Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. pr...
Mar 13, 2025
Regina police officer accused of using database for personal relationships
A Regina police officer with 22 years of service has been charged with breach of trust and one charge of unauthorized use of a computer. According to a Regina Police Service news release, Sgt. Robert ...
Mar 12, 2025 Sergeant Robert Eric Semenchuck spent 22 years with the service. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister Friday
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who will preside over th...
Mar 12, 2025 Liberal Party of Canada Leader Mark Carney delivers his speech after being announced as the winner of the party leadership at the announcement event in Ottawa, Sunday, March 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada team finds Saturn has 128 more moons, leaving Jupiter in cosmic dust
VANCOUVER - Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system's undisputed "moon king," after discovering 128 more moons circling the ringed planet. The discovery by a team, inc...
Mar 12, 2025
The legacy of COVID: What don't we know about the virus five years later
Five years ago, the first case of COVID was reported in Saskatchewan. Over the following months and years, medical experts and scientists became familiar figures, and regular people learned about new ...
Mar 12, 2025 Six years after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Saskatchewan, a VIDO scientist at the U of S reflects on the lessons learned. (CJME file photo)
U.S. tariffs bring boost in support for Sask. small business
Tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the United States don't mean doom and gloom for all small businesses in Saskatchewan. James Clarke, the owner and operator of Flatland Metalworks, said he is n...
Mar 12, 2025 Flatland Metalworks owner operator James Clarke said he uses steel in many pieces of his custom artworks, which includes laser engraving, custom signs, and clocks. (Flatland Metalworks/Facebook)
Mark Carney's transition team hoping for PM swearing in by Friday
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister by the end of the week but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of...
Mar 12, 2025
Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum now in place
WASHINGTON - The latest move in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade came into force Wednesday as all countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent tariffs on steel and ...
Mar 12, 2025
The legacy of COVID: How long-haul COVID is lingering in Sask.
It's been five years since COVID-19 first arrived in Saskatchewan. The first case was publicly reported March 12, 2020 in a person who had arrived back in Saskatchewan from Egypt. What followed were t...
Mar 12, 2025 Pam Milos and her son are still dealing with the effects of long-COVID, five years after the virus first arrived in Saskatchewan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Watrous business selling U.S. products taking direct hit from tariffs
A Saskatchewan couple's business is facing the full brunt of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Kelvin Fellner and his girlfriend Jenny own Hugsy's Place in Watrous - a shop that sells mostly U.S....
Mar 12, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...