Murray Wood: A call to prayer results in a call to controversy
Murray Wood says a Regina mosque's weekly call to prayer is creating a real-life Venn diagram of religious freedom, back...
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Sask. gov't, SHA warn of potential COVID exposures on flights, at businesses
Three flights have been added to the Saskatchewan government's list of aircraft that carried people who later tested positive for COVID-19. The Saskatchewan Health Authority also referred to one of th...
Oct 06, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Bidirectional bike lane project completed on Park Street
Regina's Park Street rehabilitation and bike lane project has been completed. Diana Hawryluk, the City of Regina's executive director of city planning and community development, unveiled the bidirecti...
Oct 06, 2020 Diana Hawryluk, the City of Regina's executive director of city planning and community development, speaks to reporters at Park Street and 18th Avenue after unveiling the first bidirectional bike lane in Regina on Oct. 6, 2020. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
NEW YORK - Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery solo in ...
Oct 06, 2020 David Lee Roth, left, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform on Aug. 13, 2015, in Wantagh, N.Y. (File photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Sask. adds 16 new COVID cases, 20 more recoveries
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer is suggesting residents reconsider the number of contacts they have to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. In a media release Tuesday -- when the prov...
Oct 06, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Liberals survive throne speech confidence vote, with support of NDP
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government survived a confidence vote Tuesday on its throne speech, with crucial support from New Democrats. The speech was approved by a vote...
Oct 06, 2020
SHA warns of COVID-19 exposures at locations in Estevan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has added businesses in Estevan to its list of locations where there may have been exposures to COVID-19. In a media release Tuesday, the SHA said individuals who lat...
Oct 06, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
‘Why did it happen?’ Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother's dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their car wa...
Oct 06, 2020
State funeral for former PM John Turner held in Toronto, COVID-19 limits attendance
TORONTO - Former prime minister John Turner was eulogized at a state funeral on Tuesday as a gifted politician with a strong social conscience who spent decades serving his fellow Canadians. An invite...
Oct 06, 2020
First antigen rapid test for COVID-19 gets Canadian approval
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is buying more than 20 million of the rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 approved by Health Canada on Tuesday. Abbott Rapid Diagnostics in Germany g...
Oct 06, 2020 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Canadians divided over whether to let pandemic disrupt Halloween, holidays: Poll
OTTAWA - Canadians are divided about whether to let the COVID-19 pandemic disrupt their plans for upcoming holidays and seasonal events, a new poll suggests. The poll, conducted by Leger and the Assoc...
Oct 06, 2020
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Sarah Mills: It is time for Gianni Infantino to go
Sarah Mills says the current FIFA president's secret plans to sell off the World Cup and accusations of blackmail agains...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 5
On Wednesday's show, Evan talked about the removal of benches in Saskatoon, the federal government's firearm buyback pro...