Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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Interpersonal violence call line gets financial assistance
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding to the United Way to help those who are dealing with interpersonal violence. In a media release Wednesday, the province announced it was providing the ...
Sep 23, 2020 (United Way of Regina/Facebook)
NDP promises to take corporate, out-of-province money out of Sask. politics
NDP Leader Ryan Meili says Saskatchewan has the worst campaign finance laws in the country, and he's pledging to fix them if his party forms government this fall. "We need to level the playing field a...
Sep 23, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili announcing his party's intention to ban corporate and out-of-province political donations on Sept. 23, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Canada’s carbon tax conundrum continues as Supreme Court reserves judgment in cases
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment on the national carbon tax Wednesday. After two days of hearings and presentations from more than two dozen interested parties, the court adjourn...
Sep 23, 2020
Regina airport could be 'out of cash' soon, says CEO
The CEO of the Regina Airport Authority will be among those watching the federal throne speech closely Wednesday. James Bogusz is hoping for signs that the federal government will provide financial re...
Sep 23, 2020
Mandatory masks should be mandatory, says frustrated shopper
A woman with a compromised immune system says major retailers who have made mask use mandatory should be enforcing their own policies. Vivian Clark is immunocompromised, living with arthritis and "a b...
Sep 23, 2020
Two teens convicted of sexual assault in connection with gang rape
ADVISORY: This story contains graphic content that may be disturbing for some readers. Two teens have been found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm for their roles in a gang rape in Regina i...
Sep 23, 2020 A Regina-area building contractor pleaded guilty to fraud on July 15, 2024, and police say his victims lost more than $250,000. (CJME files)
'Won't be gathering for Thanksgiving:' Trudeau says COVID-19 2nd wave underway
TORONTO - A dramatic tripling of daily new cases of COVID-19 in the past month, mostly among young people, has prompted the prime minister to declare the arrival of the second wave of the pa...
Sep 23, 2020
Public works committee to review changes to winter maintenance policy
Snow clearing on residential roads as well as a sidewalk-clearing bylaw are among the proposed updates to the City of Regina's winter maintenance policy. On Wednesday morning, the city's public works ...
Sep 23, 2020
RCMP investigating after man's body found near Springside
The Saskatchewan RCMP is investigating the death of a 40-year-old man whose body was found last week near the Yellowhead Highway just west of Springside. In a media release Tuesday, the RCMP said inve...
Sep 22, 2020
Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Liberal government’s carbon tax
OTTAWA -- Supreme Court justices pushed lawyers from Saskatchewan and Ontario hard Tuesday, demanding to know how Canada can help stop climate change if any single province chooses not to help. But se...
Sep 22, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Online reviews aren't always helpful
Sarah Mills says giving a business a chance to rectify something a client or customer is upset or disappointed by is a f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 4
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about the end of the WestJet strike, an irrigation project around Lake Diefenbaker, conce...