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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Children harmed by on-reserve child welfare a step closer to compensation
OTTAWA - Indigenous children and their relatives harmed by chronic underfunding of child-welfare services on reserves are a step closer to resolving claims for compensation. The federal governmen...
Sep 03, 2020
Protesters shut down Conservative MPs speaking in favour of John A. Macdonald statue
Conservative MPs in Regina held a livestreamed rally to defend the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Victoria Park on Thursday, but it didn't go as smoothly as they might have expected. Protesters sh...
Sep 03, 2020 Protesters surround and heckle Regina-Qu'Appelle MP Andrew Scheer in Victoria Park on Sept. 3, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Sask. reports 10 new COVID cases, 3 more recoveries
The Saskatchewan government reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, ending a string of 17 straight days of single-digit cases. Prior to Thursday, the last time there were more than six cases re...
Sep 03, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Regina city council decides body rub parlours, workers will require licences
After about 18 months of discussion and debate, Regina city council has decided that body rub parlours will need licences to operate. During a meeting Wednesday, city council voted 8-3 in favour of li...
Sep 03, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
‘No justifiable reason’: Sandra Morin speaks out about nomination
Sandra Morin doesn't have the endorsement of the leader of the NDP, but she's still out campaigning in Regina Walsh Acres. About 15 months after she got the nomination from the party in the riding, Mo...
Sep 03, 2020 (Sandra Morin NDP/Facebook)
Environment Canada confirms windy, warm summer, with much the same for fall
September is here and fall is slowly setting in as the odd leaf can be found on the ground and shops are full of pumpkin spice. But there is no rush to say goodbye to summer just yet. Environment Cana...
Sep 03, 2020
Weather has affected yields for some farmers in Saskatchewan
Harvest is progressing well in Saskatchewan, but farmers in some areas of the province are reporting yields that are lower than what was expected. In the weekly crop report released Thursday, the Mini...
Sep 03, 2020
U of R has fewer students moving in, spreads out process over several days
Far fewer students have moved into housing at the University of Regina this year. Last week, 265 people moved in with about 30 more housing applications outstanding, said Bettina Welsh, the university...
Sep 03, 2020
Sask. residents now can register to donate tissue, organs
As someone who has experienced the pain of loss firsthand, Blaine Pho is a major supporter of Saskatchewan's new organ and tissue registry. The Government of Saskatchewan officially launched the onlin...
Sep 03, 2020 Blaine Pho. (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Canada’s economic optimism crippled by pandemic, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Confidence in the Canadian economy took a dramatic dive over the summer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - a whipsaw pivot seen around the world but sharper in Canada than any other ...
Sep 03, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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
8:30 - Less than 24 hours after the WestJet flight attendants went on strike, the union representing them reached a tent...