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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Regina police, coroner investigating woman's death
The Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating the death of a woman in the city. On Tuesday at around 3:45 a.m., police were called to a house near the intersection ...
Sep 16, 2020 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Hutterian Safety Council attributes uptick in COVID cases to increased testing, return to school
With school back in session and more testing being done, the Hutterian Safety Council isn't surprised by an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Hutterite communities. "The Saskatchewan Health Authority was wo...
Sep 16, 2020 (Image courtesy of Hutterian Health Communities)
NDP hopes to ban private health services, increase investment in health
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping to reform the provincial health-care system. The party announced a new policy Wednesday entitled The Saskatchewan Medicare Protection Act. A major change it lists is ban...
Sep 16, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili and NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat speaking on their plans for health-care changes on Sept. 16, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Victims’ services looks to help families of missing persons cope
This week, there's a large video billboard sitting outside the new Regina Police Service headquarters building on Saskatchewan Drive. The billboard flips through photos, with names printed underneath,...
Sep 16, 2020 A billboard featuring pictures of long-term missing people in Saskatchewan has been erected on Saskatchewan Drive in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 10 new COVID cases, including seven in Saskatoon area
The number of COVID-19 cases associated with a social gathering in Saskatoon increased again Wednesday. In a media release, the provincial government said there now are 21 cases linked to the get-toge...
Sep 16, 2020 Signage reminding people of COVID-19 etiquette at Victoria Square Mall. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Seventh candidate enters race to be Regina's mayor
Sandra Masters, a former three-term board chair of Regina Exhibition Association Limited, has entered the race to become mayor of Regina. Masters launched her bid Wednesday morning at the Cathedral So...
Sep 16, 2020 Sandra Masters. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME file photo)
'It's nuts': Ex-Regina resident on California wildfires
Former Regina resident Don Kollins is seeing history unfold right in front of him these days. Kollins, who lives just outside of San Francisco, has a front-row seat as wildfires burn out of control in...
Sep 16, 2020 (Photo by Noah Berger/Joe Hahn/Twitter)
Saskatchewan seeking feds' help with infrastructure projects
The Saskatchewan government is asking for more than $234 million in funding from the federal government to help with 126 infrastructure projects in the province. In a media release, the provincial gov...
Sep 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina heading for COVID-19 deficit, according to report
The COVID-19 pandemic has been playing havoc with people's bank accounts all over the world for the past six months and the City of Regina is not immune. According to the mid-year financial report, to...
Sep 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Coun. Jerry Flegel announces mayoral priorities
Longtime Ward 10 councillor Jerry Flegel has announced his priorities if he is elected as Regina's mayor. Flegel has represented the ward for 14 years and says in a news release that for the last eigh...
Sep 16, 2020 Jerry Flegel announces he will be running for mayor of Regina in November at the old railyard on Dewdney Avenue on Aug. 20, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
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...