Murray Wood: Hats off to the Roughriders
Murray reflects on some oddly sensitive language at the Rider game around doffing headgear for the anthem. And on how fa...
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Sask. highways minister visited California over Christmas
Saskatchewan's minister of highways has been out of the country over the Christmas break. Even though the federal and provincial governments have suggested people avoid unnecessary interprovincial and...
Dec 30, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 30: 3 deaths, 147 new cases, 2,949 active cases
For the first time in more than a month, the number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan has fallen below 3,000. In a media release Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said the...
Dec 30, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Liberals to soon require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the no...
Dec 30, 2020
UK okays ‘vaccine for the world’; extends time between doses
LONDON - Britain authorized an easy-to-handle coronavirus vaccine Wednesday and decided to stretch out the time between doses to allow more people to get some level of protection faster as infections ...
Dec 30, 2020 (John Cairns/University of Oxford via AP, File)
Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas. In a media release Wednesday, the government announced ...
Dec 30, 2020
Visitors to Echo Valley Provincial Park can Skate the Park
Skate the Park is returning to Echo Valley Provincial Park. Starting in January, visitors to the park near Fort Qu'Appelle can go for a skate on a road that has been flooded by staff and turned into a...
Dec 30, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Playing out the final hours of 2020
People looking to escape 2020 can spend the final few hours of the year solving an online escape room. District 3 Escape Rooms offers the virtual experience as an option, where participants log in and...
Dec 30, 2020
Residential solar industry down 90 per cent one year after net metering decision
One year after SaskPower's decision to close its rooftop solar net metering program and not renew it, the residential solar industry in Saskatchewan is a shadow of its former self. In September 2019, ...
Dec 30, 2020 Members of the solar industry joined the Fridays for Future climate rally in front of the Legislative Building, asking the government to bring back the net metering program, on Sept. 27, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina police chief looks back on a busy 2020
There may not have been too much to do in 2020, but it would be difficult to say nothing happened this past year, especially when it comes to the Regina Police Service. "There's no question this was -...
Dec 30, 2020 Regina police chief Evan Bray kneels for 30 seconds with the other officers who attended a Black Lives Matter rally to show their commitment to ending racism. Jun. 5, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Byfield leads Canada to 10-0 win over Switzerland in world junior tournament
EDMONTON - Quinton Byfield had two goals and four assists in Canada's 10-0 win over Switzerland at the world junior men's hockey championship Tuesday. Jakob Pelletier scored twice for Canada (3-0). Co...
Dec 29, 2020
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Sarah Mills: U.S. alcohol sales bans were only ever symbolic
Sarah Mills says sources indicate Canadian provinces may lift booze bans as an incentive in the ongoing trade war with t...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 10
On Monday's show, Evan talked about federal by-election controversy, why gas is cheaper in some parts of the province th...