Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Health minister expands on plan to fund travel when kids need out-of-province care
The Government of Saskatchewan is stepping back from a decision which would've made a Saskatoon family dip into their own pockets to pay for their travel to Toronto in order to get health care for the...
May 02, 2024
With foreign meddling inquiry to release first report Friday, what do we know so far?
OTTAWA - On Friday, Canadians may get long-awaited answers about the integrity of the country's last two elections, which was thrown into question last year as reports of attempted foreign interferenc...
May 02, 2024
Sask. inks new partnership with Alberta on nuclear power, decarbonization
The governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta have joined forces as they push ahead with the development of nuclear power. The provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, agreeing to col...
May 02, 2024
Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto
TORONTO - Tents, banners and flags cropped up at the centre of the University of Toronto's downtown campus early Thursday as students set up an encampment to call on the institution to cut its ties wi...
May 02, 2024
Saskatchewan mayors say CAA's Worst Roads Campaign helps speed up repairs
Some mayors in small Saskatchewan communities say CAA's annual Worst Roads Campaign has helped get the bad roads in their communities get the fixes they desperately need. In 2014, Highway 24 at Leovil...
May 02, 2024
'Shocked' public service unions promise to fight new 3-day in-office mandate
OTTAWA - Unions representing public servants say they are blindsided and outraged by new rules forcing federal employees to work from the office at least three days a week. The new requirements, which...
May 01, 2024
Vancouver woman arrested over speech that praised Hamas attack
VANCOUVER - Police say a 44-year-old woman has been arrested in a hate-crime investigation over a speech in Vancouver that praised the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. A statement from the Vancouver ...
May 01, 2024
Province to provide financial help to parents requiring care for kids outside Sask.
The Government of Saskatchewan says it will offer financial assistance to families when they need to leave the province to get health care for their children. The move comes after Kaitlyn Soron and he...
May 01, 2024
Saskatchewan's GDP grew by 1.6% in 2023, ahead of national average
Saskatchewan's gross domestic product grew by 1.6 per cent in 2023, beating the national GDP growth of 1.2 per cent. According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan's GDP...
May 01, 2024
'I don't think it's very safe': Highway 8 near Moosomin dubbed worst in Sask.
There's a new worst road in Saskatchewan this year. According to the annual "Worst Roads" survey from CAA, Highway 8 going north from Moosomin to Rocanville has been deemed the worst stretch of road i...
Apr 30, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...