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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SaskPower pens chapter for feds' SMR action plan
The federal government unveiled its Small Modular Reactor Action Plan on Friday, throwing its weight behind efforts to develop nuclear power technology. The plan, which outlines the efforts to deploy ...
Dec 18, 2020
Regina woman offers first-hand look at getting COVID vaccine
What is it like to get a COVID-19 vaccine? One Regina woman thinks it's fairly similar to getting any other kind of vaccine. Jill Straker works at the drive-through COVID testing site on the grounds o...
Dec 18, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
City council denies tax break for potential Capital Pointe buyers
The future is once again uncertain for the former Capital Pointe site. On Friday, Regina city council turned down a request by Smith Street Lands Ltd., to cancel property tax penalties on the lot that...
Dec 18, 2020 The former Capital Pointe property at the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Avenue. (980 CJME file photo)
White Christmas to finish off wild weather in the west in 2020
A province known for being green is expected to be white for the holidays. "I'm going to bet a couple loonies that you're going to clearly have a white Christmas," Environment Canada senior climatolog...
Dec 18, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
People with allergies wondering about COVID-19 vaccines
Since the first COVID-19 vaccinations were done in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, more than 500 people in the province have been vaccinated. With the official first phase of Saskatchewan's vaccination rollo...
Dec 18, 2020 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Feds to invest $9 billion in COVID treatments as vaccine rollout ramps up
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is spending nearly $9 billion toward research into treatments for COVID-19 as authorities work to deploy hundreds of thousands of vac...
Dec 18, 2020
Holiday mail could be delayed amid record shipping numbers
Canada Post admits it might be taking longer to get your mail during the busy holiday season. The mail service had already been working around the clock to meet already-increased demand during the COV...
Dec 18, 2020
Regina police, RCMP search urban, rural locations for guns
An investigation into the illegal manufacturing of guns resulted in searches at a number of properties in Regina and in rural Saskatchewan on Thursday. In a media release late in the afternoon, the Re...
Dec 17, 2020 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
SHA updates its COVID response surge activation plan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) continues to juggle staff and resources to manage during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an update Thursday to the surge activation plan it announced Dec. 3, the auth...
Dec 17, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Uncertainty surrounds COVID vaccine rollout for long-term care residents
The pilot phase for the COVID-19 vaccination delivery plan is well underway, with Phase 1 expected to start later in December. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) gave a rundown on what the vaccin...
Dec 17, 2020
OPINION
Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 10
8:30 - Prime Minister Carney has called three federal byelections for August 31, including one in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord th...