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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Shahab reflects on first six months of pandemic in Saskatchewan
Six months ago, many people in Saskatchewan had never heard of terms like social distancing or effective reproductive number. They never considered wearing a face mask to the grocery store. Things hav...
Sep 11, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SHA warns of possible COVID exposures at five Regina locations
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising the public of possible exposures to COVID-19 at five Regina businesses. On Thursday, the SHA said an individual who later tested positive for the coronavi...
Sep 10, 2020
Shahab discusses recent increase in COVID advisories, school-age testing numbers
Nearly every day this week, a new advisory has been released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority about possible COVID-19 exposures at businesses. There were advisories issued for locations in Saskato...
Sep 10, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New addictions treatment centre opens in Estevan
A new treatment centre for Saskatchewan residents dealing with addictions was unveiled Thursday in Estevan. The facility located at St. Joseph's Hospital will have 30 beds -- 15 for people recovering ...
Sep 10, 2020 St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan. (stjosephsestevan.ca)
No parking at Capital Pointe site; Fougere calls decision 'missed opportunity'
The City of Regina's planning commission has put the brakes on a plan to set up a parking lot on the site of the former Capital Pointe development. An application was made to the commission on Wednesd...
Sep 10, 2020 The former Capital Pointe property at the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Avenue could become a temporary parking lot. (980 CJME file photo)
U of R to continue remote learning into winter semester
The fall semester has barely started at the University of Regina, but the school already has decided to extend its strategy of remote learning into the winter semester. Due to COVID-19, the university...
Sep 10, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average
Saskatchewan's harvest is well ahead of those of previous years. In the weekly crop report issued Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture said 43 per cent of the 2020 crop is in the bin. The average for...
Sep 10, 2020
Former finance minister Bill Morneau broke election law in 2019: commissioner
OTTAWA - Canada's election watchdog says former finance minister Bill Morneau broke the law when he promoted Liberal candidates at events he attended while in charge of the finance portfolio. The comm...
Sep 10, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Saskatchewan Liberal leader steps down
With just weeks to go before the provincial election, Saskatchewan's Liberal Party has lost its leader. Naveed Anwar has announced his resignation as the party's leader, effective immediately. He has ...
Sep 10, 2020 (Naveed Anwar/Facebook)
Regina high school students deal with changes in return to school
It's more than just new classes high school students are facing in 2020. Restrictions are in place in schools across the province due to COVID-19. "We have to wear masks everywhere and everything like...
Sep 10, 2020 Balfour Collegiate. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
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...