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Regina's crime rate continues to fall in 2020
Crime continues to fall in Regina this year, but there remain a few areas where significant increases are being reported. The Regina Police Service (RPS) delivered its latest monthly crime statistics ...
Dec 15, 2020 Regina police chief Evan Bray speaks with the media at a news conference about the 2019 Crime Stoppers statistics on Jan. 6, 2020. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Dec. 15: 7 deaths, 194 new cases, 363 recoveries
Saskatchewan has recorded its second-highest daily number of COVID-19-related deaths. The province's Tuesday update reported five deaths in the 80-and-over age range, including four Saskatoon r...
Dec 15, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Ordered to close, casinos focusing on 'doing the right thing'
As part of Saskatchewan's latest COVID-19 measures, casinos and bingo halls will be required to close on Saturday. "It's fair to say that this is difficult news for everyone, especially as we head int...
Dec 15, 2020
COVID cases confirmed at seven Regina schools
Students may have moved to remote learning, but Regina's two largest school divisions are still alerting the public about COVID-19 cases that have been identified since the kids went home. On Tuesday,...
Dec 15, 2020
Moe 'bullish' on vaccination plan as it prepares to begin
The pilot program to give some of Saskatchewan's health-care workers the COVID-19 vaccine is set to begin. Premier Scott Moe confirmed to Gormley on Tuesday that doses of the Pfizer vaccine are to arr...
Dec 15, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Province increases funding for MMIWG programming
There will be more funding available for efforts to address and acknowledge violence against Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. In the summer the province announced $300,000 in funding for projects tha...
Dec 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Shahab, Moe respond to racist comments made at anti-mask rally
Saskatchewan's top doctor and Premier Scott Moe responded to racist comments made at a rally on the weekend. It happened at a large rally outside the legislative building against government restrictio...
Dec 15, 2020 Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab. (980 CJME file photo)
Instead of office Christmas party, Inland Concrete makes food bank donation
Like many businesses, Inland Concrete in Regina is not having an office Christmas party thanks to COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings. As a result, operations manager Rob Young had some extra cash on ...
Dec 15, 2020 With its office Christmas party cancelled because of COVID-19, Inland Concrete in Regina found itself with an extra $1,200. Operations manager Rob Young spent the money on more than 50 frozen turkeys, which were donated to the Regina Food Bank and Souls Harbour.
Saskatchewan adds more COVID measures
The Saskatchewan government announced Monday it will not be easing COVID-19 restrictions for the upcoming Christmas holidays. Instead, the government added new health measures to those that were insti...
Dec 14, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Dec. 14: 2 deaths, 269 new cases
There have now been 91 deaths in Saskatchewan related to the COVID-19 pandemic, after two more deaths were reported Monday. The two deaths were both in the 80-and-over age group and lived in th...
Dec 14, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
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Sarah Mills: We are nothing but commodities to the giants of social media
Sarah Mills says the graphic and public mental health crisis of a celebrity blogger being streamed online shows that use...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, August 7
On Friday's show, Evan talked about a synagogue in Saskatoon that was targeted by a vandal and a mosque in Regina, resum...