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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Farmers pitch in to help Sorensen family with harvest
Craig Sorensen experienced the power of community on the weekend. The 55-year-old Sorensen farms just north of Ogema, but he wasn't able to participate in harvest this year after the lower part of his...
Sep 21, 2020 (Craig Sorensen/Submitted)
Regina police lay weapons charges after pair of arrests
Two men are facing numerous weapons charges after a pair of arrests in Regina on Sunday. At about 5:30 p.m., in the area of Fifth Avenue and Athol Street, an officer saw a man riding a bike that match...
Sep 21, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina begins green bin pilot project
The City of Regina's next green step towards sustainability begins with the rollout of some bins of the same colour. The city is beginning its green bin food and yard waste program pilot project. Abou...
Sep 21, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Urgent care centres announced for Regina and Saskatoon
Many of the details still have to be worked out, but Health Minister Jim Reiter stood in front of Regina's Pasqua Hospital on Monday morning to announce $30 million for two urgent care centres to be b...
Sep 21, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter announces funding for a new urgent care centre in Regina on Sept. 21, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID-19 case reported at Lumsden High School
There has been a COVID-19 case reported at Lumsden High School. The Prairie Valley School Division confirmed it was told about the positive case on Sunday. It won't say if it was a student or staff me...
Sep 21, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Sask. reports 7 new COVID cases, including 3 more from Brandt outbreak
Saskatchewan reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including three that have been connected to the outbreak at Brandt Industries in Saskatoon. So far, 17 cases have been linked to that workp...
Sep 21, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP leader promises $10 million for student mental health
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili has promised $10 million to support student mental health should he become premier this fall. Half of that money would be used to hire 50 mental health nurses for sc...
Sep 21, 2020 NDP candidate for Regina-University Aleana Young speaking at an announcement where leader Ryan Meili (right) pledged $10 million to support student mental health. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Fougere reveals Regina's wish list for feds' throne speech
Mayor Michael Fougere has laid out four priorities the City of Regina would like to see in the federal government's throne speech Wednesday. In a letter sent Monday to Deputy Prime Minister and Financ...
Sep 21, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Quebec declares beginning of second wave as COVID-19 gains steam in central Canada
MONTREAL - COVID-19 appeared to be gaining steam in Canada's two most populous provinces on Monday, prompting Quebec's public health director to announce the beginning of a second wave. Quebec and Ont...
Sep 21, 2020
Feds reluctantly approve Ontario and New Brunswick carbon prices for big emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government has reluctantly given green lights to both Ontario and New Brunswick to use their own carbon-pricing systems for big industrial emitters, rather than have a federal pro...
Sep 21, 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...