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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14 new COVID cases reported in Sask., along with 13 recoveries
Saskatchewan went over the 1,900 mark in total COVID-19 cases Wednesday, when 14 new cases were reported. Eight of the new cases were in the Saskatoon area. There were two in each of the central-east ...
Sep 30, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Progressive Conservatives hope to gain ground in Sask.
It might be a difficult path ahead, but the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Saskatchewan is hoping to gain some ground in the Oct. 26 provincial election. In 2016, PC candidates received 5,571 ...
Sep 30, 2020 Ken Grey, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Debate about televised political debates heats up after presidential ‘dumpster fire’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hot mess, dumpster fire, train wreck: The reviews of the presidential debate are in, and they're not good. And those are just the family-friendly ones. So universally condemned was ...
Sep 30, 2020
Katherine Gagne to seek election in Ward 9
A longtime trustee from the Regina Public School Board is running for city council. Three-term trustee Katherine Gagne announced in an email Tuesday night that she will run in Ward 9 in the upcoming m...
Sep 30, 2020 Regina Public Schools board trustee and chairperson Katherine Gagne. (Katherine Gagne Facebook page)
Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19 that could be deployed to long-term care homes and schools to take pressure off provincial testing systems. But neither th...
Sep 30, 2020
Virus outbreak pushes Steelers-Titans to Monday or Tuesday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Pittsburgh-Tennessee game originally scheduled for Sunday will be played either Monday or Tuesday after a new positive coronavirus test result Wednesday among the Titans, the NF...
Sep 30, 2020
Financial aid for workers hurt by COVID-19 gets unanimous support in Commons
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously passed legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the process, the minority Liberal gover...
Sep 30, 2020
Debate veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'
CLEVELAND - It started out civilly enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering a "How you doing, man?" But wit...
Sep 29, 2020
Regina Police Service member tests positive for COVID-19
A member of the Regina Police Service (RPS) has tested positive for COVID-19. In a release Tuesday, the RPS said it was notified about the positive result Monday evening. "We knew this was inevitable,...
Sep 29, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
SHA issues COVID advisory for businesses in Yorkton, Regina
Four businesses in Yorkton and one in Regina were the focus of a Saskatchewan Health Authority advisory Tuesday about potential COVID-19 exposures. According to the SHA, people who later tested positi...
Sep 29, 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
8:30 - Saskatoon has decided to remove 25 downtown benches, citing concerns of safety and sanitation. Critics say this d...