Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Regina's North Central gets big clean up from volunteers
A group of volunteers got their hands dirty in North Central over the weekend. It was all part of the White Pony Lodge's "Big Clean." Community member Erinn Paik was among the over 50 volunteers who g...
May 04, 2025 Leah O'Malley, board chair with White Pony Lodge, loves North Central. She hopes the community continues to be inspired to help the neighbourhood however they can. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Mental health overarching theme in Sask. child advocate's 2024 report
A lack of access to mental health and addiction services is top of mind for the Saskatchewan advocate for children and youth. In her annual report, Saskatchewan's advocate for children and youth Lisa ...
May 02, 2025 Sask. child advocate Lisa Broda said poor quality of life leads to poor outcomes. (Lisa Broda/Submitted)
Ages of 11 killed at Vancouver festival from 5 to 65
VANCOUVER - A man in a vehicle raced along a street lined with food trucks at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring two dozen others in an attack the interim polic...
Apr 27, 2025 Vancouver Police look over a black car believed to be involved in an incident where a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on Saturday April 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
'It feels personal': Canadian farmers cope with Chinese tariffs on canola and peas
MOOSE JAW - Canola runs deep on Margaret Rigetti's farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her grandfather was among the first to grow the bright yellow flowering crop in the 1970s, and it has been a staple ev...
Apr 27, 2025
Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly ramming attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes...
Apr 27, 2025 A victim lies near a food truck after a car drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on Saturday April 26, 2025. There has been a number of fatalities and numerous injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
Indigenous leaders hope Vatican continues reconciliation efforts advanced by Francis
Indigenous leaders in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis say they hope the Vatican continues to promote the reconciliation efforts he championed during his papacy. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says the pont...
Apr 26, 2025 Gov. Gen. Mary Simon delivers opening remarks to kick off the First Annual National Defence Conference at the Canadian War Musume in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Party leaders have packed itineraries today as election day nears
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders have busy itineraries today in one of the final days of the election campaign. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to spend much of the day in the Greater Toronto Area, fi...
Apr 26, 2025 Liberal Leader Mark Carney is greeted by supporters prior to departing from Montreal, Friday, April 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Court hears legal arguments in former world junior hockey players' sex assault case
LONDON - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillo...
Apr 24, 2025
'The Garbage Men' community initiative hoping to inspire a clean North Central
One man's trash is another man's inspiration. Mark Erickson, a resident of North Central, started voluntarily cleaning up his neighbourhood about a week ago. Now, he's rallying more people to help and...
Apr 21, 2025 Mark Erickson (centre) and a group of community members in North Central at Erikson's community BBQ on April 18, 2025. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
'Happy voting weekend:' Advance polls open, busy in Sask. major cities
Despite a chilly start to the Easter long weekend, many Saskatchewanians bundled up to take part in the federal election's advanced polls. A line formed at the Campbell Collegiate poll in Regina well ...
Apr 19, 2025 The light snow and chilly start to advanced polling didn't stop voters in Regina. There was an hour-long wait when doors to the polls opened on Friday. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...