskatchewan
The situation with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is good enough that all of the public health orders will be dropped as of Monday, but the province's state of emergency will continue. On Wednesday, Premier...
Feb 24, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Canada can learn lessons from Ireland
The Republic of Ireland has begun the painful process of reconciling its past. Sarah Mills says the country is going thr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 24
On Friday's show, Evan talks U.S. tariffs with Warren Kaeding, Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Exports, how one resta...