Murray Wood: D-Day, in their own words
Saturday marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The Regina Rifles were among ...
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“A sight you couldn’t imagine”: Veteran remembers D-Day
The bloody 27-minute opening of the movie Saving Private Ryan is uncompromising and brutal. But it serves to reveal the horror of armed combat and perhaps allow a person who wasn't there to appreciate...
Jun 05, 2019
Survivor's guilt unites D-Day veteran Evert Nordstrom to great-nephew
Editor's note: This article was first published on June 4, 2019, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. If you were living in California in the decades after the Second World War, you might not...
Jun 04, 2019 Some of the most vivid film footage of the D-Day landings 80 years ago was shot by a Canadian military film unit using technology obtained from U.S. allies. Canadian soldiers land on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Department of National Defence
How a ragtag bunch of 'Farmer Johns' changed the course of history on D-Day
Editor's note: This article was first published on June 3, 2019, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. It was a day that changed the course of history and put the spotlight firmly on a bunch o...
Jun 03, 2019 These farmers, students and northern fur trappers had done more than enough to shake off the nickname of “Farmer Johns” and stake their claim to history.(Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Regina branch)
Regina resident remembers the day The Monkees came to town
Only a daydream believer could come up with something like this. Imagine spending a magical night singing with The Monkees around Regina's Whitmore Park neighbourhood in the late 1960s. That's exactly...
Feb 21, 2019 Peter Tork (left), a member of The Monkees, died Thursday.
Sask. broadcaster John Himpe dies at 38
The broadcasting community on the prairies is mourning the loss of a friend and former colleague to many. Broadcaster John Himpe died suddenly in Calgary on Friday at the age of 38. The Yorkton-native...
Jan 28, 2019 John Himpe (second from the left), pictured here with colleagues at Rawlco Radio, covered many provincial budgets on 980 CJME. (johnhimpe.com)
Carbon tax expected to dominate premier’s year
At the end of 2018, 980 CJME news director Sarah Mills sat down with Premier Scott Moe for his annual year-end interview. Newly-elected as leader at the start of 2018, Moe looked back on some of the s...
Jan 02, 2019 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe poses for a photo in his office at the Legislature on Dec. 11, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
From the Premier's desk: Moe reviews 2018
At the end of 2018, 980 CJME news director Sarah Mills sat down with Premier Scott Moe for his annual year-end interview. Newly-elected as Saskatchewan Party leader at the start of the year, Moe talke...
Dec 31, 2018 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe poses for a photo in his office at the Legislature on Dec. 11, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Humboldt Broncos detail financial cost of bus tragedy
We're getting a first look at what the Humboldt Broncos did with more than $1 million in donations given in the immediate aftermath of the April 6 bus tragedy. The money is detailed in the 2017-18 fin...
Nov 02, 2018 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Fall session starts, Sask. politicians return to legislature
Saskatchewan's politicians return to the legislature Wednesday as the fall session begins. The proceedings kick off with the Throne Speech where the government will lay out its agenda for the year ahe...
Oct 24, 2018
RCMP investigate who had right of way in Kerrobert semi, bus crash
It will be several weeks before it's known how a semi and an old school bus collided outside Kerrobert Friday evening. "We do believe one of the vehicles had the right of way, but we're just not too s...
Sep 15, 2018 (Photo provided by RCMP)
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Sarah Mills: More than words needed to counter anti-Semitism
A speech by the prime minister this week may have been hailed as supporting Jewish people, but Sarah Mills says statisti...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 4
Evan discusses the escalating violence in northern Saskatchewan, prompted by the Pelican Narrows shooting, a Saskatchewa...