Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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UPDATE: Regina police respond to four overdose deaths Monday
The Regina Police Service said Monday officers responded to four overdose deaths in the city earlier in the day. Those increased the number of deaths due to overdoses in Regina in November to 16. So f...
Nov 23, 2020 Naloxone kits are available for free to anyone who may be likely to witness a fatal opioid overdose. (980 CJME file photo)
COVID outbreaks declared at Regina care homes
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at three seniors care homes in Regina since Nov. 15. The outbreaks were declared at the Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home and Parkside ...
Nov 23, 2020 The Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home in Regina. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Nov. 23
Four more Saskatchewan residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19. It's the highest single-day total of deaths reported in the province since the pandemic began in March. To date, ...
Nov 23, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Social Services critic to government: Stop evictions, restore income support
The Opposition NDP is calling on the Saskatchewan government to restore income support for those who took federal pandemic aid, as well as to reinstate the moratorium on evictions. "This government is...
Nov 23, 2020 Meara Conway, NDP candidate for Regina Elphinstone, in front of her campaign office. Oct. 13, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Group leaves handmade winter clothing for those in need
If you find articles of warm clothing hanging from trees in downtown Regina or wrapped around a park bench, there's a chance those items are not lost. Angels4Warmth, a non-profit group in Regina, has ...
Nov 23, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper
LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90 per cent effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have ac...
Nov 23, 2020
SAHO, nurses' union reach tentative agreement
For the second time in four days, the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations has announced a new tentative collective bargaining agreement with a union. In a media release Monday, SAHO said ...
Nov 23, 2020
No charges yet after police operation in 1600 block of Rae Street
The Regina Police Service is still investigating an incident Monday that ended with the SWAT team storming an empty house on Rae Street. In a media release Tuesday, police confirmed officers responded...
Nov 23, 2020 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Additional Regina schools with COVID cases
Cases of COVID-19 have been found at a few more schools in Regina. They include Harbour Landing School and George Lee School in the public system, as well as St. Gregory School in the Catholic school ...
Nov 23, 2020
City councillors prepare to be sworn in
Some new and old faces are preparing to be sworn into Regina city council. The municipal election results were announced on Nov. 9. Six new members of city council will be sworn in for the first time ...
Nov 23, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
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...